Asian Games: Fouaad Mirza’s lion-hearted show wins India’s first medal in Equestrian

Fouaad Mirza missed gold after nicking one hurdle. His medal, however, was India’s first in the Asiad since 1982. Six generations since Ali Asgher came to India from Iran in 1824, his horse-loving family from Bangalore sired for the country its long-awaited Eventing medal in Equestrian. The youngest rider of the family, Fouaad Mirza, won a sighing silver at the […] Continue Reading

Rewriting equestrian history – India gets its first Sporthorse Studbook for warmbloods

Jitu Virwani of Embassy International Riding School & Lara Becker from Germany set up Sportshorse Studbook (India) the first and only warmblood studbook in India. At last year ́s Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea, India had a team in all equestrian disciplines – show jumping, dressage and eventing. Equestrian in India is clearly growing and the number of […] Continue Reading