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Heath Ryan Olympic Dress He was suspended by Equestrian Australia on Thursday after the video shared online showed it, according to the reports, whipping a horse.
The sports governing body announced the suspensions in a long publication, and added that it followed the revelation of the online video and a formal complaint.
Archive – Heath Ryan de Australia greets after traveling with “Greenoaks Dundee” during the equestrian event of the Gran Prize of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 13, 2008, in Hong Kong. (Mike Clarke/AFP through Getty Images)
“Equestrian Australia It is extremely alarmed and worried about the treatment of the horse shown in this footage, “reads the statement. Ryan was not appointed in the statement.
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“The Equestrian Australia has imposed this afternoon a provisional suspension of this person’s membership in Australia equestrian and their rights, privileges and benefits associated with their membership. This means that they cannot participate in competitions or events such as competitor or official or in the organization or participation in, any event under the jurisdiction of Equestrian Australia.”
Ryan, who represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, published a long message on social networks stating that the video was two years ago and shared by an “former unhappy employee.” The reports say the video showed Ryan whipping the horse 42 times.
Archive: Heath Ryan de Lochinvar, Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia in the light of the flame Compete in the Dressplay Phase of the three -day event of Kentucky 2007 at the Kentucky Horse Park on April 27, 2007, in Lexington, Kentucky. (Doug pensioner/getty images)))
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He said that the horse, Nico, had been brought by a family friend after that person was hospitalized after an incident with the horse. Ryan said he had saved the horse from being sacrificed.
“If a beautiful one [6-year-old] The horse appears in its facilities and was raised by its stallion and belonged to a lifelong friend of yours who had been put in the hospital in intensive care for this horse, would you send it to the Numo? Well, I did not do it and I felt forced to make the horse just look and see if it was possibly salvageable, “he wrote in a Facebook post.
Heath Ryan of Australia and Greenoaks Dundee acts at the Individual Doma Grand Prix held in the Olympic Equestrian place of Hong Kong in Sha Tin during the 5th day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 13, 2008, in Hong Kong, China. (Julian Herbert/Getty images)
“I am so sad, this was captured in a video. If I had been thinking about myself immediately, I would have come out immediately and sent to Nico to the Numo. That video was a moment of life or death for Nico and that was very conscious,” said Ryan, then added that his actions were done in the “best interest” of the animal.
Equestrian Australia said that “takes the matter of animal welfare Very seriously “and that Ryan’s suspension will remain in force waiting for an investigation of the Integrity Unit of Equestrian Australia.
