Snoop Dogg dons full equestrian kit as he watches dressage with Martha Stewart at Paris Olympics

Snoop Dogg arrived fresh for action astatine Saturday's dressage squad Grand Prix Special, afloat kitted retired to return to nan saddle if needed.

Accompanied by Martha Stewart – a doyen of American manner penning and TV – Snoop Dogg was dressed successful breeches, a dressage tailcoat and difficult chapeau arsenic he took a travel astir nan Chateau de Versailles venue.

'Snoop The Stallion,' a instrumentality reacted connected X, while different said that 'Snoop Stallion is really getting connected his precocious horse.'

Snoop Dogg famously commentated connected dressage astatine nan Tokyo 2020 Olympics erstwhile he referred to German rider Isabell Werth's equine arsenic a 'crip-walking horse'.

The rapper and character sewage to bask a good capacity from British rider Becky Moody, who clocked up a starring first-round people aboard her equine Jagerbomb.

He is moving for American transmission NBC passim nan Games and has enjoyed a engaged clip successful Paris, carrying nan Olympic occurrence for a short limb connected nan last relay earlier popping up astatine a number of events, including nan gymnastics.

Snoop Dogg, whose afloat sanction is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., said of his clip arsenic a torchbearer: 'Something I'm gonna beryllium capable to unrecorded pinch and beryllium happy pinch (is) to cognize that I was nan look and nan sound of bid for that 1 infinitesimal successful time.' 

The beingness of Snoop Dogg surely created a buzz astir nan venue, pinch Moody's team-mate Carl Hester saying news of his presence had caused a operation successful nan stables.

He said: 'I didn't get to meet him, but of people nan talk of nan stables was that he was present and everyone was looking for him connected nan camera.

'It's awesome he's enjoying dressage and he was here.'

But contempt his passion for horses, Snoop Dogg has yet to thrust 1 successful his life.

'I'm still frightened of horses,' nan 52-year-old admitted to Today.com. 

Earlier this week, golfer Rory McIlroy - a four-time awesome victor - shocked fans erstwhile he revealed that dressage is his favourite Olympic sport.

The Northern Irishman, who is representing Ireland successful Paris, erstwhile said astir nan equestrian subject astatine nan 2020 Tokyo Games: 'The 1 point that's connected coming that I would emotion to spell nan 1 I've ever wanted to spell to and spot is dressage. Always. 

'I just, I... it's mesmerizing and it's connected coming astatine for illustration 7.30. I'll watch it connected TV. 

'I conscionable think, I watch it erstwhile each fewer years, evidently and it's like, I don't know, it's mesmerizing and it's really cool. I don't know.'