Three-time Olympian Shane Rose responds to the person who complained about his Borat mankini ride

Fresh from being cleared of any wrongdoing for his cheeky Borat mankini stunt, Olympian Shane Rose had a few choice words for the person who had him barred from competing.

Shane Rose riding in his mankini.

A champion equestrian rider who got in hot water for wearing a mankini to a competition said the person who dobbed him in was “un-Australian” as he touched down in Adelaide.

Three-time Olympian Shane Rose was happy to chat in Adelaide about the drama where donned the costume made infamous in the 2006 film Borat to the Wallaby Hill Extravaganza on Sunday, February 11.

He wore three costumes on the day – a gorilla suit, a Duffman beer suit and the G-string swimsuit.

After a spectator complained, Equestrian Australia barred Rose from competing pending a code of conduct review, throwing his fourth Olympic tilt in the balance.

He was cleared of wrongdoing just before he arrived in Adelaide to promote the Adelaide Equestrian Festival in April, one of his major qualifiers for Paris.

Rose told The Advertiser he was “fairly hopeful about the result” of the review from the outset.

“I haven’t done anything wrong or illegal, so to get publicity for the sport is probably a silver lining,” he said.

“Now I can actually focus on my job to get my horse selected for Paris.”

The Wallaby Hill Extravaganza was a fancy dress event and Rose said the mankini “was a bit of fun”, adding “he respects the dress codes where appropriate”.

“Most of the people at the event found it fun,” he said.

Olympian Shane Rose in his mankini and more traditional equestrian attire.

“Whenever someone goes to a higher authority without coming to you first, they’re not really interested in the result, they just want to cause some mayhem,” Rose said.

“It’s just un-Australian to go behind someone’s back, so I don’t really have much opinion about them.”

However, he said the mankini was unlikely to make further appearances.

“They’re not a comfortable piece of equipment and when you add riding a horse – wouldn’t recommend.”

The Adelaide Equestrian Festival will be held April 18th to 21st in the Adelaide parklands and last year attracted more than 30,000 spectators.

The equestrian community has been overwhelmingly supportive of Rose with many changing their Facebook profile pictures to Borat in response to the stand-down.

Rose won silver medals at the 2008 and 2020 Olympics, plus bronze in 2016.

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