Caught Repeatedly Whipping a Horse, Top British Rider Is Out of the Olympics

[Coventina]

Charlotte Dujardin, one of the world’s most renowned dressage riders, will not compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after video footage emerged showing the British athlete repeatedly whipping a horse during a training session.

In the video, Dujardin, who has won six Olympic equestrian medals — three gold, a silver and two bronze — repeatedly strikes a horse being ridden by another person as an onlooker laughs.

The video, released by Stephan Wensing, a Dutch lawyer who specializes in equine matters, and published by several British news outlets, surfaced a day after Dujardin announced that she was pulling out of the Paris Games, which begin on Friday, for what she said was an “error of judgment during a coaching session.”

Dujardin, 39, did not specify what she had done, but said in a statement on social media, “What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils.”

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I despise all equestrian sports.
Having said that, this piece of shit needs a severe flogging.

[Dave Bowman]

1. Perfect.

[BlueKota]

2. Humans are more dangerous than

the majority of other animals.

[hlthe2b]

3. Good.

Only wish that they could be horse-whipped as well.

[orange jar]

4. She is so disgusting.

Anyone know how common horse-riding related injuries are? Just curious…

Hoping her sweet horsies get their revenge some day.

[pandr32]

5. My sister narrowly missed the 1983 Olympic team selection.

She took the best care of her horses. No abuse--ever.
This was Canada. It was for the Canadian team.

[cilla4progress]

9. Very cool!

I was heavily into the lowest level of eventing back then! What event did she compete in?

[pandr32]

10. Dressage.

The team was being picked in 83 for the 1984 games.

[cilla4progress]

12. Impressive!

[pandr32]

17. TY. She and her horse trained hard.

Missing the pick was devastating, but her horse was off that day. Still--no whipping or rough treatment.

[Deuxcents]

6. Kinda puts a different perspective on her previous medals.

She says it was “out of character “ but..and why was someone laughing?

[haele]

11. Medication? Painkillers can f*** up our emotional control.

And equestrian sports can be hard on a body, especially when you have to keep your posture.bouncing around so as not to impede the horse' performance.

Still no excuse.

Haele

[bahboo]

7. out of the Olympics and in jail is what she should be....

piece of shit....

[Skittles]

8. she calls it an "error of judgement"

she probably meant being caught on video

what a disgusting woman, a disgrace to herself AND her country

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Much shorter link, without all the tracking...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/sports/charlotte-dujardin-equestrian-olympics-video.html

[malaise]

14. Bet it was not the first time

Keep her away from horses

[Celerity]

15. cleaned up link and non paywalled link

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/sports/charlotte-dujardin-equestrian-olympics-video.html

archived link

https://archive.ph/Vtz3b

[North Shore Chicago]

16. I care very little

for this human.


Be gone! Long live the beautiful horse without being tortured.