• VOLUME 49 • © HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine

Keeping Up to Facebook

It has only been two months since we have been active on Facebook and the journey has been incredible. What a wonderful opportunity to hear back from so many people - it has proven this past month invaluable in providing us with a place to have a voice in between editions. And what a time it has been. Material has come pouring through, a lot of it in connection with the February 9th meeting of the FEI, both before and after.

Without this presence on Facebook, we would have been mute, unable to speak out in time for the meeting. I now wonder how we ever did without it. While hopefully most months will not be so intensely busy, it has been a welcome resource and a wonderful way to keep in touch with everyone.

But we realize not everyone utilizes Facebook, so we want to use this space to catch eveyone up on some of the posts to date.

The following is in order of date posted, not necessarily in date of importance. To see all the posts and comments that were posted, please visit our Facebook Page.

We do hope, though, that you utilize our Facebook page to post your stories, pictures and videos to our JUST SAY YES campaign.

January 11th

Horses For LIFE: we announced a new project of Horses For LIFE Publications - our very first video based on the pictures and text of our article, On The Vertical: A Fashion Failing the Horse From Volume 48 The Path of Transformation.

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This was a new medium for us to try to do an article in this video format. The response by many of our contributors has been so positive that we look forward to working on many more in the future.

January 17th

FEI LAUNCHES NEW EVENTING RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

Malmö (SWE), 17 January 2010

A new worldwide Eventing Risk Management Policy and Action Plan aimed at reducing cross-country horse falls was launched at the third annual FEI Safety meeting in Malmö, Sweden, today. Based on a six-year statistical study of the sport, the Action Plan will be a functional and reliable system that will be used to monitor risk factors in Eventing, and to streamline international data and ideas to further understand the root causes of falls.

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January 29th

Protest Legalizing Drugs for Competition Horses

Feel Free to Post and Print This Poster! Share it Everywhere. Copyright Remains with the artist, Michelle Guillot

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Then on January 31st

We found out about the meeting through Dr. Heuschmann and we wanted to let people know about the petition.

Dr Heuschmann wants your signature to take to the FEI closed door meeting!

Direct Link: http://www.wu-wei-verlag.com/neu/ua.php?DIR=vor

February 1st Kudos to the British Horse Society

Hyperflexion Statement

As the debate over the use of hyperflexion as a training technique continues, The British Horse Society’s policy may be stated as follows:

The British Horse Society strongly recommends that all riders training horses on the flat and over fences should adhere to the official instruction handbook of the German National Equestrian Federation. Whilst we appreciate that horses are as individual as humans, and that some may require corrective schooling, the BHS’s stand on hyperflexion (by which we mean the extreme flexion of the horse’s head and neck beyond normal limits) remains clear: it is an unacceptable method of training horses by any rider for any length of time.

We recognise that the scientific evidence is conflicting, and likely to remain so as each party seeks determinedly to prove its case. For this reason we doubt that science will ever provide a single, clear, unambiguous and unarguable answer. It therefore falls to humans to do what the horses cannot, namely to follow the precautionary principle: as nature provides no evidence of horses choosing to move in hyperflexion for an extended period of time; and as hyperflexion can create tension in the horse’s neck and back which has no justifying necessity; and as the horse in hyperflexion is, by definition, unable fully to use its neck; and as the psychological consequences of such treatment remain latent (perhaps in an analogous position with horses which are whipped aggressively but which can still pass a five star vetting), we should take all appropriate steps to discourage the use of this training technique, for the horse’s sake.

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February 2nd We heard this from Philippe Karl

While we have already reported about the petition that Dr. Gerd Heuschmann has asked everyone to sign to take with him to the February 9th meeting, Philippe Karl has activated a petition as well.

Philippe Karl is keen to stop the madness that is rollkur and continues to work on behalf of the horse.

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Dear Madam, dear Sir,

On 9 February 2010, more than 20 experts will attend an FEI meeting in Switzerland to discuss once again whether the so-called hyperflexion (“Rollkur”) is an adequate method of training a horse. In order to support the opponents of this method and offer them further arguments, a petition has been initiated at www.no-rollkur.com. We’d like to invite you to support this action against hyperflexion – time is short!

You were so kind as to sign our own petition calling for reforms of the FN rules, which was initiated in May 2009. This obviously bore fruit: The German FN eventually invited Philippe Karl for a meeting in Warendorf, Germany. They now have to find an appropriate date. We will of course keep you informed about the outcome of this meeting.

Thank you very much again for your support!

Cordially,

Philippe Karl & his team

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Then February 4th

From the Desk of the Editor of Horses For LIFE Magazine

We were going to keep this quiet. Our small part of continuing to make a difference, that no one really needed to know about. But quicker than a rabbit finds his hole, the emails were being forwarded. Surprisingly the emails were being forwarded not just by the anit-rollkur but by the pro-rollkur camp as well. That, I must admit, came as a surprise.

Since we always wanted to make this issue freely available anyway, we do so now today for a limited time.

The following email/letter was sent out as a special request, on behalf of the veternarians that feel that their voice is not being heard, to close to 150 officials at the national level.

The link to the full issue Enough is Enough is included below. Please feel free to forward it yourself.

On behalf of our continuing efforts for the horses.

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Dear Mesdames/Sirs:

I am sure that you have been inundated with emails about the rollkur issue. Our online magazine, Horses For LIFE recently dedicated an issue to that subject. In response, several of our readers, all of them practicing veterinarians, contacted us and made a special request. They requested that we make this issue available for free to certain officials of the USDF and USEF.

Below is a link to this issue. This is what we refer to as our flip version. If you click the diagonal arrow at the top of the page, the magazine will appear full screen on your computer. If you hover over the magazine itself and then click, you can zoom in or out, and if you hover over the right side you will see a white arrow to virtually flip the page to see and read the rest of the magazine.

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I would like to especially direct your attention to certain articles including Jean Luc Cornille’s Hyperflexion: A Failure of Olympic Proportion, Stealing the Dragon’s Breath, The Changing Perception on Stretching, which addresses the issues of Poll Ossification, and Enough is Enough, among others.

Below is one of many letters that we received from the veterinarians who are adamantly concerned about the effects of hyper-flexion on the psyche and the body of the horse.

“At least the notorious "Blue Tongue Dressage" video has reawakened the outcry among horse enthusiasts against Rollkur (hyper-flexion). The problem is that horse lovers, veterinarians, and true horsemen have been complaining about this abuse for years, to no avail. The FEI has in the past given lip service to the concerns, while essentially doing nothing. Worse, yet, the FEI even states that its various "experts" have determined that hyper-flexion in "short" increments does not hurt the horse mentally or physically.

"As the wave of antipathy towards equine sport swells among the internet savvy animal lovers, it portends a dangerous progression for future developments in dressage.

"The dressage community needs to correct this problem of horse abuse from within, rather than let animal rights groups stifle the entire sport or (even the legality of people's right to ride horses), from without.

"Your professionally produced presentation about the abuse to the horse caused by Rollkur (hyper-flexion) riding contains numerous testimonials and articles from scientists in biomechanics, horsemen, and equine behaviorists, as to how and why Rollkur is harmful to the horse. The photos of horses being subjected to the cruelties imposed upon them by man moves one to tears.

"If we, in the sport, do not condemn and stop this practice, we will be stopped altogether by those more radical groups which have the funds and public support to carry out their agenda of abolishing all horse sport. Who in dressage could even think that Rollkur would have anything in common with a discipline which is supposed to be promoting the horse and rider in lightness, self carriage, elegance, grace and creating the impression that the horse is doing all his movements of his own accord? Please help stop the abuse of the horse.”

On behalf of the horse we, here at Horses For LIFE, offer freely to you this issue in the hope that we can further help the horse. If we can be of any help, in promotion of the work that you do on behalf of the horse, or if you think some of our articles might help your local, regional, or national areas through your own newsletters and magazines, please contact us and we would be pleased to assist.

Working together on behalf of the horse.

Warm Regards,

Nadja King

Editor

Horses For LIFE Publications

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equestriansquest@horsesforlife.com

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Since this issue is now freely available please feel free to share if you think it could make a difference.

An excellent letter Followed on February 5th from Klaus Balkenhol

Klaus Balkenhol Letter to The FEI for the February 9th Meeting

(Translated from the German)

Originally Sent Feb. 3 2010

Federation Equestre International

Avenue Rumine 37

CH – 1005 Lausanne Rosendahl

SWITZERLAND

February 3, 2010

Dear Sirs and Madames:

We submit herewith some comments concerning your upcoming roundtable discussion, scheduled for February 9th, at which you will be establishing a final plan for the handling of the topic of Rollkur/Hyperflexion.

Those of us who have signed this letter wish to point out sharply that new or amended rules with regard to the accepted classical precepts of riding, which are contained in the guidelines written down in your Handbook, are absolutely superfluous and therefore unnecessary. These precepts, which the FEI has up until now felt obliged to uphold, are already fully developed, tried and tested! They are already recognized world-wide as authoritative, and as fair to the horse. Based on centuries of experience, they offer a stable and secure foundation even for today’s riding.

No changes may be made that constitute a burden to the well-being of the horse, either physically or mentally. If you accept riding in hyperflexion as a permissible training method, you legitimize aggressive riding. We protest that in the strongest possible terms!

As horse people, we expect the FEI to maintain unaltered their regulations, which have until now been valid, resting as they do upon the classical precepts of riding – for the good of the horses and the continued good repute of international equestrian sport.

The undersigned support this statement:

Klaus Balkenhol (Olympic medalist)

(Joined by, in alphabetical order)

- Laura Bechtolsheimer (British Record Holder, 3. Europameisterschaften 2009)

- Wilfried Bechtolsheimer (Trainer)

- Ingrid Klimke (Olympic medalist)

- Ruth Klimke (Vice President of the German Riders Union)

- Beezie Madden (Olympic medalist)

- John Madden (Trainer)

- Debbie McDonald (Olympic Bronze medalist)

- Susanne Miesner (Trainer)

- George Morris (Chef d’equipe USEF show jumping team, Olympic silver medalist)

- Martin Plewa (former German national Three-Day Event trainer, Director of the Riding and Driving School of Westfalia)

- Michael Putz (Trainer and judge)

- Klaus-Martin Rath (Trainer, member of the Dressage Committee of the German Olympic

Committee)

- Matthias Alexander Rath (German Meister 2009)

- Hinrich Romeike (Olympic medalist)

- Hubertus Schmidt (Olympic medalist)

- Günter Seidel (Olympic bronze medalist)

- Christine Stückelberger (Olympiic medalist)

- Paul Stecken (Trainer)

- Hans Günter Winkler (Olympic medalist)

- Harry Boldt, Dressur. Doppel-Olympiasieger, früherer Bundestrainer Dressur, GBR

- Beatrice Büchler-Keller, Swiss, FEI O-Richter

- Nadine Capellmann, Dressur, Olympiasiegrin

- Carsten Huck, Springen, Olympia Bronze-Gewinner

- Michael Klimke, Deuscther Meister, Dressur

- Ann Kathrinne Linsenhoff, Olympiasiegerin, WElt- und Europameisterin, Mitglied im FN-Präsidium

- Michael Robert, Olympia-Gewinner Bronze, Trainer

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Then on February 6th Colonel Carde wrote a letter of support to Dr. Gerd Heuschmann and to everyone who is against rollkur.

Letter from Colonel Carde to Dr. Heuschmann in preparation for the FEI February 9th discussion.

Dear Gerd,

You have been invited to take part in the FEI roundtable discussion scheduled for February, 9th.

At the heart of the debate will be the hyperflexion of the horse’s neck. I want to personally let you know that like many trainers, judges and thousands of riders, all my thoughts will be with you on that day.

Rollkur must be strongly discouraged in riding/training and banned from competition:

- Because it has no place in a philosophy of training designed to develop horses into happy athletes.

- Because it is contrary to the classical Dressage principles applied in all the Schools.*

- Because it is dangerous to the horse's health when badly executed – which is the overwhelming majority of cases.

In Dressage competition, it must be forbidden for the entire duration of the competitions. In order to implement this rule, at the very least, the warm-up should be monitored by a judge and at the very best, it should be scored and that score should be included in the competitors' final ranking.

Good luck, we are counting on you.

Colonel Christian Carde

Ancien écuyer en chef de l’Ecole Nationale d’Equitation et du Cadre Noir de Saumur

(Former Head Rider of the French National School of Riding and of the Cadre Noir in Saumur.)

Cher Gerd,

Vous avez été invité à participer à une réunion le 9 février à la FEI. L’hyper-flexion de l’encolure sera au cœur des débats. Je tiens à vous dire que, comme de nombreux entraîneurs, de nombreux juges et des milliers de cavaliers, je serai avec vous ce jour là par la pensée. Il faut que le Roll Kur soit déconseillé dans la pratique équestre, et interdit en compétition:

- parce qu’il n’a pas sa place dans une philosophie de l’action qui conduirait à faire du cheval un athlète heureux,

- parce qu’il est contraire aux principes classiques de dressage des chevaux dans toutes les Ecoles,

- parce qu’il est dangereux pour la santé des chevaux lorsqu’il est mal employé c'est-à-dire dans la plupart des cas. Dans les compétitions de Dressage il faut qu’il soit interdit sur toute la durée du concours. Pour que ceci soit appliqué il est nécessaire, au moins, que la détente des chevaux soit surveillée par un juge, au mieux, qu’elle soit notée et que la notation compte dans le classement final des

concurrents.

Bon courage, nous comptons sur vous.

Colonel Christian Carde

Ancien écuyer en chef de l’Ecole Nationale d’Equitation

et du Cadre Noir de Saumur

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A special thank you to Caroline Larrouilh for her efforts in bringing this material forward, who continues to work tirelessly behind the scenes, in her work against rollkur and for the good of the horse.

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On February 8th, Horses For LIFE Publications announced the release of its second production, The Damage Inside, a video freely available online. This, our second video, felt us hit our stride on what we can do in this new format, the very different presentation of doing an actual stand-alone article in a video format.

Even before our next issue is released, we would like to share this NEW video article with everyone. We hope that this educational article can help trainers and riders understand the repercussions of working with training methods that utilize rollkur, hyperflexion and behind the vertical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhljcsuudd4

Our thoughts go to all of those in the upcoming meeting that go into and come out of the meeting putting the horse first.

And thank you to ALL of you, for the petitions that you have signed, the tireless work, the emails sent, for the support. Thank you to the British Horse Society for being the first national organization to make a clear stand on this issue and to the many trainers who are standing up for the horse, from Klaus Balkenhol to Colonel Carde to Philippe Karl and of course to Dr. Gerd Heuschmann.

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Then on February 9th The Long Awaited Announcement from the Meeeting of the FEI on this unexpected meeting on rollkur

FEI PRESS RELEASE

Lausanne (SUI), 9 February 2010

FEI ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE RESOLVES ROLLKUR CONTROVERSY

Following constructive debate at the FEI round-table conference at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne today (9 February), the consensus of the group was that any head and neck position achieved through aggressive force is not acceptable. The group redefined hyperflexion/Rollkur as flexion of the horse’s neck achieved through aggressive force, which is therefore unacceptable. The technique known as Low, Deep and Round (LDR), which achieves flexion without undue force, is acceptable.

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Philippe Karl response:

Philippe Karl Official Statement on LDR and the FEI Statement was swift

"The FEI has bravely decided to make no decision at all. Rollkur isn't officially permitted, but the same posture persists under another name (Low, Deep and Round). The rules haven't changed and everything will go on as before, in the most perfect hypocrisy. But we're not giving up yet; rather, we will continue to fight against this catastrophe."

Die FEI hat beherzt entschieden, nichts zu entscheiden. Die Rollkur ist offiziell nicht erlaubt, aber dieselbe Haltung bleibt uns unter anderem Namen („Low, Deep and Round“) erhalten. Das Reglement ändert sich nicht und alles wird so weiterlaufen wie bisher, in tadelloser Scheinheiligkeit. Wir geben jedoch nicht auf, sondern werden weiter gegen diese Katastrophe kämpfen.

La FEI a courageusement décidé de ne rien décider. La Rollkur n’est pas autorisée officiellement, mais l’attitude reste d’actualité sous un autre nom (LDR). Le règlement ne change pas et tout continuera comme avant, dans l’hypocrisie la plus parfaite. Mais nous n’abandonnons pas, nous allons continuer à nous battre contre cette catastrophe.

Philippe Karl

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Colonel Carde’s studied response on February 11th

Colonel Carde : Response to the FEI statement regarding the February 9th FEI roundtable on Rollkur/Hyperflexion

I am not surprised with the outcome of the meeting. Had the FEI truly condemned the hyper flexion of the neck, it would have rejected the training technique behind the success of a triple Olympic champion, and disowned the judges, trainers and riders who have benefited from it until now.

In reading the text of the FEI’s press release, we find that the FEI is now authorizing Hyperflexion when it is obtained without force (“Using the technique known as Low, Deep, Round (LDR), which achieves flexion without undue force is acceptable”.) It appears the roundtable of February 9th did not really change anything.

To justify its position, the FEI committee implied that Rollkur and LDR are different. They chose to completely ignore the history of Rollkur. One must remember that this training technique was developed by trainer Sjef Janssen who baptized it “Low, Deep and Round”. It then became commonly referred to as Rollkur by Swede Theresa Sandin on her website. Without a doubt, Rollkur and LDR are exactly the same technique as all the pictures published on this topic can attest to.

In reality, it would have been better to set aside Rollkur and LDR which are one and the same, and focus the discussion instead on hyper flexion, which is easier to define. To forbid Rollkur and authorize LDR is meaningless. It is akin to forbidding the consumption of pork but allowing pig!

In the final analysis, the conclusions arrived at by the FEI will only be valid if the FEI produces different photos showcasing on the one hand, the difference between Rollkur and LDR, and on the other hand photos showing horses in the authorized LDR posture. Otherwise, the ambiguity will remain.

Reponse du Colonel Carde au communique de la FEI regardant la conference sur le rollkur du 9 Fevrier, 2010

Je ne suis pas surpris car en condamnant l’hyper-flexion de l’encolure, la FEI rejetait un procédé qui avait fait les succès d’une triple championne olympique et désavouait les juges les entraîneurs et les cavaliers qui s’en étaient accommodés jusqu’à présent.

Mieux, si on lit avec attention le communiqué de la FEI on s’aperçoit que la FEI autorise l’Hyper flexion lorsqu’elle n’est pas obtenue en force (The technique known as Low Deep and Round (LDR), which achieves flexion without undue force, is acceptable.) La réunion du 9 février n’a donc rien véritablement changé.

Pour justifier sa position le groupe de travail du 9 Février a laissé entendre que Roll Kur et LDR étaient différents. Or c’est faire table rase de l’historique: il faut se souvenir que ce procédé LDR (low, deep and round) inventé et baptisé ainsi par l’entraîneur Sjef Janssen, a été ensuite appelé familièrement Rollkur par la suédoise Teresa Sandin sur son site internet, mais c’est exactement la même chose, toutes les nombreuses photos publiées à ce sujet l’attestent.

En réalité il faut oublier Rollkur et LDR, identiques, et parler d’hyper flexion plus facile à définir. Interdire le Rollkur et autoriser le LDR n’a donc pas de sens : c’est un peu comme interdire de manger du porc et autoriser à manger du cochon !

Et les conclusions de la réunion du 9 Février ne seront vraiment convaincantes que si la FEI produit différentes photos montrant, d’une part, la différence qui existerait entre Roll Kur et LDR, d’autre part montrant des chevaux dans l’attitude LDR autorisée. Sinon l’ambiguïté demeurera.

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Response: 10th February 2010

'Low, Deep and Round' or a blow, deep and unkind?

Dr Robert Cook FRCVS, PhD (drcook@bitlessbridle.com)

Once again, the FEI has rejected the evidence and another opportunity for reform has been lost. Over bending may be acceptable to the FEI but it is not acceptable to the horse. The FEI is just dodging the issue by changing the name of the shame. 'Low, Deep and Round' is simply a synonym for 'Rollkur,' hyperflexion and over bending. 'Rollkur' by any other name smells just as rotten. A semantic sleight of hand will not stop this regrettable practice.

Yet there is a way to establish a humane requirement for the degree of poll flexion to be permitted. Such a guideline already exists in the FEI rule book and it is one easily monitored by stewards in the warm-up ring. The rule book requires a horse to be 'on the bit.' Part of the FEI's own definition of this phrase reads: " ... the head should remain in a steady position, as a rule slightly in front of the vertical ... " So I agree that, in this respect at least, there is no need to change the rule book. All that the FEI has to do is to abide by it. 'Low, deep and round' transgresses the rule book. It also transgresses the injunction that a horse be "calm, supple, loose, and flexible ..." and "must not be subjected to any training methods which are abusive or cause fear."

The FEI's assertion that the practice of 'low deep and round' achieves flexion without undue force' is refutable. Apart from the FEI's unfortunate endorsement of the concept that force of any sort is an acceptable part of training, how would they define 'undue' or 'aggressive'? Such words merely provide loopholes through which any lawyer could drive a double-decker bus. Furthermore, it is noted that in commending 'low, deep and round' (LDR) they are quietly substituting the word 'flexion' for 'hyperflexion.' Yet LDR involves hyperflexion and this is not a physiological position for a horse's head to be in during forward motion. Even at the walk, no horse at liberty would choose to place its head in such a position.

The statement, " ... the main responsibility for the welfare of the horse rests with the rider" is an abrogation of the FEI's responsibility. Are they washing their hands of any requirement on their part to promote equine welfare? If so, they renounce the primary justification for their very existence.

The question should have been determined on the basis of the scientific evidence, not by consensus. By all means let's have a debate, preferably an open debate. And after the debate, let the decision be based on the evidence of equine anatomy and physiology. Scientific truths are not determined by majority vote.

If we do not protest the FEI's current non-compliance with nine of the ten items in their own code of conduct, we must all bow our heads in shame that human beings have once again failed to show humanity. [i]

Robert Cook, FRCVS, PhD

Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

February 10th, 2010

Reference

Cook, W.R. (2007): "Why is Rollkur Wrong?" Available online at www.bitlessbridle.com

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Robert Cook FRCVS, PhD

Professor of Surgery Emeritus

Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Chairman and CEO, BitlessBridle Inc.

www.bitlessbridle.com

Present address: 206,Birch Run Road

Chestertown, MD 21620 USA

Telephone & Fax: (443) 282 0472

Email: drcook@bitlessbridle.com

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From the office of Horses For LIFE Publications, thank you for allowing us to see and hear your thoughts through all of this. It has been a privilege.

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