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Rollkur ?

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Rollkur ?
  • I've been hearing alot about this recently, but never before - what is Rollkur? I know it has to do with the horse's headset in dressage, but is it a tool or a training method or just the headset itself? Also, how do horse's see where they're going and how do they breath like that? Sorry if this sounds ignorant, I've just never seen something like this.
  • Had to look it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollkur
     
    Wikipedia can be very one sided but it looks so severe and unnatural. I guess unnatural could be said of anything other than a horse in a pasture.
     
     
  • here's a nice blog entry about it: http://www.writingofriding.com/in-the-media/a-beginners-guide-to-rollkur/
     
    (thanks for the weeping smiley)