Dujardin’s career in tatters after horse whipping costs her damehood and funding

GB dressage star was in line for damehood after ParisUK Sport have also suspended her lottery funding

The distressing video of 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.

The 39-year-old was widely expected to be handed the honour if, as expected, she won another dressage medal in Paris. That would have her seven medals – equalling Jason Kenny’s record tally for a British Olympian. However Whitehall sources have confirmed that any such honour is now off the table.

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