Charlotte Dujardin no longer a Brooke Ambassador
Story updated 5 December 2024
We were deeply disturbed when we first learnt of the video of Charlotte Dujardin whipping a horse, first reported in July 2024. We understand the action taken by FEI, the equestrian governing body, to suspend her in July and to now issue a one-year ban on competing.
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.
Charlotte was dropped as an ambassador for Brooke as soon as the video came to light. There can never be any justification for the mistreatment of animals and clearly any such behaviour is incompatible with representing Brooke.
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