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The British Horseracing Authority has confirmed an interim suspension has placed on the licence of Sir Mark Todd after a video emerged on social media of the tr

NEWS: BHA suspend Sir Mark Todd 2022-02-16

Olympic champion Sir Mark Todd has been suspended by the horseracing authorities after a video showed the trainer striking a horse with a branch. 

The former Olympic equestrian champion has been given an interim suspension by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) after a video on social media appeared to show him hit a horse with a branch.

The BHA are investigating Todd for striking a horse with a branch.

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has confirmed the interim suspension of Sir Mark Todd, in relation to footage circulating online. The chair of the British racing Independent Judicial Panel today (16 February) has approved a BHA application for an interim suspension of Mark’s training licence, “following the emergence over the weekend of a video showing […]

Sir Mark Todd steps down as patron of World Horse Welfare 2022-02-15

A video which circulated on social media over the weekend of Mark Todd beating a horse with a stick to make it enter a water obstacle on an eventing course is utterly abhorrent. The decorated New Zealand-born equestrian champion turned racehorse trainer has issued a statement of apology which included the following:

Former Olympic champion Sir Mark Todd has apologised after a video on social media showed him appearing to hit a horse with a branch.

Former Olympic champion Sir Mark Todd apologises after a video on social media showed him appearing to hit a horse with a branch.