Equestrian: Horse-beating penalty for Olympic legend Sir Mark Todd branded ‘slap on wrist’

Leading animal welfare group SAFE has slammed the suspension imposed on one of New Zealand’s greatest Olympians. Sir Mark Todd has received a four-month ban from training horses, after a video showed him hitting a horse with a tree branch. After already serving a two-month interim suspension and with the remaining two months of his ban suspended, Sir Mark, 66, can return to training immediately