Charlotte Dujardin suspended for one year over horse-whipping incident

Double Olympic champion was forced to withdraw on eve of Paris 2024 after footage emerged of her repeatedly whipping a horse

The double Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin has been suspended from all competition for one year after a video emerged on the eve of the Paris 2024 Games of her whipping a horse repeatedly.

Dujardin was forced to withdraw from the Olympics after the footage from four years ago emerged. Referring to a video of a coaching session, she said what happened was “completely out of character” and “does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils”.

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