Eventers suspended after assault convictions

Matthew Wright, pictured on If You Want It II, at an Express Eventing contest at Bolesworth inwards 2011. © Jon Stroud

Two British eventing riders lead maintain been suspended from contest afterwards beingness convicted on ready on charges afterwards an incident at a political party during the Houghton Hall Horse Trials concluding May.

Matthew Heath together with Matthew Wright were convicted past times the Magistrates’ Court, together with both lead maintain too accepted that nether British Eventing’s Rules they had brought the sport into disrepute.

“Given the seriousness of these dominion breaches the thing was referred to British Eventing’s Disciplinary Committee to consider,” British Eventing said.

The Disciplinary Committee reviewed the prove together with concluded that Matthew Heath should survive suspended for a farther vi weeks together with Matthew Wright for a farther 24 weeks, amongst the suspensions to start out on March 2.

At the fourth dimension of the incident, Heath together with Wright were arrested past times Norfolk constabulary on suspicion of assault. They were questioned together with released on bail.

British Eventing suspended both riders from competing from May 27 until June 12, piece it awaited the completion of the constabulary investigation.

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