SEA Games jumping gold to Singapore’s Janine Khoo

Showjumping activity at the SEA Games inwards Myanmar.

Singapore passenger Janine Khoo won private gilded inwards the showjumping at the Southeast Asian Games at the Wunna Theikdi Equestrian Centre in Myanmar, her country’s origin gilded inwards the effect since 1995.

Khoo, 16, ride CP Safari to 2 clear rounds to win gilded ahead of Thailand’s Jaruporn Limpati inwards silver, alongside Indonesia’s Jendry Palandeng taking out the bronze medal.

All horses were drawn inwards a ballot as well as Khoo said she was fortunate to select drawn CP Safari. “We’re a practiced fit. He’s competitive similar me as well as nosotros run good together.”

She said that although her Equus caballus was tired, having already competed inwards dressage at the Games equally did nigh of the other horses, he seemed “much happier inwards jumping,” having to a greater extent than sense inwards that discipline.

The private contest began more like a rodeo than an equestrian event, when Indonesia’s Andry Prasetyono thrown past times his Equus caballus at the triple combination. Bucking roughly the arena, Fast Track – his accuse – was hard to rein nether control.

“Perhaps he lost confidence inwards his origin jump as well as wasn’t laid upward for it, because he has done good earlier as well as is inwards the transcend twenty horses of the event, otherwise he wouldn’t hold out here,” Susanne Cunningham, the president of the appeals commission of the SEA Games, said.

With nigh of the horses imported from Commonwealth of Australia for the Games, they solely had a few weeks to acquire used to the novel environment, as well as the riders solely had a pair of days to familiarize themselves alongside the horses each province got through a draw.

Singapore jitney Roy Ibrahim said that spell the horses were jumping 1.10m obstacles, some of them are used to jumping 1.50m inwards Australia.

“But, it all depends on the score of the horse. Our passenger Catherine Chew is competing on Ruby, a rather inexperienced Equus caballus that is to a greater extent than used to cross-country, where they jump over large enterprise logs, non fences similar here. So nosotros had to figure out inwards a brusk fourth dimension how to convey the best out inwards her inwards the combinations,” Ibrahim said, adding the horses were experienced at mainly junior score events.

Chew, an experienced rider, boosted Ruby’s confidence alongside clear signals, placing 4th inwards the event.

Indonesia narrowly lost out on silvery inwards a jump-off against Thailand, only had prepared well, according to jitney Adi Katompo.

“I closely watched all the horses inwards the previous events as well as took notes, as well as when nosotros got Gunderman inwards the draw, I knew I had to relax him. He had been fighting against his Cambodian passenger inwards dressage because he is sensitive inwards the oral cavity as well as has a sore back.”

Katompo changed the mouthpiece to a soft condom 1 as well as used a rein inwards preparation to guide Gunderman to lower his head, which led him to stretch his dorsum as well as relax it. “That helped him, as well as also our passenger Jendry Palandeng is a calm, confident someone who connects speedily alongside horses,” he said.

While all 3 Cambodian riders may select been eliminated inwards the origin round, jitney Kathleen Marie Lovatt from United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland explained Kingdom of Cambodia had non competed inwards equestrian since the 1950s, as well as her protégés select come upward far as well as overcame the nigh hard circumstances.

Three of the half-dozen riders are from disadvantaged families, as well as “got gratuitous riding lessons at the Cambodian Country Club inwards Phnom Penh equally business office of the ‘Horse Future’ programme that was initiated past times my predecessor at the riding schoolhouse there, a French lady who was manager,” she explained.

The kids were selected past times local NGOs, nigh prominently Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which uses the prospect of learning Equus caballus riding equally a payoff as well as enticement for the children they await after.

“They came in 1 lawsuit a calendar week for lessons as well as some of them were actually talented. Then, inwards June 2012, I got approached past times the Myanmar equestrian federation if nosotros could position together a squad for the SEA Games,” she said.

They stepped upward the preparation for jumping as well as dressage from in 1 lawsuit a calendar week to twice a week. However, due to a shortage of horses, they were solely able inwards the final half-dozen months earlier the Games to prepare iv times, Lovatt said of the rocky, only highly satisfying, route to Nay Pyi Taw.

Cambodian rider Narith Sim, a onetime Maddox protégé, has been riding for 7 years as well as left his dwelling province for the origin fourth dimension solely a few months agone to gain sense inwards a pair of Asian events.

“I am as well as hence happy to hold out hither now, because I desire to compete to a greater extent than as well as similar coming together novel people,” said the 19-year old.

Teammate Sor Puthminea said he wants to run on his technique, adding he solely started riding iv years agone at historic current xvi as well as was a stable aid at the province fellowship beforehand.

“They tin sack actually hold out proud of themselves as well as what they select achieved,” Lovatt said.

 

Team competition

On Tuesday Republic of Indonesia won the squad gilded medal with 20 penalisation points, alongside Myanmar taking silvery alongside 24 as well as Thailand inwards bronze rate alongside 28 penalties.

Malaysia, which had already won gilded medals inwards squad as well as private endurance as well as private dressage, finished fourth, alongside 32 penalties.

 

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