Oliver Townend given warning for whip use at Blair

Oliver Townend was given a verbal warning for “abuse of horse/excessive use of whip” at the Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials, less than four months after the furore surrounding his whip use at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials.

The British world number one eventer was spoken to on 26 August at Blair, following an official warning for over-use of the whip on both his rides across country at Badminton in May.

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Article written by: Eleanor Jones