Date set for Dutch event rider Madeleine Brugman’s FEI hearing
The case of the alleged abuse of the horse Sundancer 6 ridden by Madeleine Brugman at CCI 3* Barroca d’Alva Portugal in March this year is currently under investigation by the FEI Legal Department.
A hearing has been scheduled for 22 May.
Miss Brugman denied the charge, claiming the boots were planted in her kit bag by a rival.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.