Equestrian events have been engulfed in a major welfare controversy during the Olympics,but an unlikely advocate for the sport could help it turn a corner.
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When the competitive relationships between man and horse have again been probed,Chris Burton’s platonic love for Shadow Man is the story this sport needed.
Chris Burton and Shadow Man sit in a surprise third place after the dressage and cross-country stages of the three-day eventing competition. Now for the showjumping.
Equestrian champion Charlotte Dujardin has been banned from Paris 2024 over a video showing her whipping a horse repeatedly on the legs.
Shane Rose hasn’t played it safe since a fall in March that broke bones in 19 places. Now,he’s off to Paris.
The Australian rider,who has won six Olympic medals since his Games debut at Los Angeles in 1984,has missed out on a ticket to Paris.
Just weeks after a Borat swimsuit scandal,the three-time Olympian suffered 19 fractures in a horror training accident. But three months later he’s back in the saddle.
While Andrew Hoy is eyeing off his ninth Olympics,it’s a race against the clock for Shane Rose,who fractured his pelvis days after securing his qualification.
A month after a ‘mankini’ incident threatened to keep him from Paris,Shane Rose’s dream of attending a fourth Olympics is once again in doubt after a bad fall on Thursday.
Shane Rose has escaped sanction after a disciplinary panel found he had not breached the code of conduct by wearing the skimpy swimsuit at a fancy dress event.