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Posted in: Shows on Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

On the 3rd of August 2012 I flew out to China with three other riders from Norfolk. Holly Barber, Natasha Read, Hannah Royal and myself were invited by Portuguese rider Joao Lynce to join his European team to work for a month.

The Brother Fortune company in China owned by Mr Wong organised the 2nd Ordos Dalate International horse culture festival. Our job was to promote horse culture in China and ride in Shows and street parades.

Whilst in China we visited several cities along with the rest of the teams. In our European team we were joined by riders from Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Spain and Portugal. The Western team included riders from America, Brazil, Panama and Mexico. 75 riders in total took part in the promotional events.

It was an amazing experience and we had a great time working with the other riders. A fantastic cultural experience!

Many thanks to Joao Lynce for the invitation. Also to Lusitano stallions Visconde, Saturno and Beethoven for a fab ride! Great to work with the other riders, hopefully catch up with some of you again in Golega!

THE ENGLISH RIDERS LEAVING FOR CHINA

THE ENGLISH RIDERS LEAVING FOR CHINA

THE RANCH

THE RANCH

THE HOTEL ON THE RANCH

THE HOTEL ON THE RANCH

ORDOS SHOW WITH HOLLY BARBER ON BANDELEIRO AND MYSELF ON VISCONDE

ORDOS SHOW WITH HOLLY BARBER ON BANDELEIRO AND MYSELF ON VISCONDE

AT MR WONGS PARTY WITH OUR INTERPRETER "DOUBLE"

AT MR WONGS PARTY WITH OUR INTERPRETER “DOUBLE”

ENTERING THE ORDOS ARENA

ENTERING THE ORDOS ARENA

TEAM WORK!

TEAM WORK!

VISCONDE

VISCONDE

PROMOTIONAL POSTER

PROMOTIONAL POSTER

FINALE

FINALE

THE EUROPEAN TEAM IN DALATE

THE EUROPEAN TEAM IN DALATE

VISCONE IN THE BAOTOU SHOW

VISCONE IN THE BAOTOU SHOW

ANDRE PICA AND NOHIO

ANDRE PICA AND NOHIO

JOAO LYNCE AND ESQUAIL

JOAO LYNCE AND ESQUAIL

BAOTOU SHOW

BAOTOU SHOW

DISPLAY WITH THE GARROCHA

DISPLAY WITH THE GARROCHA

THE LEVARD IN HAND

THE LEVARD IN HAND

CLASSICAL MOVES IN ORDOS

CLASSICAL MOVES IN ORDOS

HACKING OUT IN CHINA

HACKING OUT IN CHINA

THE DALATE TEAM

THE DALATE TEAM

FLAG TRAINING WITH VISCONDE

FLAG TRAINING WITH VISCONDE

PROMOTION IN THE CITY

PROMOTION IN THE CITY

SHOW PREPARATION IN ORDOS

SHOW PREPARATION IN ORDOS

DALATE ARENA BEING BUILT

DALATE ARENA BEING BUILT

THINGS HOTTING UP WITH THE FIRE DISPLAY

THINGS HOTTING UP WITH THE FIRE DISPLAY

ON THE BIG SCREEN!

ON THE BIG SCREEN!

JOAO LYNCE AND BEETOVEN

JOAO LYNCE AND BEETOVEN

TRADING THE HORSES FOR CAMELS!

TRADING THE HORSES FOR CAMELS!

DANCING WITH THE BALLERINA

DANCING WITH THE BALLERINA

TRAINING AT THE RANCH WITH JOAO

TRAINING AT THE RANCH WITH JOAO

CHINA OPENING THE SHOW

CHINA OPENING THE SHOW

KNIGHTS IN ARMOUR

KNIGHTS IN ARMOUR

THE ENGLISH GIRLS IN THE PARADE

THE ENGLISH GIRLS IN THE PARADE

HITCHING A RIDE GOLEGA STYLE

HITCHING A RIDE GOLEGA STYLE

TEA WITH MR WONG

TEA WITH MR WONG

STREET PARADE

STREET PARADE

ORDOS STREET PARADE

ORDOS STREET PARADE

PLAITING

PLAITING

DALATE ARENA

DALATE ARENA

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