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The Tongue Gate – Why the Horse’s Tongue Is So Important

There has been a lot of talk about the horses’ tongues and mouths recently, ranging from the Adreas Helgstrand documentary to Patrick Kittel’s horse repeatedly showing a blue tongue in competition. After the 2024 World Cup Finals in Riyadh, a Eurodressage-article also presented multiple photographs of top-level horse-rider-combinations, where the horses clearly have their mouth …