Spurs on a horse

[Anonymous]

Has anyone ever noticed a spur growing out of a horses hock?Got a mare with two on the front and one on the hind end

 

[Faster horses]

I think those are just big 'chestnuts.' They'll eventually fall off, or you can take them off.

 

[Curly]

Horses use those "spurs" for fighting, just like chickens do. In Mexico they sharpen them to give the horses an advantage.

 

[Faster horses]

Oh, yes, Curly. I forgot about that.

 

[kolanuraven]

Those are left over via evolution of the horse.


http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-03/953958107.Zo.r.html


Read this link....explains it really good