GETTING THEM INTO THE SADDLE

An increasing number of Chinese parents are now introducing their children to an equestrian lifestyle, Li Yingxue reports.

Three-year-old Cheng Zexuan dressed like a clown and sitting on a pony parades together with seven other kids in the center of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest.

It is a pony cosplay held during the interval of the Equestrian Beijing Masters - eight kids aged from 3 to 7, dressed as different cartoon characters, ride ponies on the field.