It encapsulates the history of this important aspect of popular entertainment, and also the art-form's association with horse-riding, as well as being redolent of the place of the circus among our ...

She is stood on the ground while a young horse rider is seen atop the horse ... Wensing added that the horse was whipped "like an elephant in a circus" as Dujardin struck the horse two dozen ...

He added: “It was like an elephant in the circus ... contrary to the principles of horse welfare” and has decided to provisionally suspend the rider for six months with immediate effect.