Equestrian - Two riders disqualified for whip, spur overuse

2016 Rio Olympics - Equestrian - Preliminary - Jumping Team Qualification - Olympic Equestrian Centre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 14/08/2016. Jur Vrieling (NED) of Netherlands riding Zirocco Blue competes. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Two riders were disqualified from the individual show jumping competition that kicked off in Rio on Sunday for rough riding.

A jury ruled Jur Vrieling of the Netherlands went too hard on the whip, while Belgium's Nicola Philippaerts was disqualified for excessive use of spurs under International Equestrian Federation guidelines.