The athletes of the Mirim Riding Club are engrossed in enhancing their dressage.
Unfortunately, the riding club is still closed due to COVID-19, but the riders are assiduously honing their skills in keeping with the growing demands of clients who are eager to make friends with horses.
“People get more interested in horse riding as the days go by. The amateur riders competitions which were held in spring and autumn last year were a great success. And the riding exhibitions that were arranged at the time also catered for people’s growing cultural and emotional needs,” said Ri Tong Jun, secretary general of the Equestrian Association of the DPRK.
Dressage can claim to be an equestrian event which showcases the polished and smart skills of horses.
That is why dressage is appealing to not only amateur riders but many other people.
“It has been about three years since we started dressage practice and our athletes completed the basic training and have entered the stage of perfecting high-grade dressage movements. As compared to foreign information, it can be said to be a fast pace. Our riders are really great,” said trainer Sin Jong Chol.
The front-runner in dressage is 19-year-old Ri Kum Il.
He was fond of horse-riding in his middle school days and attended the juvenile extracurricular riding course in the riding knowledge learning space of the club.
“Piryugang has now become my close friend. She promptly understands my intention and is very good at leg-yielding in trot, pirouette in canter and piaffe,” said Ri.
When Piryugang and other horses smartly trot as they stretch their hoofs straight, they seem to perform ballet and their passage resembles the hopping of kids.
And the athletes look like acrobats when they perfectly perform the complicated dressage movements as they straighten their backs, breathing the same breath as the horses.
“We are going to perfect our skills as early as possible so as to make people happy, and take part in international dressage events,” said trainer Sin.
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