New training video with Jeans is now up on Horse Hero website

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A thrilling first Badminton for Alex Hua Tian

Read about Alex's thrilling Badminton in his Horse and Hound blogs:

Terror at the trot up

One Dressage Test down, one to go 

Dressage over and done with

What an experience!

Photo Album

Alex supports Badminton 2010 appointed charity - World Horse Welfare campaign ‘Hands on against horse cruelty’

World Horse Welfare, official charity at the 2010 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, has partnered with rising Chinese Olympic eventer Alex Hua Tian to launch an exclusive t-shirt in its latest drive to stamp out horse cruelty and abuse.
 
Every year in the UK the charity handles 30,000 calls and investigates around 1,700 welfare concerns. In the last two years, World Horse Welfare has dealt with more large multi-horse rescues than ever before including the ongoing and shocking case in Amersham, where 31 horses and ponies were found dead and more than 100 were removed to safety. Click here for more info and video    www.worldhorsewelfare.com

Alex prepares for Badminton

Alex Hua Tian on Horse and Hound cover

Loss of a much loved schoolmaster

On Saturday evening 16th January, Alex's retired schoolmaster, WP In Limbo, suffered severe colic and was put down by a vet in his field.  More info.  Photos of Limbo

Alex is 2010 cover star in China's "Channel 5" magazine

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China's popular sport and lifestyle monthly magazine, "Channel 5", has chosen Chinese eventer Alex Hua Tian as their cover star for January. Alex is featured with Betty Sun Li Chinese singer, TV and movie star.

Alex appears on the cover of Manual of Horsemanship in China

The Manual of Horsemanship, which has been the basic teaching material for generations of British riders, was published in China for the first time late 2009.  It is the first foreign manual on horsecare to be translated for the the growing market of enthusiasts and professionals in China.  Britain's leading equestrian publication Horse and Hound reported on its website:

"Published by China Agricultural University, the cover photograph features Horse & Hound blogger Alex Hua Tian competing at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials earlier this year, where he was placed 7th and 12th, and awarded the "Best U21" prize."I was thrilled to be invited to appear on the cover," said Alex, who trains in the UK. "The Manual of Horsemanship really is the bible of horsemanship — my mother still has hers which was published in the 1960s!" This year, Alex became the first Chinese rider to qualify for the 2010 World Equestrian Games. His success has created huge excitement in his home country, and is fostering a growing Chinese fan base for equestrianism."

Alex Hua Tian documentary on China Central Television

China Central TV broadcast a 30 minute documentary, showing the background for Alex's battle to get to the Olympics in 2008. Starting with the BBC's coverage of Alex's Olympic cross-country, it then follows the ups and downs of Alex's progress to the games, including the tragic loss of Adam - the talented New Zealand thoroughbred -Alex expected to take to the Games, his dramatic fall in Portugal, the thrill of qualifying three horses in Poland and then the preparation for the Games themselves.The documentary was shown on CCTV5's  "People in Sport" China's flagship sport documentary programme which has a viewership of around 15 million.

Alex Hua Tian becomes the Ambassador for the Asian Games 2010

Alex Hua Tian has been invited to be the Ambassador for the Asian Games to be held in November 2010 in his home city of Guangzhou in Southern China. The Executive Mayor of Guangzhou held a press conference  to announce the appointment. Only four ambassadors have been appointed: iconic Chinese actor, Jackie Chan, Alex Hua Tian, his brother Jamie, a cricketer and Yi Jianlian, Chinese NBA player.

The Asian Games is the largest sporting event in the world with 43 countries, 42 sports, over 13,000 athletes, with an avid viewership of around 4 billion. Following the successful holding of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Asian Games is a big news in China.

Mr. Xu Ruisheng, Executive Mayor of Guangzhou said：“We have chosen Alex as our ambassador because he represents a new generation of sporting star. He has not only made a major impact in his own sport internationally at such a young age, but is also a trend setter among his millions of Chinese fans. He really is 'one in a billion'". See Alex's page on the Asian Games website.