The video of the Team GB ­equestrian star Charlotte Dujardin ­whipping a horse 24 times in a private ­coaching session has cost her a damehood, ­official sources have told the Guardian.

How many of these 'professional' people/trainers/riders do this and no one says anything? They're only ever sorry because they get called out. Something is wrong with your training and teaching methods if you have to whip or beat a horse in order for it to do what you want. Will her being caught out change anything? Probably not.

Video has emerged of one of Team GB’s biggest stars, Charlotte Dujardin, whipping a horse more than 20 times in one minute when she was conducting a coaching session to a young rider in a private stable four years ago. The 39-year-old, who won six dressage Olympic medals in London, Rio and Tokyo, has been banned from the Paris Olympics over allegations that she whipped a horse.