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"David Cameron has confirmed that he did ride the horse which was lent by the Metropolitan police to former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. The Prime Minister apologised for allowing a &amp;quot;confusing picture&amp;quot; to emerge, after his spokesman had previously said that he only &amp;quot;probably&amp;quot; rode the horse, which was named Raisa. Today, Cameron told reporters that he had ridden Raisa during an expedition with Brooks&amp;#039;s husband Charlie, who is a longtime friend. &amp;quot;I have not been riding with [Charlie] since the election. Before the election, yes, I did go riding with him,&amp;quot; said Cameron. &amp;quot;He has a number of horses and, yes, one of them was this former police horse, Raisa, which I did ride.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;I am very sorry to hear that Raisa is no longer with us and I think I should probably conclude by saying I don&amp;#039;t think I will be getting back into the saddle anytime soon.&amp;quot; The revelation that the Met had lent Brooks, the former editor of The Sun and News of the World, a retired police horse in 2008 has led to questions over the closeness of News International&amp;#039;s relationship with Scotland Yard. The loan was made just a year after former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were jailed for illegal interception of voicemails. Raisa was stabled at Brooks&amp;#039;s country home in the Cotswolds until she handed the animal back two years later as it was in too poor a state to ride.  At that point, Brooks was chief executive of News International, owner of The Times, The Sun and News of the World. She resigned from the post last year at the height of the phone hacking scandal.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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