Device for goading a horse (4)

I believe the answer is:

spur

(Other definitions for spur that I've seen before include "slip road" , "Goad as for use by horse-rider" , "Goad - incentive" , "Egg on or goad as horseman might" , "branch road" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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