Danish medal-winning dressage rider Carina Cassøe Krüth has been suspended for 8 months over behaviour proven in a coaching video.
H&H reported that Carina was once reported to the Danish federation’s disciplinary committee, following the discharge of a video, filmed two years in the past, appearing Carina whipping a horse a couple of instances. Carina was once fined 5,000 Danish krone (£560) – however the federation appealed the sanction, and Carina was once briefly excluded pending a evaluate via the appeals committee (information, 22 August).
On 28 August the enchantment committee dominated that the sanction could be upheld – however that Carina will have to even be suspended from all competitions and actions for 8 months. The suspension will run till 28 April 2025.
The ruling report said that the federation’s board had appealed the unique sanction as it was once “too lenient”, and that Carina “said and expressly regrets the episode”, had withdrawn from the Olympic staff and were the topic of unfavorable media consideration.
The enchantment committee agreed that there were “planned violation” of the federation’s laws, and agreed with the disciplinary committee that Carina’s revel in, place and age had been some of the anxious instances.
Carina showed that she is interesting the verdict, including: “I used to be fined and punished for my misconduct” and “I’ve by no means attempted to evade the incident that happened greater than two and a part years in the past”.
“As I’ve said ahead of, I’m very sorry for the location within the video. This is a transparent mistake and no longer consultant of the best way I’ve skilled or educate horses. This has additionally been my message within the discussion with the Danish federation,” she mentioned.
“We’re coping with a federation which is not going to stand via its personal resolution, however which, because of outdoor drive, raises a penalty which the federation had in the beginning set at a tremendous. In fact errors should have penalties, and due to this fact I absolutely understood the unique resolution.
“However I to find it very tricky to keep in mind that a unmarried mistake, which I’m very sorry for and which dates again a number of years, now has such main penalties for my long term, no longer simply at the nationwide staff – however in my paintings as a qualified rider, with a ban from competing for 8 months. Due to this fact I can enchantment the verdict.”
Carina added that she “welcomes” debate on horse welfare.
“However I don’t like that the prison sure bet of the riders stands and falls with a federation that doesn’t dare to face via its personal choices. There’s a huge reputation within the trade that we have got no longer finished issues neatly sufficient. Due to this fact, we should additionally stand in combination to increase in the proper route, and so much has already came about since 2022,” she mentioned.
“The solution, alternatively, isn’t to create anxiety some of the riders via opting for the straightforward answer, which I feel the affiliation has finished in my case.”
Initially Carina Cassøe Krüth was once no longer suspended via the FEI, and on the time of her brief exclusion, the FEI was once watching for the result of the enchantment committee’s resolution. However an FEI spokesperson informed H&H that it has “taken notice of the brand new sanction”, and he or she has now been suspended at the FEI database.
The spokesperson added that the FEI is conscious about Carina’s enchantment and is looking forward to the result, ahead of “deciding what additional steps (if any) to take”.
“For the instant the FEI has no longer opened a separate investigation,” the spokesperson mentioned.
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