Horse Riding Bangalore:
Italian-born
Silva Storai is India's only professional woman
jockey and runs the Embassy International Riding
School in Bangalore. German-born Jacqueline Kapur
is the founder of Red Earth Riding School in Pondicherry.
They have come together in the city for the Junior
National Equestrian Championship (JNEC), spread
over a fortnight to include various disciplines
of equestrian sport like Dressage, Show Jumping,
and Tent Pegging. Over 200 horses and top-level
Indian riders and international teams have been
participating in the event that is on till December
30. The two women are passionate about their horses
and have come a long way from their early days
and home countries to promote the sport in India.
They talk to BHUMIKA K. with great zeal about
these four-legged creatures that command their
love and respect and how they are struggling to
literally leap over their problems.
This, by the way, is the only sport in the world
where men and women compete equally, which tells
you that the real athlete is the horse! In any
sport, it's assumed that men are stronger than
women. The first thing that comes to men is strength.
So if a horse troubles them they use it. The first
thing that comes to women is to work out a deal.
And if you can get an in-between, of a man with
a woman's understanding, you've got the best rider
in the world. Ninety-five per cent of time men
overuse their strength. But a man with woman's
intuition will succeed.
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Riding Tour and Horseback Riding.
Expert horsemen select the routes. They pass through
some of the finest un-trodden terrain that Mysore
has to offer. En - route one can see lakes, riverbeds,
a bird sanctuary, waterfalls, ancient temples
that represent the rich cultural heritage, flora
& fauna of Karnataka, etc. The Safaris provide
an opportunity for tourists to come closer to
the local people and peep into their culture,
customs, way of life and other rituals that are
not possible for the normal tourist to experience.
We operate between October
and March when Mysore is at its best. If you
choose to ride any other time we will gladly
custom design an itinerary for you. The grooms
accompany the ride traveling in Jeeps to meet
us every 10-15 km to take charge of the mounts
while the riders refresh themselves from the
Complimentary Ice Box. The Grooms take care
of the horses feeding, brushing, saddling, unsaddling
etc. The riders before the start of the safari
should sign a indemnity bond & undertaking.
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