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    Rollkur or hyperflexion of the horse's neck is defined as "flexion of the horse's neck achieved through aggressive force" and is banned in International...
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    the practice of rollkur after public pressure. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kittel was pictured riding Scandic in rollkur in the warm up prior...
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    and new controversies arose, especially about training methods such as Rollkur, problems in the field of endurance riding, stable confinement, and the...
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    Grunsven has been closely linked with the controversial training method rollkur, although she has moved to distance herself from the practice after it...
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  • and round" training method known as Rollkur, or hyperflexion. However, both proponents and opponents of Rollkur have disagreed on this point. Sjef Janssen...
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    "LDR" (low, deep and round) hyperflexion training technique also known as Rollkur, which faces claims of causing physical harm to the horse, and is considered...
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    an issue of a BHS publication carried an article on the controversial rollkur procedure (otherwise known as LDR or Hyperflection) debate. The BHS received...
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    movements. While these modern methods, such as the highly controversial rollkur technique, can produce winning animals, classical dressage riders argue...
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    kept in isolation from others and trained using the controversial method rollkur, which involves hyperflexion of the horse's neck. German authorities opened...
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    evidence-based equestrianism. The FEI has banned hyperflexion of horse’s neck, the Rollkur technique, but a July 2014 article in the Guardian notes that it was still...
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    member of Xenophen, and like Philippe Karl petitions against the use of rollkur. Balkenhol's earlier riding career consisted of being a mounted policeman...
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    The Gogue may be adjusted extremely short as a device for rollkur, and opponents of rollkur consider this to be abuse of the horse. Additionally, novice...
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    Psychology. June 2008. van Breda, Eric. "A Nonnatural head-neck Position (Rollkur) during Training Results in Less Acute Stress in Elite, Trained, Dressage...
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    Riders who ride with their horses "deep", "behind the vertical", or in a rollkur frame decrease the range of the horse's distance vision even more, focusing...
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    This controversy in Western Pleasure circles resembles the debate over Rollkur in the field of dressage, particularly over the question of whether the...
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    including Pat Parelli and Clinton Anderson. The controversial practice of rollkur is sometimes erroneously labelled Baucherist due to the flexion observed...
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  • published photos of Helgstrand warming up his horse Torveslettens Stamina in a rollkur position, though he was not warned or sanctioned at the event. In 2022...
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  • Prize", she loses her temper at dressage rider Allegra Hickman for using rollkur. "'Mystic': British Drama Producer Slim Film + Television Teams With Neil...
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  • including the use of a harsh bit, the riding crop, training methods such as rollkur and poling, the use of electric shocks and the domination of the horse...
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    when pictures emerged showing him hyper-flexing Safira's neck, using a Rollkur position. In their decision, the FEI suggested the athlete's conduct could...
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    animal correctly on the bit. Like the equally controversial practice of rollkur, the horse does not flex properly at the poll, but rather flexes improperly...
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