Was Totilas trained with Rollkur?
Totilas’ constant battle with injuries between 2011-2014 and finally bone inflammation in 2015, as well as clear change in movement (‘artificial gaits’) when he began training in Rollkur shows the ill effects it has on a horses well-being.
Who abused Totilas?
The German branch of the extremist animal rights group, PETA, filed charges against Totilas’ owners, Paul Schockemöhle and Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff, in October. It claims the stallion is being trained in the controversial rolkur method, is kept in isolation from other horses and is not given turnout.
What happened to Totilas the dressage horse?
Totilas was retired from competition in August 2015 and died on 14 December 2020 due to complications from colic.
What did Edward Gal do?
He formed his most successful partnership with Totilas. The pair twice broke the world record dressage score, and won three gold medals at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexingtones. More recently, Edward rode Glock’s Undercover at the European Championships in Herning where the pair were third.
What is the Rollkur method?
Rollkur is a controversial training technique that was imported from some European countries many decades ago. The Rollkur technique involves the forced, aggressive, over-flexion of the horse’s neck, with the effect of coercing the horse into an artificial outline and holding it in that position for long periods.
Can Totilas jump?
The 2019 Hanoverian stallion book records Totilas with 101 competitors in Germany, who between them have won €18,782. One is competing at S level dressage. He has a negative dressage value of 99 (89 for jumping) with 103 for trot, 107 for canter, 100 for walk, and 82 for rideability.
How much did Totilas sell for?
Moorland’s Totilas (Toto) – $9.5 – $15 million He is said to be the world’s best dressage horse ever to live. Nicknamed “Toto,” he is the first horse to score above 90 in dressage. This expensive horse was retired from competition in 2015 after a very successful career.
Where is totilas buried?
Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Worcester. Donations in her memory may be made to a charity of one’s choice.
Is Sandro Hit still alive?
Sandro Hit is dead. At the blessed age of 28, the stamp stallion and line founder had to be put to death with a heavy heart.
Who was Totilas sold to?
Paul Schockemö
Totilas, the most successful dressage horse in history with three gold medals from the World Equestrian Games and who holds all three Grand Prix level world records, has been sold to Paul Schockemöhle of Performance Sales International in Germany.
Is Rollkur abused?
Thankfully, the practice is recognized as an unacceptable form of abuse and was banned by the FEI some years ago on horse welfare grounds. Understandably, many horses put up a resistance to any attempt to ride them in Rollkur.
Why are we balking at the idea of Totilas?
The reason we’re balking to support Totilas is because we’d have to support everything that comes with Totilas. The abusive training method known as Rollkur aka LDR or hyperflexion; The riders who’ve propelled their careers with the use of these abuses (Matthias Rath, Edward Gal, Sjef Janssen, the list goes on);
What is rollkur (LDR)?
The abusive training method known as Rollkur aka LDR or hyperflexion; The riders who’ve propelled their careers with the use of these abuses (Matthias Rath, Edward Gal, Sjef Janssen, the list goes on); and we’d have to happily sit there and watch a horse perform who’d been abused just moments before in the warm-up.
What is Rollkur or hyperflexion?
The abusive training method known as Rollkur aka LDR or hyperflexion; The riders who’ve propelled their careers with the use of these abuses (Matthias Rath, Edward Gal, Sjef Janssen, the list goes on); and we’d have to happily sit there and watch a horse perform who’d been abused just moments before in the warm-up. Nobody’s been bashing Totilas.
Do we need to show up and support Totilas?
Now Carl Hester thinks we need to show up and support Totilas [let me roll my eyes for a few minutes]. It was very clever of Totilas ’ connections to keep the pressure off in the build-up to his first outing after nearly 2 years.