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He spent years trying to buy one special horse. Together, they won a silver medal
When the competitive relationships between man and horse have again been probed, Chris Burton’s platonic love for Shadow Man is the story this sport needed.
- by Rob Harris
He only met his new horse six months ago, now Burton is eyeing a medal
Chris Burton and Shadow Man sit in a surprise third place after the dressage and cross-country stages of the three-day eventing competition. Now for the showjumping.
- by Roy Masters
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Paris 2024
The shocking video that shows Olympic champ whipping horse ‘like an elephant in the circus’
Equestrian champion Charlotte Dujardin has been banned from Paris 2024 over a video showing her whipping a horse repeatedly on the legs.
- by Tom Morgan and Oliver Brown
Mankini rider heads to Paris after 19 broken bones on the way
Shane Rose hasn’t played it safe since a fall in March that broke bones in 19 places. Now, he’s off to Paris.
- by Billie Eder
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Paris 2024
Hoy falls at final hurdle in bid for ninth Olympics
The Australian rider, who has won six Olympic medals since his Games debut at Los Angeles in 1984, has missed out on a ticket to Paris.
- by Roy Masters
Shane Rose thought ‘mankini-gate’ was the drama of his year – until a 550kg horse crushed him
Just weeks after a Borat swimsuit scandal, the three-time Olympian suffered 19 fractures in a horror training accident. But three months later he’s back in the saddle.
- by Iain Payten
Andrew Hoy made his Olympic debut in 1984. Forty years later, he’s eyeing off Paris
While Andrew Hoy is eyeing off his ninth Olympics, it’s a race against the clock for Shane Rose, who fractured his pelvis days after securing his qualification.
- by Billie Eder
Mankini-clad star could miss Paris Olympics after fracturing pelvis
A month after a ‘mankini’ incident threatened to keep him from Paris, Shane Rose’s dream of attending a fourth Olympics is once again in doubt after a bad fall on Thursday.
- by Billie Eder
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Olympics
Australian equestrian star free to compete at Olympics after ‘mankini’ episode
Shane Rose has escaped sanction after a disciplinary panel found he had not breached the code of conduct by wearing the skimpy swimsuit at a fancy dress event.
- by Tom Decent
Opinion
Paris 2024
Think a mankini at an equestrian event is scandalous? Get off your high horse
There is a stark contrast between an Olympian’s “outrageous” outfit at a light-hearted event and the more serious issues the sport has grappled in Australia.
- by Emma Kemp
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