Resumen de Selected highlights from other journals: Head position in dressage horses
M.J.J.O. Lashley, S. Nauwelaerts, J.C.M. Vernooij
IN dressage, points are awarded by a panel of judges. The position of the horse's head and neck in relation to the rest of its body is taken into account when scoring, with the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) judging handbook stating ‘the head should remain slightly in front of the vertical’. It has been suggested that keeping the head behind the vertical can play a role in complex locomotor disturbances in horses, although this remains controversial. This study aimed to compare the head angulation of dressage horses in top-level competitions in 1992 and 2008, to assess whether angulation has changed over this period and whether there had been a change in judges' scoring...
