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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRollkur is a scandalous practice the world of dressage.
A friend in the UK sent me a picture of how horses are abused to accomplish this appearance of a curved neck through hyperflexion. Then I remembered that a dressage horse has been part of this 2012 campaign.
http://www.writingofriding.com/in-the-media/a-beginners-guide-to-rollkur/
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Rollkur is a scandalous practice the world of dressage. (Original Post)
Skidmore
Jul 2012
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. Animal abuse, consistent with the psychopath Romney family, Ann included.
Fuck her bullshit.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)4. And her too!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. Thanks. Nice sport, huh?
Seems like the romneys abuse dogs and horses!
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)3. Link don't work ?
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)6. Don't know why. It works here.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)7. It works now.
hack89
(39,171 posts)5. Which is why it has been banned.
Rollkur or hyperflexion of the horse's neck is a practice in equestrianism defined as "flexion of the horse's neck achieved through aggressive force" and is banned by the world governing body, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollkur
Sounded despicable.
Sadly, not enforced.