The drummer changed his horse's bit and shawl today, which were sponsored by the organizer of this competition and have the brand logo on them.
Xiaoqi saw that the quality was very good and the size was perfect.
It's quite comfortable to wear while playing the drums.
It’s almost time for the game to begin.
Xiao Qi put the book away and checked his equipment again.
The drum number is 4. In Xiaoqi's hometown, 4 is not a very auspicious number, but it doesn't matter. Xiaoqi doesn't care about this, and Steven doesn't care much either. He doesn't like the number 13, and he thinks 4 is pretty good.
Dressage horse racing places very high demands on the rider. The rider has to clamp the horse with his legs, with his buttocks almost touching but not directly on the horse's back. This action is not easy to do normally, let alone riding on the horse's back and participating in the competition.
The competition venue is very large, and the horse racing route is planned in advance. The contestants have to pass different obstacles, and the first one to arrive will be the champion.
All the contestants looked very handsome and majestic when they were preparing at the starting line. After all, every participating horse was worth a lot of money, was well taken care of, and had very beautiful body lines.
The drumming didn't stand out in comparison.
Some of the horses at the racetrack had won awards before and were worth millions. Much more than a drum.
The audience in the stands were also very excited when they saw the players' preparations. Many people were watching the horse racing, and a large number of people were paying attention to how their chosen horses would perform, after all, they had bet a lot of money.
Liu Shaowei saw through the big screen that Su Xiaoqi was riding on a horse with a white hat on her head, ready to go. She had already adjusted her condition. It would not be surprising even if Su Xiaoqi came to participate in the competition. He heard in the class group that Su Xiaoqi seemed to be very good at sports. She came from the countryside, so it was normal for her to have good physical fitness.
He had done his homework before coming to watch this competition. Dressage horse racing is not easy and is also a very dangerous competition. When crossing obstacles, the horse may fall down if it is not careful. Sometimes, even if the horse does not fall down, the person may fall off the horse's back and be trampled by other horses accidentally. Even if he does not die, high-level paraplegia is a common occurrence.
It's very thrilling, which is probably one of the charms of dressage horse racing.
There are a total of twelve contestants.
Lined up at the starting line, Xiaoqi could hear the other horses snorting. The Korean athlete was right next to her, and he smiled at her with disdain. It was he and the staff around him who had just laughed at Xiaoqi. Xiaoqi could understand Korean and was a little puzzled, but she hadn't offended him. Judging from the athletes' results, Gast from Geneva was the favorite to win this time.
The Geneva International Equestrian Festival is very famous and has various new events every year.
Gast is only 20 years old and is a young rider. He came to participate in this competition to win a championship in such a small competition to make his future competition resume look better.
Normally, if the Korean players are unhappy, they should be unhappy with Gast. Why are they picking on a newcomer like themselves?
Xiao Qi didn't quite understand his train of thought. Although she understood Korean, she was too lazy to bother with such a person.
At the beginning of the competition, each player rode his horse forward with great momentum. The originally horizontal confrontation was immediately widened and became a multi-directional one.
Although there were only a dozen or so contestants, the audience in the stands were also very excited, and it felt like a galloping horse.
From the very beginning, Xiaoqi took the lead. Although she was still learning Spanish before the competition started and looked unconcerned, she actually knew the competition by heart.
The early bird catches the worm. She has never participated in any competition, but with the advancement of technology nowadays, it is easy to learn about the competition.
Just like when she was preparing for an English speech, she read a lot of materials about other people’s speeches, kept learning and pondering them, and prepared the speech based on her own experience.
Xiaoqi has watched countless fancy horse races and summed up the experience that one must take the lead from the beginning. This is different from marathon running, where you don't have to be first from the beginning, because if you maintain the first place at the beginning, you will waste your energy and may not be able to hold on to the end.
But it is different in horse racing. If you can take the lead at the beginning, you will have an advantage in overcoming obstacles. If you fall behind, even if you have not made any mistakes, you may encounter teammates who accidentally fall off their horses and be tripped by them, causing trouble for you.
This is also the reason why cavalry was so precious and difficult to train in ancient times. The entire formation was required to be neat and uniform. If one cavalryman made a mistake, it might affect all the cavalrymen behind him. Once the horse accelerated, it could not be stopped easily.
Therefore, the safest thing to do is to be the first from the beginning so that you won’t be dragged down by others.
This is the truth, but not many people can really do it, and not everyone who wants to can get first place.
But Xiaoqi can.
She usually cooperates very well with the drummer. It can be said that they are in tune with each other. There is no need to whip her hard, the drummer can understand what Xiaoqi means.
So Xiaoqi took the lead as soon as the game started.
As soon as they entered the arena, there was a grass field. No one expected that the first place would be the little Chinese girl, who was only 17 years old and still a young rider.
The Korean contestants who had previously mocked Xiaoqi were particularly surprised.
However, he didn't have time to have too many emotions, because there was a haystack obstacle in front of him. He had to be extremely careful when passing the obstacle, otherwise he would overturn... or even his horse.
Fortunately, everyone passed the first obstacle smoothly. However, because of the obstacle, the team of Zhongxiang was stretched longer. Xiaoqi had no problem passing the obstacle and continued to maintain the lead.
The second obstacle is an artificial river channel, which is relatively wide and poses a difficulty.
Xiaoqi had trained in all of these at the racecourse, so he was very steady and still the first to cross the line.
The audience in the stands were a little confused at first. It was really a dark horse. The race was unexpectedly exciting from the start. No one had expected that the first place would be this little girl, the unknown horse number 4. She was seen studying before the race started.
Most of the audience bet on horses, but there are not many professionals. Many of them just play around and choose whichever one they like. So there are still some audiences who are lucky enough to buy number 4 and try their luck. Of course, usually this will result in a complete loss, but today there seems to be a miracle.
Just as everyone was amazed, they didn't expect that after the second obstacle of the competition started, the Korean player's horse rolled to the ground after crossing the river, and he was thrown off the horse. The horse ran away alone. Fortunately, this was a river crossing and the horses were not crowded together. He was only thrown off by his own horse and was not trampled by other horses.
There was a cry of surprise from the audience, staff members rushed on stage, and medical personnel also rushed over to prepare first aid.
The game goes on.
There was a herd of galloping horses on the big screen, and Xiaoqi was still in the first place.
From time to time, the camera would turn to the Korean player who fell to the ground. He was kneeling on the ground in a daze, looking very pitiful, which made the whole game more intense.
Then we crossed the obstacle again and arrived at a sandy area.
The contestants behind were following very closely, and there were also obstacles on the sand. Xiaoqi rode the drum to cross the obstacles and put some distance between himself and the people behind him.
The magical thing on the track at this moment is that the horse that is running for first place together with Xiaoqi is actually the one without a rider. It left the rider behind and ran happily on its own.
However, when going downhill, another thrilling scene occurred. Because the distance between the riders was too close, one rider's horse slipped and fell. One of his legs seemed to be broken. He stood up limping and fell off the horse. What was even more terrifying was that the horse behind him did not control the speed and stepped directly on him, and several horses behind him were blocked.
The life or death of the equestrian lying on the ground was unknown. There was a huge exclamation from the audience stands, and everyone was frightened.
The race is still going on, but now the big screen shows that there are only five horses left running.
Xiaoqi is still in the lead.
The other competitors were unlucky enough to be stopped by the fallen horse, and this blockage made it almost impossible for them to catch up. The medical staff immediately rushed over to check on the fallen rider, who was lying on the ground.
Xiao Qi continued to move forward without distraction. He knew these problems when he participated in the competition. It is not easy to get the prize money. Every penny is earned with blood and sweat.
The remaining five contestants ran all the way without any accidents of falling. They kept crossing one obstacle after another, such as sand, slopes, and rivers. Xiaoqi was always in the lead, but the gap was not very big.
As they were approaching the finish line, the other contestants exerted their strength and whipped their horses desperately, so the order of the five contestants changed again, and Xiaoqi was almost overtaken by a contestant next to him.
Xiaoqi didn't hit the drums. She couldn't bear to do that. It would hurt if she hit them so hard.
Fortunately, Ji Gu and Xiao Qi had a good understanding of each other. Ji Gu felt that he was surpassed and offended, so he immediately accelerated.
He also distanced himself from the riders around him.
When they finally reached the finish line, Xiaoqi was in the lead and won the championship with a huge lead, without a doubt.
A smile appeared on her slightly serious face, and on the big screen, there were only two words to describe her: beautiful!
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