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"Over the course of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Charlotte Dujardin went from being
Great Britain’s most successful Olympics dressage rider to one of the most
digitally shamed athletes in the history of the internet.
A video emerged which not only damaged Dujardin’s career but reignited debate
around horse welfare in elite horse sports.
By the time the video was published online by mainstream media, it had already
gone viral on Facebook.
The video shows Dujardin deliberately striking the legs of a student’s horse
multiple times with a whip during a training session.
The footage is actually four years old, and questions have to be asked about
the timing of its release during the Olympics. But both Dujardin, and elite
level dressage, are now under intense public scrutiny."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
