# Equestrian sports: Australian Olympian Heath Ryan has been suspended after he was caught on video whipping a horse around 40 times. The 66-year-old says the incident happened two years ago and was part of a rescue mission in rehabilitating a problem horse. Ryan says everything he did was sincerely in the horse’s best interests. The Equestrian Australian says it is extremely alarmed and concerned by the treatment of the horse in the video. It adds that it takes matters of animal welfare very seriously.
Equestrian sports: Australian Olympian Heath Ryan suspended for whipping a horse