Equestrian Australia suspends Olympian Heath Ryan after concerning video surfaces showing him whipping horse

Olympic dressage rider Heath Ryan was suspended by Equestrian Australia on Thursday after video shared online showed him reportedly whipping a horse. 

The sports governing body announced the suspensions in a lengthy post, adding that it followed both the revelation of the video online and a formal complaint. 

"Equestrian Australia is extremely alarmed and concerned by the treatment of the horse shown in this footage," the statement read. Ryan was not named in the statement.  

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"Equestrian Australia has this afternoon imposed a provisional suspension of this person’s membership of Equestrian Australia and their rights, pr...