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Dressage star whipped the horse – 24 times

Dressage star Charlotte Dujardin has been banned for six months and will miss the Olympics. This after a video leaked showing the 39-year-old whipping a horse – 24 times in one minute. It was like an elephant in a circus, says lawyer Stephan Wensing.

» Updated: 24 July 2024, 19:10

» Published: 24 July 2024

Dressage star whipped the horse – 24 times
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Dressage star Charlotte Dujardin has been banned for six months and will miss the Olympics.

This after a video leaked out where the 39-year-old is seen whipping a horse – 24 times in one minute.

It was like an elephant in a circus, says lawyer Stephan Wensing.

On Tuesday, British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin announced that she is withdrawing from the Olympics. This after a four-year-old video was revealed, where the three-time Olympic champion "made a misjudgment".

Now the content of the video has leaked out.

In the clip, the dressage star is seen whipping her horse a total of 24 times in a very aggressive manner, during a lesson with a younger rider.

In the investigation, the lawyer, who represents the 19-year-old who reported Dujardin, said he had seen the video, and he likened the incident to taming a circus elephant.

Charlotte Dujardin stood in the middle of the hall. She said to the student: "Your horse needs to lift its legs more in the gallop". Then she took the long whip and hit the horse more than 24 times in one minute. It was like an elephant in a circus, said Stephan Wensing according to The Guardian.

"I am deeply ashamed and should have been a better role model at that moment," Dujardin wrote in a post on social media, and apologized for her behavior.

Later it became clear that the 39-year-old was banned for six months after the incident.

Corrected: In an earlier version of the text, different job titles for Stephan Wensing were stated. There was also a picture of the wrong person.

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