The equestrian sport dates back to ancient Greek era and has been an Olympic sport from 1900 onwards. The dressage sport is popularly known as horse ballet. The riders and their horses are judged based on their movement, calmness, suppleness and flexibility. One judges the horse’s enthusiasm to perform each element with minimum encouragement from the rider. The controversy reflects, whether athletes under training at Olympic Riding and Equestrian Academy, Eastern Jaunapur, New Delhi have lost calmness, suppleness and flexibility while being trained. A doubt arises, whether someone who cannot calm oneself can calm and guide a horse. We leave it to passion.

– Hon’ble Justice S.V.N. Bhatti, Priti Agarwalla v. State of NCT of Delhi, [Criminal Appeal No. 348 of 2021].