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A Beginner’s Guide to Rollkur

Posted September 9th by Erica K. in Pressing Matters
A Beginner’s Guide to Rollkur

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I was checking my blog statistics today, seeing how much traffic is coming to my blog and where they arrive from, and it came to my attention that many of my visitors arrive from searches relating to rollkur. When I did a search on some of the keyword terms that are bringing traffic to me I found a number of bulletin board posts talking about rollkur, and much of the discussion was targeted at trying to understand what rollkur was, if it was bad, and why it was being done. So… I know I’ve posted on rollkur before and have taken quite a hiatus on it, but I thought it might be beneficial for my readers if I wrote up a simplified explanation of what rollkur is, why it is done, and how it affects the horse.

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New Rollkur Study

Posted January 27th by Erica K. in Pressing Matters
New Rollkur Study

Hyperflexion Breaks the Rules

Posted February 2nd by Erica K. in Articles, Pressing Matters
Hyperflexion Breaks the Rules

Piaffe

Posted January 19th by Erica K. in Video Reviews
Piaffe

The movement of the piaffe, or trotting in place, is one long considered to be a movement achieved only through the mastery and ultimate refinement of aids coupled with the correct training structure to develop the horse. Piaffe is often seen performed in a myriad of venues; dressage competitions, horse fairs and demonstrations, circus, trick performances, etc. It has become more of a common sight, to see a horse trotting in place, and the awe and impress that follows is that in accordance with the rumor that the piaffe is difficult to train. This assumption is often incorrect however and is made by those who have not learned to train the piaffe or have struggled with it’s training.

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