Olympics row over horse 'cruelty'

An international row over allegedly "cruel" training methods is threatening to engulf the elite world of top-class equestrian sport ahead of the 2012 Olympics.

The controversy over what is being called "the blue-tongue scandal" has led the British Horse Society to demand an urgent inquiry into the practices being used on some of the world's most expensive competition horses.

[readon1 url="https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/03/olympics-row-over-horse-cruelty"]Source: guardian.co.uk[/readon1]