{"id":203103,"date":"2024-07-25T12:55:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T12:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/rider-out-of-olympics-for-excessive-horse-beating\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T12:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T12:55:54","slug":"rider-out-of-olympics-for-excessive-horse-beating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/rider-out-of-olympics-for-excessive-horse-beating\/","title":{"rendered":"Rider Out Of Olympics &#8230;For Excessive Horse Beating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Dujardin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Dujardin, Britain\u2019s joint-most decorated female Olympian, has been provisionally suspended by equestrian\u2019s governing body the FEI.<\/p>\n<p>The dressage star had already pulled out of Paris 2024 after a video emerged which she said showed her \u201cmaking an error of judgement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The FEI said it had received footage showing three-time Olympic gold medallist Dujardin \u201cengaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare \u2013 during a training session conducted at Ms Dujardin\u2019s private stable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer representing the claimant who filed an official complaint against Dujardin to the FEI said in an accompanying letter seen by the BBC \u201cthe video shows Ms Dujardin beating a horse excessively with a whip\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cMy client is aware that this complaint could have far-reaching consequences for Ms Dujardin, including disciplinary sanctions. My client had to think long and hard about whether to bring this to your attention this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Good Morning Britain, the ITV breakfast show, aired footage on Wednesday morning that appeared to show Dujardin hitting a horse with a long equestrian whip.<\/p>\n<p>The footage, which is yet to be verified by the BBC, appeared to show Dujardin repeatedly striking the back of a horse\u2019s legs.<\/p>\n<p>Whips are used in all equestrian disciplines and when employed as a training aid should be utilised lightly to communicate with the horse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn dressage they use a long whip called a schooling whip to encourage the horse,\u201d Madeleine Hill, a former dressage reporter for magazine Horse &amp; Hound, told the Today Programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenerally you can\u2019t use the whip too harshly because horses are very sensitive and they\u2019ll react badly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn dressage I would say it\u2019s used as a training aid and quite cautiously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FEI said Dujardin confirmed she was the individual in the video which was \u201cfilmed several years ago\u201d and \u201crequested to be provisionally suspended pending the outcome of the investigations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The body initially announced a six-month suspension but later said the ban would \u201cremain in place pending the outcome of the investigation\/disciplinary proceedings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Although the ban remains provisional while the FEI investigates, Dujardin, who has six Olympic medals in total, has said she will \u201cwithdraw from all competition while this process takes place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils, however there is no excuse,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Dujardin \u00a0 Charlotte Dujardin, Britain\u2019s joint-most decorated female Olympian, has been provisionally suspended by equestrian\u2019s governing body the FEI. The dressage star had already pulled out of Paris 2024 after a video emerged which she said showed her \u201cmaking an error of judgement\u201d. The FEI said it had received footage showing three-time Olympic gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rider Out Of Olympics ...For Excessive Horse Beating - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/rider-out-of-olympics-for-excessive-horse-beating\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rider Out Of Olympics ...For Excessive Horse Beating - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Charlotte Dujardin \u00a0 Charlotte Dujardin, Britain\u2019s joint-most decorated female Olympian, has been provisionally suspended by equestrian\u2019s governing body the FEI. 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