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Olympic dressage rider Heathlyan The suspension by Equestrian Australia on Thursday was reportedly sharing the video online.
The sports governing body announced the suspension in a long post, adding that it follows both online and formal complaints of the video revelation.
File – Heath Lyan Wave in Australia after riding with “Green Rokes Dundee” at the Grand Prix Equestrian Equestrian Event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Olympics held in Hong Kong on August 13, 2008. (Mike Clark/AFP via Getty Images)
“Equestrian abilities” Australia I am very worried and interested in the treatment of the horses shown in this footage,” the statement read. Ryan was not named in the statement.
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“Equestrian Australia has imposed a provisional suspension of this person’s Australian membership and a provisional suspension of rights, privileges and interests associated with the membership, meaning that they will not participate in a competition or event as a competitor or official or an event under the jurisdiction of an Australian horse.”
Ryan, who represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, posted a lengthy message on social media claiming the video was two years old and was shared with “unfortunate former employee.” Reports show that Ryan whipped the horse 42 times.
File – Heathlyan from Rochinval, New South Wales, Australia, on April 27, 2007, on the flames of the 2007 Rolex Kentucky three-day event held at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images))
He claimed that after the incident with horse, the person was hospitalized, the horse Nico was brought to him by a family friend. Ryan claimed he saved the horse from euthanasia.
“If it’s beautiful, if it’s beautiful [6-year-old] The horse appeared at your facility, it was raised by your stallion, and it belonged to your lifelong friend who was intensive care and put in hospital by this horse. You should send it to Kotree?? Well, I didn’t, and felt that I had an obligation to look at the horse and see if it could be rescued,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
Australia’s Heathryan and Greenrokes Dundee will perform at the individual dressage Grand Prix held at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Site in Sha Tin on the fifth day of the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, China on August 13, 2008. (Julian Herbert/Getty Images)
“It’s so sad that this was caught on video. If I had been thinking about myself, I would have left immediately and sent Nico to Kotree.
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Equestrian Australia said “There’s a problem” Animal Welfare Very seriously” And that Ryan’s suspension remains until an investigation by Australian equestrian forces awaits.
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