A DRESSAGE trainer has blasted Charlotte Dujardin for "throwing her under the bus" over the horse whipping horror.
Dujardin withdrew from Paris on Tuesday and was banned for six months by equestrian's governing body pending an investigation into a video from four years ago.
The footage shows her making what she described as "an error of judgement" during a coaching session where she repeatedly hit a student's horse with a whip from the ground.
Now Alicia Dickinson, who was identified by equestrian sources and online as being in the barn when the incident took place, has claimed Dujardin "has many enemies".
Ms Dickinson runs online and classroom-based learning courses with VIP packages costing up to 50,000-a-head.
It is understood she took high net worth clients to Dujardin for training.
She last night denied being the whistleblower or recording the video.
Speaking at her home in Battersea, she said: "I am not the whistleblower. I did not film the footage.
"Our business relationship ended after the lesson shown in the video."
The businesswoman, who is understood to have ties to a Dutch dressage stable, told pals she had been "thrown under the bus" by Dujardin.
She added: "Charlotte has many enemies. It could have been anyone but I got the backlash."
Ms Dickinson's identity was first revealed by a leading stud and dressage training yard in the Netherlands.
Another source who worked with Ms Dickinson for a year, said they were "100 per cent sure it was her" after recognising...
The Presidency has dismissed claims that a yacht spotted in St. Tropez, France, and flying a Nigerian flag belongs to the Federal Government. On Saturday, O’tega Ogra, Senior Special Assistant to ...