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Sir Mark Todd will give a hearing on Thursday.
Sir Mark Todd, a two-time Olympic champion in equestrian sports and now a remarkable racehorse trainer, will face a disciplinary action on Thursday after a video on social media showed him hitting a horse with a branch.
The British Horse Racing Authority has temporarily revoked the 66-year-old New Zealander’s training license, preventing him from racing in the UK or internationally on horseback.
In a video posted on social media, Todd is repeatedly seen beating a horse that refused to jump into water during a training clinic in August 2020.
Todd accepted the suspension from the BHA and apologized.
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The hearing will determine whether Todd committed to “judging the good reputation of horse racing in the UK by hitting a horse several times with a piece of wood,” the BHA said on Tuesday.
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Sir Mark Todd has issued an apology after films of him riding horses with industry appeared in 2020.
“I sincerely apologize to the horse and all involved for my actions in this video,” Todd said in a statement last month.
“One of the main things I preach is about building mutual respect between horses and riders, and that patience and kindness is the best way to get results.
“I believe this is one of the main attributes, along with a great empathy with animals, that has enabled us to make a long and successful career in the event. I am very disappointed in myself that I did not do that in this case. have stopped. “
Todd resigned as patron of the World Horse Welfare Charity, saying: “The treatment of the horse in this video is disturbing and unacceptable.
“There is no place in the horse-human partnership for such use of force.”
Todd competed in seven summer games from 1984-2016, winning gold medals at events in 1984 and ’88, as well as three bronze medals.
He was knighted at the New Zealand New Year’s Honors in 2013 and has since become a racehorse trainer, based in Wiltshire, England.
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