At 22:19:00 on 11.06.11, NoraPieterse wrote:
Just wondered what everyone else thinks of rollkur? There's much debate as to if it is cruel or not... I say that if you overbend a horse so much that it's tongue goes blue and hangs out of his mouth, it is cruel. But others think not. It's an interesting subject. Here's a great link to info on an investigation 'World Horse Welfare' and 'Your Horse' did on rollkur..

At 13:34:33 on 13.06.11, bazz94 wrote:
I don't agree, let a horse's head go where it wants to go and where it needs to go! Not what you want!! I used to be 'eh' about it hut no, not any more, it's stupid and horrible and causes PAIN to the horses!

At 14:35:20 on 13.06.11, ToriSilverson wrote:
it just looks stupid to me, why would you want your horses chin to touch its chest :S id love to see anyone attempt that on charlie, he would just go up =/

At 23:23:42 on 13.06.11, Angelalain wrote:
There was a long thread about this last year (40+ posts) everyone had nothing good to say about it.

At 12:36:00 on 14.06.11, NoraPieterse wrote:
@Angelalian do you mean you don't agree it's cruel? I agreewith bazz94 and ToriCilverson. It looks stupid and is so horrible!

At 17:13:35 on 14.06.11, NMH wrote:
I don't think Angelalain does mean that!! Just that this topic was covered extensively last year & everyone agreed it's evil!! Try searching back in Dressage group to find what people said.

At 17:15:56 on 14.06.11, NMH wrote:
That should be Dressage Wannabes i think

At 01:07:43 on 15.06.11, JessAndGrenville123 wrote:
no angelalain means we all disagree with it lol i made a post about it cos i joined too late to see the old one and everyone HATES it :P its aweful i agree

At 08:28:42 on 16.06.11, Flicka wrote:
Yes we all had a big debate about it and a lot of us signed the petition to the FEI against it. Because of the public outcry the FEI made some changes. But has anyone seen the recent internet storm over a reining competition? Again they're focusing on one guy, although if you look in the background it seems that everyone is riding in this way which looks terrible. And it's an FEI event!! So what everyone should be asking is, how come they banned this hyper-flexion in dressage but it's allowed to carry on, and in an even worse manner, in reining?

At 08:33:07 on 16.06.11, Flicka wrote:
Sorry, forgot to say that the link is to the new petition regarding reining :) Does anyone know much about reining? Think we should have a balanced debate without a knee-jerk reaction, although that's not easy when you watch this video!