Discover how to use spurs as a tool for refinement not control. Jec Ballou explains the differences between English and Western traditions, common misuse, and how to earn your spurs through balance, precision, and feel.
A tailored fitness plan helps a Quarter Horse recover post-injury with smart, effective exercises from Jec Ballou. No guesswork—just results.
When a horse is poised and directing his mental and physical efforts forward on his line of travel, he is in an athletic state. Until then, even well-chosen exercises will not create many results.
This allows muscle fibers and energy systems to be recruited, taxed, and then recover. The body absorbs the exercise stimulus this way as opposed to just tolerating it. There is a big difference between the body adapting to training on a weekly basis versus going through the motions without underlying physiologic changes.