Helgstrand Dressage will document all coaching at its Danish bases on digicam, in “persevered efforts to make sure the very best degree of welfare” – within the “wake of recordings of deficient using”.
The inside track follows the general public backlash to the published of TV2’s documentary Operation X: The Secrets and techniques of the Horse Billionaire, filmed undercover on the stud in January.
In a observation on 1 December a Helgstrand Dressage spokesman stated that from the following day (5 December) skilled digicam apparatus shall be put in in all using halls on the the stud’s 3 places in Denmark.
“Henceforth, all using and coaching shall be recorded all hours of the day,” stated the spokesman, including {that a} digicam was once already arrange within the using corridor at Helgstrand Academy.
“This was once for the aim of protection tracking somewhat than evaluate of coaching and subsequently now not of enough high quality. New and way more skilled apparatus is now being put in in all using halls.”
Helgstrand industrial director Anders Bjørnstrup stated: “As we proceed our efforts to make sure the very best degree of animal welfare in using and coaching, we now have now arrange tracking in all using halls, so we will be able to use the photos if we’re alerted to unhealthy using or unethical coaching strategies.
“One day, the Danish equestrian federation and the related government can habits random exams at any time, naturally taking into consideration appropriate law.”
Anders added that he “wish to make it transparent that there’s no communicate of a scientific evaluate” of Helgstrand Dressage’s coaching.
“But when a state of affairs arises, we will be able to return and evaluate for rationalization with the assistance of long-range cameras. We additionally see this as a safety measure for our workers, horses and riders,” he stated.
“I am hoping that the brand new digicam placements can assist to reassure each the federation and the government that using and coaching is completed correctly.”
The observation concluded that the “measure comes within the wake of recordings of deficient using at Helgstrand Dressage, recorded in January”. The recordings the stud is regarding incorporated horses’ being ridden and lunged in rollkur (hyperflexion).
“Since then, we now have labored intensively to introduce quite a lot of measures and development issues for our animal welfare, industry habits and prerequisites for our workers,” the spokesman stated.
“Amongst different issues, we now have offered a whistleblower program and tightened the tips for coaching and remedy of horses.”
Closing week it was once introduced through the Danish federation Dansk Journey Forbund that Andreas Helgstrand shall be excluded from the nationwide crew till a minimum of 2025 – and can leave out the Paris 2024 Olympics.
It was once additionally showed that Andreas and Helgstrand Dressage instructors Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard, Maria Anita Andersen and Ole Hummelshøj, had been excluded from the Danish using teacher affiliation Dansk Journey-Instruktør Forening, and that Helgstrand Dressage will not perform as an apprenticeship coaching website for the Danish grasp rider schooling as of 31 December.
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