Chapter 54: See London Again (3)
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"Are you here to practice dressage too?" The girl saw that Zuo Zai was wearing clothes that looked like riding clothes, so she asked Zuo Zai.
The girl asked in Chinese, and she probably wanted to confirm whether Zuo Zai was Chinese, because she had been at the Li Gu Equestrian Center for two months and had not met anyone from China who practiced dressage like her.
"I'm not, I'm just here to see the horses." Zuo replied with a smile. She loved the little girl's just confident smile.
"You raise horses?" Knowing that she hadn't found a partner to learn dressage with, the little girl was a little disappointed, but when she heard Zuo talk about looking at the horse, she became a little interested again.
"I didn't." Zuo replied truthfully.
"Oh, so you're going to take a look at my horse?" The little girl was not as interested as she had been at the beginning, but there were people interested in her foal, and she didn't mind showing them around.
The little girl led her horse to Zuo Zai.
"Her name is Stellar, you see she has a star mark on her face, and she's eight years old." The little girl gave Zuo another introduction.
"Your horse's color is so beautiful, and its movements are very coordinated, but it doesn't seem to jump in a straight line very well, and the rhythm sometimes doesn't step on the point." Zuo again expressed his opinion.
The little girl's good impression of Zuo Zai before was destroyed by Zuo Zai's words. She showed Zuo Zai the horse, she only planned to gain envy, and she was not prepared to receive Zuo Zai's evaluation just now.
The little girl thought to herself: "I don't keep horses, I don't ride horses, I haven't learned dressage, and I also teach laymen insiders, this person's quality is too different from what it seems." Just looking at her appearance, she thought she was a temperamental beauty, but when she spoke, it was not like that at all. ”
The little girl's horse is only eight years old, and she has not yet reached the best age for dressage, but her horse is already very powerful in dressage horses of the same age.
She's only owned the horse for two months, and she may be a little rusty with it, but there's no doubt about the horse's talent.
The horse her father had picked up for her two months earlier was far better than all the dressage horses she had ridden before, or it wouldn't have sold for £300,000.
The little girl knew that her horse was a good horse, but she was rejected by a layman, and she was a little unhappy. It's okay to understand, it's no problem if you don't understand, and if you don't know how to pretend to understand something, it's the most annoying.
But the little girl was well cultivated, and she didn't say anything, just led the horse out of the indoor racecourse.
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On the first day of his return to London, he was fortunate to finish Cheng Yan's "Little Wife" limited edition One-77, and today he took Cheng Yan's "Big Wife" Aston Martin DBS to pamper Xiao Nai's "Big Mai Bao".
"Big Barley Bao" is the first horse that Cheng Fengchun bought for Xiao Nai for a million pounds, "Big Barley Bao" was only five years old when he bought it, and now he is a 17-year-old horse.
Five-year-old dressage horses, because they have not received much education, could not have been sold at this price.
However, the parents of "Big Mac" are both world champion horses in dressage, and her mother had no choice but to euthanize Big Mai Bao after giving birth to Big Mac after giving birth to a car accident that resulted in a severe fracture of her right front and back legs. (Note 1)
So the bloodline of Damai Bao is unique. It's not even something that money can buy. If it weren't for the help of Mrs. Cheng Fengchun's former friends, Xiao Nai would not have been able to have such a level of horse at the beginning of his equestrian career.
However, there is an additional condition that people are willing to sell this horse, that is, to let this horse receive the best education. Xiao Nai's master, although only three stars as a rider at the time, was one of the best dressage trainers in the UK.
"Big Barley Bao" was not originally called that, but had a long English name, called Blue-Hors-T. Mylander. Zuo Zai doesn't know exactly where Damai Bao's original name came from, because this name was registered with the International Equestrian Federation before Damai Bao became a small Nai mount.
Blue-Hors is a well-known breeding agency (the Danish dressage horse I wrote about earlier also starts with these two words), Mylander is the name of Damaibao's mother, and the origin of the T is unknown.
There is a difference between China and foreign countries. It's not the difference between one is Chinese and the other is English.
When Chinese choose names, generally no one puts the words of parents in the names of their children. Your father's name is Zhang San, and you are also called Zhang San, and this situation is usually impossible to happen in China, and it is taboo.
But Westerners feel that the best way to respect a person is to use that person's name. The person can be dead or alive. For example, the Queen of England, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, are all called Elizabeth, and the President of the United States, Bush Sr., Bush Jr., are all called Bush.
My mother gave birth to a son, and my father liked it very much, so he directly took the same name as himself. But how can two people stay under the same roof every day? Add Jr. (an abbreviation for Junior, meaning junior, young) after the son's name. (Note 2)
Of course, if there is an uncle, uncle or grandfather who is particularly powerful, you can also use the name of uncle or grandfather, or grandfather's grandfather, for your son. The same goes for women.
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When Xiao Nai was young, his Chinese was very bad, his first favorite was Zuo Zai, and his second favorite was the horse sent by his grandfather.
Xiao Nai felt that since Zuo Zai was "Wheat Treasure", the horse that was so much larger than Zuo Zai should be called "Barley Treasure".
Xiao Nai entered Eton's 1,000-person list at the age of 11, and he also felt that dressage could not satisfy his adventurous nature at the age of 11, so he turned to equestrian eventing.
In two years, Damai Bao and Xiao Nai have achieved okay results in the same age group, but they are not particularly outstanding.
The reason why it is not outstanding is mainly because Damaibao's speed ability is not particularly outstanding, after all, dressage is where Damaibao's talent lies. Fortunately, dressage is also included in the eventing, so Damaibao's results are also passable.
With the efforts of Damaibao, Xiao Nai became a two-star rider.
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Note 1
Most of the famous horses with great achievements were eventually euthanized, which is because the owner can't bear the pain of injury or old age of the beloved horse, so he will choose to let the beloved horse die peacefully and without pain. However, in our Chinese concept of life, it may be relatively difficult to understand such behavior.
Note 2
In "Prison Break", which was a hit ten years ago and will release a new season on April 4 this year, the protagonist's brother is called Lincoln, and the name of the brother's son is to add a Jr. after Lincoln, referred to as LJ.