American-English style spurs are basically a circle on the heel to prod the horse to move.
Mexican style spurs are not only pointed, but have a few number of points, in order to basically stab the horse in the loins.
When the Americans and Mexicans started interacting, they created a kind of circle of short points spur to tone down the level of damage that was being done to horses.
The Spanish treated their slaves 10x worse than white people
Hell, they didn't even treat their horses nicely.
American-English style spurs are basically a circle on the heel to prod the horse to move.
Mexican style spurs are not only pointed, but have a few number of points, in order to basically stab the horse in the loins.
When the Americans and Mexicans started interacting, they created a kind of circle of short points spur to tone down the level of damage that was being done to horses.