Olympic Equestrian Suspended After Rider Caught Whipping Horse 40+ Times On Video

Olympic equestrian Heath Ryan was simply suspended … after troubling video surfaced, showing to point out him whipping a horse dozens of instances, prompting outrage from followers.

The clip of Ryan and Nico, the horse — stated to be about two years previous — surfaced lately on social media, prompting Equestrian Australia (EA) to launch a proper investigation into the dressage competitor, who was seen hanging the animal over 40 instances.

EA stated they have been “extraordinarily alarmed and anxious” over what they noticed from Ryan … who’s an achieved rider who even repped the parents down below in the course of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The suspension will stay pending an investigation.

Ryan, 66, admitted the video is not a superb look, however defined he was really making an attempt to avoid wasting the horse, which he says had disciplinary points. In different phrases, if he could not get Nico to behave and take heed to instructions, they’d should put him down.

“I’m so unhappy this was caught on video. If I had been considering of myself, I might have instantly simply gotten off and despatched Nico to the Knackery,” Ryan stated.

“That video was a life or demise second for Nico, and of that I used to be very conscious. I felt I genuinely needed to attempt my very hardest to see if Nico would think about different choices.”

Ryan stated he continued to experience Nico for a number of days and was capable of finding him a brand new dwelling.

“Unbelievably, it was so profitable for everybody besides me with the discharge of this video. What can I say? If you assume I did that flippantly, you’re mistaken.”