FOUR riders have now been disqualified from the Olympic show jumping in Rio de Janeiro under the FEI rule on horse bleeding due to excessive use of spurs or whip.

The Ukraine’s Cassio Rivetti (Fine Fleur du Marais) and Brazil’s home crowd favourite Stephan De Freitas Barcha (Landpeter Do Feroleto) will not be eligible to participate in the second round of the competition today, which is the third individual qualifier and the team final.