14 Things About the Olympics Your Probably Didn’t Know

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Animal Cruelty Perhaps?

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One sport that tends to get a lot of attention are the equestrian events, and why is that? That’s because this is probably the one time that you will see what is considered a bit of a wild beast trotting and dancing in ways you never thought possible, all due to a slight flick of a wrist of their rider. Many times, it almost feels like the horse is being tortured, and in reality, it sadly is. All those special movements that you see like hyper-flexing the neck known as rollkur, is the entire reason a horse does what it’s told to do. This type of training is even up for debate in a number of equestrian humanity debates as some believe it’s basically anguish for the animal.