Central villa area, Star Racecourse.

As the only highest-rated equestrian club in China that has obtained international certification (BHS Approved), since its establishment in 1999, it has been actively engaged in basic equestrian training, organizing and participating in domestic and foreign events, promoting mass equestrian sports, and promoting equestrian sports exchanges at home and abroad.

There are more than 150 horses in the club {including European imported warmbloods: Belgian Warmblood (Belgian Warmblood), Dutch Warmblood KWPN (Royal Dutch Warmblood), German Holsteiner (Holsteiner), French Serrafren-France SF (Selle Francais), Portuguese Lusitano (Lusitano) and American Quarter Horse (American). Quarter Horse) and so on, which are highly respected by horse lovers in Beijing.

Liu Yunxuan's best friend's wedding is held here today.

It is said that the reason why the wedding venue was chosen here is that it is here that the two couples first met......

Although he was entangled in everything, since he agreed to Liu Yunxuan at Xu Ning's request, Ye Shikun also accepted the invitation to attend today's wedding.

is called to accompany Liu Yunxuan to the wedding, but in fact, he just came out to ride a horse and relax.

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Liu Yunxuan's best friend is named Zhao Jing, who is her classmate at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and her family also has small assets, and the man is the son of an official eunuch, and the two parties are also a good match.

Many of the guests attending the wedding today are also from the second-generation circle in Beijing.

However, there are not many top rich second generations like Ye Shikun. His presence did give the woman a lot of face.

After the wedding ceremony, Ye Shikun and Liu Yunxuan rode horses for a walk in the horse farm.

"Brother Shikun, how do you see me riding?" Liu Yunxuan sat straight on the saddle and asked Ye Shikun a little proudly.

She was obviously professionally trained and trained for a long time, her riding posture was very standard, both hand and leg support, she was dressed in a standard knight's attire: with an equestrian helmet and gloves, a black knight's uniform and white breeches, and black riding boots. Riding a maroon red Dutch warmblood, in the green lawn of the horse farm in the sun, it looks young and beautiful.

Ye Shikun looked a lot more casual, he didn't wear a helmet, just wore a polo hat, a brown leather jacket, black breeches, and sat on the back of a horse so naturally, but he looked relaxed and "one man and horse".

He nodded and smiled, "Yes, Gloria, you ride very well, you don't need me to teach you at all." ”

Liu Yunxuan pouted and said, "I originally wanted to see you play polo, but there is no ...... here."

Ye Shikun shook his head and smiled: "Even if I have, I don't dare to play, I haven't played for a few years, and my skills are rusty." Don't you see that I don't even have any equipment with me? I'm just riding a horse today. ”

"How can it be, I heard them say that when you were at Cornell, you were very handsome in playing polo, and you often played the position of No. 1 striker!" Liu Yunxuan looked longing.

"It's a pity I didn't see you with my own eyes...... When I used to go to London, I watched a Royal Windsor game, and many members of the royal family participated in the game, and the scene was very spectacular...... I think polo is the real aristocratic sport!"

Ye Shikun shook his head and smiled: "It's not that exaggerated, it's just a sport." Whatever the British do, they always have to put on the name of a nobleman and a gentleman......"

He said with a smile: "Polo is the first traditional sport in our China, as early as the Han Dynasty, when it was called ju. During the Tang Dynasty, it was all the rage. Mainly because at that time, through this type of exercise, the army could be familiar with horsemanship. Later, in the 13th century, it spread from India to Europe. ”

Liu Yunxuan said with a look of adoration: "Brother Shikun, you know so much!"

Ye Shikun was speechless, this girl looks like a fan girl, I really don't know if it's real or pretended.

However, as soon as she mentioned it, Ye Shikun really missed the scene of participating in the Ivy League in the polo team when he was in college.

He loves many sports, but the charm of polo is the most unique!

First of all, unlike other equestrian sports, which emphasize individual athleticism, polo emphasizes more on teamwork, which is similar to football basketball, which is more interesting to boys, and it is also very fast-paced, and it also contains the essence of other equestrian sports: when you accelerate, you are racing horses, when you turn, you are completing dressage or classic movements of western equestrian, and when you are hitting the ball, there are also sports-related skills related to golf.

A good polo player requires a high level of skill. The personal skills of galloping, maneuvering, skillful ball control, dribbling and passing others, tactical cooperation between players, a high degree of skill, fierce confrontation and super sense of speed, at the same time, polo games emphasize tactical coordination, fast attack, positional attack, defensive counterattack...... A good polo game is like a battle and it is fascinating.

This is also the reason why polo is called the "imperial sport" or "king of sports", and people who fall in love with polo must be those who have the courage to challenge and pursue the ultimate.

However, the sport is too niche.

On the one hand, polo is expensive.

Polo, F1 and sailing are among the top three luxury sports in the world. There is an article in Fortune magazine that describes that $100,000 is the golf class, $1 million is the travel class, $10 million is the yacht class, and $100 million is the threshold to enter the polo class.

Horses are mainly expensive, and the average polo horse is worth $350,000 to $500,000.

On the other hand, the confrontation is fierce, the difficulty is high, and it takes too long.

You know, the confrontation in high-speed polo is very intense, and many people can't face the fear of galloping, hitting, and rushing on horseback.

Moreover, polo must first have good equestrian riding skills, and secondly, it takes a lot of time to train to get used to how to accurately hit and control the ball in all directions on the back of a running horse. Finally, you must be familiar with hundreds of English rules such as strings and ball rights. If you are not careful, it is easy to fall off the horse in the race, and the danger is not low......

It is precisely because of these reasons that the domestic polo project has not been developed.

After returning to China, Ye Shikun rarely played polo.

He couldn't help but wonder, is it better to be a little more idle in the future, and fly back to New York when he has time, and ask the guys from the previous team to play?

Alas, let's solve the things in the company first, I must be unable to get out of it recently......

Tomorrow, it's the company's board meeting!