This is in my opinion:
no, I would use a crop instead of spurs, are you riding English or western?
please continue the discussion.
yes
Horse riders wear spurs to make the horse go faster (Foot Item)
spurs are used in horseback riding to encourage horses to go faster by a little kick in the sides.
Spurs are metal devices that clamp to a boot, and extend a small metal rod or ring behind the heel. They are used by a horse rider to guide and direct the horse by touching the horse on the side with the spurs.
The sole purpose of spurs is to act as a leg aid. For riders that have weak legs or horses that tend to be 'dead sided', spurs are a great way to communicate to your horse. Spurs in the wrong hands, however, can do great damage to the horse. Sharp edged spurs should never be used. Small, smooth spurs are all that is needed as an extension of the riders legs and heels.
The Calvary (horse mounted units) would wear spurs.
While riding Thunder, the cowboy could only handle the big, wild horse by driving his spurs into the horse's flesh.
Spurs can take on a few different meanings. As a known spurs can represent the sharp wheels on a horse rider's boots.
The Greenhawk website.
Golden Spurs are a black market (BM) item on Howrse that help improve the abilities of a horse in the game. Once they are obtained they must be attributed to a specific horse to be used.
cowboys used spurs to not only make the horse go faster but also to tell it where to go. He would push the spur into the side of the horse to tell he/she where to turn. Much like western riders use either the back of the boot or still spurs to help lead the horse, this could also have been a form of punishment
The word 'spur' is both a noun (spur, spurs) and a verb (spur, spurs, spurring, spurred). The noun spur is a common, singular noun; a word for devises put on your shoes to signal a horse to move forward. The verb spur means to goad or urge into action; to proceed hurriedly; to press forward.