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Scene from the Olympic pentathlon.
The drawn horse »Saint Boy« refused to take part in the course
Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / imago images / ITAR-TASS
The US actress Kaley Cuoco, a passionate rider, offered to buy the horse Saint Boy after the Olympic scandal surrounding modern pentathlete Annika Schleu and trainer Kim Raisner. It is her duty and affair of the heart to comment on this "disgusting" incident, wrote the 32-year-old on Instagram stories. The rider and her trainer should be ashamed. They are a disgrace to equestrianism. “I would buy this horse right now and give it a life to have. Name your price, ”wrote the actress.
Cuoco also posted photos of Schleu from Berlin on the horse Saint Boy in the Olympic competition.
The horse drawn from Schleu refused to take part in the course in Tokyo, and at the request of trainer Raisner, the rider used the whip to drive the horse.
Raisner was banned from the games for allegedly punching the horse.
Both suffered a lot of criticism and hateful comments on social networks after the scenes.
The German Animal Welfare Association has now filed a criminal complaint.
Schleu had defended himself against the harsh accusations several times.
“I didn't treat the horse extremely harshly.
I had a crop with me that had been checked beforehand.
Just like the spurs.
I am really not aware of any cruelty to animals, ”the 31-year-old recently told the weekly newspaper“ Die Zeit ”.
The pentathlon world federation recently published pictures of Saint Boy and assured them that the horse would be fine after its return to the owners in the Japanese prefecture of Shiga.
"He's in good health, even if he's exhausted from the competition," it said.
Cuoco owns several horses himself
Cuoco, who is married to the rider and horse trainer Karl Cook, owns several horses.
In the award-winning sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" she played the waitress and actress Penny, who is friends with a clique of weird scientists.
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