DressageDisgrace

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Copyright remains with the artist Michelle Guillot.

Please find below the replay of the recording of the wonderful teleseminar with Carolyn Resnick, where she discussed why she is backing the anti-rollkur campaign and how she uses the ‘Uberstreichen Excercises’ she developed to train horses to grand prix level dressage without the need for pulled reins.

Apologies for those of you who could not [...]

Rollkur is seen in training and warm-up rings around the world as dressage riders (and riders in other disciplines as well) prepare for competition. A recent Epona TV video of a horse being ridden in a World Cup Qualifier warm-up in Odense, Denmark has brought riders, trainers, and equine enthusiasts of all kinds together in [...]

The following have been suggested as the right way to perform dressage. What do you think?
VIDEO1

As suggested by Emma:
VIDEO 2

As suggested by SHARON:
VIDEO 3

The FEI condemns all training methods and practices that are contrary to horse welfare. The welfare of the horse has always been and will always be at the core of every aspect of the Federation’s work as the international governing body for equestrian sport.
During its meeting in Copenhagen (DEN) on 15 November, the FEI Bureau [...]

A study of the Rollkur technique used in dressage horse training has been carried out in Canada.
In Rollkur, the horse’s neck is hyper flexed so that the nose is very close to, if not touching, the chest. The front of the head is behind the vertical (angled in) instead of being vertical or slightly [...]

It’s not just dressage riders, who are guilty of abuse…

The following is a letter sent to Princess Haya, President of the FEI, by Patrick Print FBHS Chairman of The British Horse Society. It was prompted by an email sent by Heather Moffett, who started the Facebook group, whose link can be found to the right under LINKS TO ALSO FOLLOW AND SUPPORT:
HRH Princess Haya [...]

“What struck me in this revealing and devastating video in addition to the abhorent and obvious abuse of this horse, is the looks on the faces of the spectators. They obviously see what is happening – yet did the conventions of society prevent them from speaking out? Surely the other riders in the arena were [...]

Video courtesy of EPONA.tv
“This is the uncut version of the video sequence, which shows the KWPN stallion, Watermill Scandic, being ridden in the hyperflexed/rollkur position with its blue tongue lolling out at the World Cup dressage qualifier in Odense, Denmark in October 2009.
It has been stated that the original video did not accurately represent events [...]