2 minute read
Sportz Unlimited
from WIN Times April 2021
by Mishal Faraz
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Horse racing
Aryaman Chakravorty from Year 7 has been passionate about sports ever since he can remember. He likes playing soccer because it is a team game. He started gaining interest in the game when he was a little boy. He used to watch soccer with his dad and he started playing Soccer when he was 3 years old. The game of soccer taught him teamwork and dedication to train/practice. He loves watching different Soccer Leagues like English Premier League, La Liga, French League and many more. His personal favourite teams are Barcelona, Arsenal and Paris Saint-German. Horse riding has been around since 4500 B.C. It was the main way of transportation around the world. Horse riding was first used by Central Asia and is now a sport and a part of the Olympics. Even with the equipment, horse racing is known to be even more dangerous than rugby and skiing. While riding a horse, you must be careful.
If you are going to ride a horse, you must follow some basic rules. You must always keep both your hands on the rein, keep both feet in the stirrups and concentrate on the movement of the horse and your posture.
Sitting on a horse might seem easy, but learning to ride a horse is just as difficult as learning any other sport. Learning horse riding is hard because it challenges you mentally and physically to maintain your posture on the saddle while handling the movement of the horse. If you are aspiring to learn horse riding, I’m sure that you will succeed within a few years. As the saying goes, “Determination is nothing without dedication and hard work”.
It is hard to define the contribution of the late H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to the sport of horse racing. While boosting the economy of UAE, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum established a horse racing empire in the UAE. He first learned about the sport while studying in the Bell School of Languages in Cambridge, England. H.H Sheikh Hamdan had a number of astonishing victories in major flat races around the world including the Dubai World Cup.
