Female horse rider caught on video kicking and punishing horse by Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs

Anti-hunting and campaign group Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs took the video over the weekend showing a distressed horse being kicked and punched by a female rider (Sunday, November 7).

The RSPCA for England & Wales are aware of Sarah Moulds, 37 from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire is being investigated.

People are commenting how upset they are seeing beautiful creatures treated like that. 

The footage shows one of the riders, dressed in cream Jodhpurs and a navy jacket, kicking the animal and then slapping it several times before directing it into a horse box.

The video was shared on twitter has received over 16,000 retweets and over 3.2 million views.

Information shared on twitter points the incident location at Cottesmore Hunt, but ‘Hunters Leaks’ channel contacted them and they denied it’s them, so the tweet was removed.

They also claimed the woman is a Primary School Teacher, which later was confirmed the female foxhunter who was filmed appearing to punch and kick a horse is a married primary school teacher who is a team leader of her local Pony Club, by the MailOnline. 

They went on to say her name had mysteriously been removed from the Cottesmore Pony Club webpage. With proof from internet archive.