Charlotte Dujardin has been dropped as an ambassador for horse welfare charity Brooke amid a horse whipping controversy engulfing the British Olympian.
It comes after she was provisionally suspended by equestrian’s governing body and she withdrew from the Paris Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making what she described as “an error of judgement” during a coaching session.
The video shows Dujardin repeatedly hitting a student’s horse with a whip from the ground.
Charlotte Dujardin, Britain's joint-most decorated female Olympian, has been provisionally suspended & will not compete at Paris 2024.
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) July 24, 2024
This video has emerged of the dressage star which she said showed her 'making an error of judgement'. pic.twitter.com/PQ9rPQTD04
Brooke confirmed to the PA news agency that Dujardin was no longer an ambassador for the charity as a result, and said: “We were deeply disturbed to learn about this video.
“Our whole ethos is around kindness and compassion to horses, and to see the opposite of this from someone with such a high profile is beyond disappointing.
“There can never be a justification for mistreating animals.”
