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He told the Daily Mail: “This is a black day for dressage as well as Charlotte Dujardin. But in their statement, my client says that if dressage is to survive, they must stop doing this to horses.

“It doesn’t make any sense. It has no goal. It is unbelievable. At that time, my client was thinking this must be normal. She is an Olympic winner. Who am I to doubt?’ My client asked around and was warned against speaking out in the UK. But last year my client saw others suspended in the UK and elsewhere.”

Dujardin’s stunned fiance Dean Wyatt said: “It’s all come out of the blue. I can’t say anything beyond Charlotte’s statement. All we can do is wait and see what happens.”

Dujardin wrote her statement on Instagram, which read: “A video has emerged from four years ago which shows me making an error of judgement during a coaching session. What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils, however there is no excuse. I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.”