A video on social media shows Sir Mark Todd hitting a horse with a branch.
An interim suspension was given to the former Olympic equestrian champion.
The New Zealander apologized for his actions.
An independent panel of the British Horseracing Authority will consider his conduct.
Todd is accused of hitting a horse multiple times with a tree branch.
The video shows Todd hitting the horse while trying to get it to the water jump.
He can't race horses while the interim suspension is in place.
Todd won two individual eventing golds at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and 1988 and earned a knighthood for his equestrian achievements.
He retired from three-day eventing and became a racehorse trainer.
He apologized to the horse and all involved for his actions in the video.
The treatment of the horse in this video is disturbing and unacceptable and Todd stepped down as a patron of the World Horse Welfare charity.
There is no place in the horse-human partnership for such use of force.
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