Charlotte Dujardin dumped as ambassador for charity after horse whipping storm

Charlotte Dujardin has been dropped as an ambassador for horse welfare charity Brooke amid a horse whipping controversy engulfing the British Olympian.

It comes after she was provisionally suspended by equestrian’s governing body and she withdrew from the Paris Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making what she described as “an error of judgement” during a coaching session.

The video shows Dujardin repeatedly hitting a student’s horse with a whip from the ground.

Charlotte Dujardin, Britain's joint-most decorated female Olympian, has been provisionally suspended & will not compete at Paris 2024.

This video has emerged of the dressage star which she said showed her 'making an error of judgement'. pic.twitter.com/PQ9rPQTD04

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Brooke confirmed to the PA news agency that Dujardin was no longer an ambassador for the charity as a result.

UK Sport, meanwhile, said that Dujardin’s eligibility to receive public funding has been suspended, pending an investigation by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).

A Brooke spokesperson said: “We were deeply disturbed to learn about this video.

“Our whole ethos is around kindness and compassion to horses, and to see the opposite of this from someone with such a high profile is beyond disappointing.

“There can never be a justification for mistreating animals.”

In her role as a Brooke ambassador, Dujardin had previously travelled to India for a television documentary.

Brooke, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules in developing countries, runs one of its biggest programmes in India.

And Dujardin visited villages on the outskirts of New Delhi, where she witnessed the