Over the past 20 years horse riding as a sport in China has been on the rise. In particular, the 2008 Olympics where China was represented by six riders in the Hong Kong arena had a large impact on young people learning the sport.

China Daily reporter Peng Yining took the short drive out of central Beijing to Xiwu International Equestrian Club, out near the airport, where around 40 of the 200 members are younger than 18 years old, to find out what was driving young people to learn this ancient sport.

Video by Peng Yining and D J Clark

Producer: Flora Yue

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About D J Clark

D J Clark has worked worldwide as a multimedia journalist for more than 20 years. As well as working for China Daily he runs an MA course in Multimedia journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University and is the Director of Visual Journalism at the Asia Center for Journalism in Manila, Philippines.