THE HANOVERIAN

Training
sentation. The Chinese riders were fascinated by
the practical demonstrations of classical training
and made use of the opportunity to personally
meet the master in eventing. The team visited the
training centre of Family von Samson in Lower Saxony
on another occasion. Here the Chinese delegation
witnessed training examples in different
age groups. They also used the opportunity to test
their young Hanoverians and their championship
horses on an indoor eventing course. Jie, Lu, Hui,
Lin and Ying-Feng received impulses, ideas and
practical demonstrations on jumping at a continuing
education evening with the Dutch jumper rider
Piet Raijmakers.
In addition to training sessions under saddle and
in hand, the opportunities offered by Verden’s
training’s centre to explain feeding, maintenance,
hoof care and veterinarian procedures were used.
The organization of horse shows was brought
closer by visiting horse shows. The Chinese guests
were allowed to look back-stage for instance in
the secretary’s office during the VER-Dinale in the
Niedersachsenhalle in January.
During the year of the water snake
The five ambitious riders returned home with lots
of impressions, pictures and desires at the end of
March. 2013 is the year of the water snake in China.
This means that only those will have a good
chance for success who follow the path of a well
thought-out plan with determination and without
getting sidetracked while properly using the influences
of the year.
The first qualification for the China Games will
take place in May. The second qualification follows
in June. Jörg Jacobs is confident. He describes the
motivation of his students as fearless. •
Ying Feng Bao, 26:
“I am grateful that I was allowed to come to Verden.
Verden’s riders are my examples. They showed
me professional riding. I also got great impressions
of the European way of life.”
Lin Qin, 29:
“I learned a lot! My riding knowledge has multiplied
and I learned the beginnings of classical
training of young horses!”
Hui Wang, 26:
“This was my first visit to Germany. I love my job!
Verden is a beautiful town with lovely people and
good Chinese restaurants. I gathered good experiences
in horse management!”
Lu Fan, 27:
“Germany is the best nation for the sport of riding.
Hanoverian sport horses are all over the
world. It is an honor for me to be able to complete
my training in Verden. Verden is the centre for
training horses! I am very thankful for the wonderful
support.”
Jie Ruan, 28:
“I am very glad to have had this training opportunity.
I received a lot of support in riding and in
daily life. I would have loved to visit more event
shows but Germany’s winter did not allow for
that. They will take place in the summer. Then we
shall visit many outdoor events.”
Editorial: THE HANOVERIAN is published by Hannoveraner
Verband e. V., Lindhooper Str. 92, D-27283 Verden, Germany,
e-mail: redaktion@hannoveraner.com. Editor: Britta Züngel,
Translations: Yvonne Zuther, Paul Kershaw
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