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Tadahiro wins on Talexio

We were emailed recently by Tadahiro Hayashi who wanted to tell us his story on the Year of Youth blog. He started by apologising about his English (which really wasn’t that bad) and was keen to tell us about being an equestrian at Hokuso Riding Club at Chiba-prefecture in Japan as well as in Germany at the Ludger Beerbaum stable. We love this kind of email at the Year of Youth, it gives us a much better understanding of youth equestrianism around the world.

Unfortunatley the Year of Youth blogging team aren’t that great at speaking Japanese, so we were very grateful for Azusa Kitano from the Japanese Equestrian Federation who was on hand to translate and help us understand a little more about being an equestrian in Japan. We were particularly impressed with the photos of Tadahiro competing (and winning) on Telexio which you can see on the Year of Youth Gallery page.

We were interested to learn that according to Tadahiro, equestrianism in Japan wasn’t as popular as it was in other countries in his opinion. Fortunately for Tadahiro there are lots of opportunities to compete on a weekly basis to gain competiton experience and to improve as a rider, however involvement in international competitions proved more of a challenge.Unsurprisingly show jumping was the most popular discipline to train in, which seems to be true of a lot of the horsey people we have had contact with so far during the YOY.

We’re hoping to learn more about Tadhiro’s life as a youth rider and to hear other stories from Japan. So for now enjoy the photos and get in touch!

The FEI blogging team.