hyperflexion horse abuse

I Have a Suggestion

March 24, 2014April 28, 2017

If you were at one of my clinics the very first thing I would say to you would be: “All that we ask our horses to do for us is based on our human goals and desires. I will go further and suggest that many of those goals are at the expense of our horse’s safety and well being.”

In The Media | Rollkur & LDR

Switzerland Criminalizes Hyperflexion

January 4, 2014February 21, 2014

Finally, a step in the right direction! Switzerland officials enacted a law prohibiting the use of hyperflexion (aka Rollkur) in their country. While this doesn’t solve the big picture of horse abuse created by extreme flexion of the horse’s neck, it is an improvement over the fictitious ban created by the FEI.