Talk:Rollkur

Some kind of a picture would be really nice to make this article clearer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.222.243.49 (talk) 23:35, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes! In particular, the article uses the phrase "behind the vertical" frequently . . what vertical? the vertical through what point? (The reader can make a sensible guess - but shouldn't be having to guess.)

Also - the word itself, Rollkur: where is it from? what language? (Looks like German.) What does it mean there? 2A04:B2C2:1800:DF00:301F:AE2F:EF49:82EC (talk) 08:43, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

I wonder if the right-left-right-left swinging of the horse's head to each shoulder universally done upon mounting to Paso Fino horses is a version of Rollkur? SolteraSoltera (talk) 20:17, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

The way I've seen it done, the horse trained to touch your stirrup with its nose, but with light touch on the rein, may be a variant of stretching out, but when I've seen ROllkur, it's usually done with contact and more force. I'm of a mixed view on the benefit of stretching and asking for release; some forms are, I think, helpful. The Rollkur variant seems to lead to the horse HOLDING a stress position, though. Not 100% certain I am correct on this, however. Definitely the way I see people run around breed shows with draw reins on a western curb bit is a rollkur variant, though! Montanabw^(talk) 00:36, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Sources

• Study: http://www.thehorse.com/articles/36683/hyperflexion-in-review?utm_campaign=11-05-2015

Intro

The intro is missing an explanation of why one would use this technique. The body only mentions that it "improves score" but doesn't say how. – Thjarkur (talk) 13:03, 7 January 2021 (UTC)