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Salivary cortisol concentrations, heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV) and superficial body temperature were determined in horses (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2003=\u200316) lunged on two subsequent days. The head and neck of the horse was fixed with side reins in a position allowing forward extension on day A and fixed in hyperflexion on day B. The order of treatments alternated between horses. In response to lunging, cortisol concentration increased (day A from 0.73\u2003\u00b1\u20030.06 to 1.41\u2003\u00b1\u20030.13\u2003ng\/ml, p\u2003&lt;\u20030.001; day B from 0.68\u2003\u00b1\u20030.07 to 1.38\u2003\u00b1\u20030.13\u2003ng\/ml, p\u2003&lt;\u20030.001) but did not differ between days A and B. Beat\u2010to\u2010beat (RR) interval decreased in response to lunging on both days. HRV variables standard deviation of RR interval (SDRR) and RMSSD (root mean square of successive RR differences) decreased (p\u2003&lt;\u20030.001) but did not differ between days. In the cranial region of the neck, the difference between maximum and minimum temperature was increased in hyperflexion (p\u2003&lt;\u20030.01). In conclusion, physiological parameters do not indicate an acute stress response to hyperflexion of the head alone in horses lunged at moderate speed and not touched with the whip. 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