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Dressage judges are being asked 'to do the impossible'

DRESSAGE judges are being asked to do the “impossible”, as they are predisposed to give higher marks to those who share their nationality and have previously performed well.

A study by Inga Wolframm, professor of sustainable equestrianism at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, considered whether the information a judge must evaluate could exceed what can reasonably be

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