Arena gets ready for horses
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THE first batch of horses competing in the Global Champions Tour’s Shanghai leg will arrive in town by the month’s end, organizers announced yesterday.
The three-day event, which kicks off on June 6 in front of the China Art Museum in Pudong New Area, is the fourth stop of the 14-leg tour. It’s also the first time Shanghai will host an international equestrian competition.
“The event to be held in Shanghai next month is of a completely different level compared to other equestrian competitions held on the mainland,” said Marco Danese, sport director of GCT. “It’s a new sport, maybe not very popular in China. However, fans can expect the best horses in the world.”
Eighty world class horses and more than 50 top riders, including Olympic champions, will gather in Shanghai for the competition. The horses will go over barriers set as high as 1.6 meters, organizers said.
According to Danese, the horses will be picked up from Belgium by a designated plane, which will stop over in Dubai for supplies before ending the 16-hour journey at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Forty horses will be ferried each time.
Special vehicles will be arranged to ferry the animals, each with a value of at least 2 million euros (US$2.76 million), to their stables set up near the Pudong arena.
“The travel and safety of the horses is the biggest challenge we’ve been facing,” Danese said. “The ground of the arena will be ready in another two nights’ time.”
The arena, located at the intersection of Xueye Road and Hongshan Road, can take around 4,000 spectators. Ticket prices range from 590 yuan (US$94.73) to 2,880 yuan.
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