<ul><li>BHA places interim ban on double Olympic gold medallist</li><li>Todd has admitted video is of him and has apologised</li></ul><p>The British Horseracing Authority said on Wednesday morning that it has placed an interim suspension on the training licence of Sir Mark Todd, after a video emerged on social media last weekend that appeared to show the former gold medal‑winning equestrian striking a horse with a tree branch.</p><p>In the video, Todd is apparently in charge of a schooling session for cross-country horses during which a rider is struggling to get a horse to enter a water jump. The trainer is then seen wielding a tree branch and striking the horse’s hindquarters several times.</p> 

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