Hua bridges two horse cultures

Almost a year after steering his mount Don Geniro to an eighth-place finish in eventing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, China's Britain-born equestrian Alex Hua Tian still cherishes the memory.

"Looking back, it makes me shiver a little bit because I can't tell you how lucky we were. Everything that could've gone wrong didn't," said Hua, who fell off his mount in his Games debut in 2008.

"Don Geniro was the youngest horse in the competition, inexperienced. To come away with that kind of result was amazing. Especially after my disappointment at the Beijing Olympics."