Fancy’s Spur Refinement Horsemanship Lesson
Early Susan spur rule, in effect at least 18 years before Fancy was born: Don’t use spurs until you can ride bareback with spurs. Translation into English: Humans should not achieve balance while riding by holding on with the legs and feet. When becoming unbalanced on a horse, one should not clamp the horse’s body with a spur death grip. It might end in a condition called run-away-horse-dumped-rider. Your favorite rider, me, adhered to that rule. Fancy is much more advanced in her spur rule: “Do not touch me with your spurs.” She is teaching me…