Alex Hua Tian
British-based Chinese event rider Alex Hua Tian was the youngest event rider ever at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has since competed at Badminton and Burghley and won a silver medal for China at the 2014 Asian Games.
Educated at Eton in Britain, Alex is now based at Pinfold Equestrian in Cheshire. The yard was formerly a top thoroughbred stud back in the 1960s. See pictures of Alex’s yard.
In November 2009 Alex won the inaugural HSBC Rising Star Award from the FEI and he became a patron for World Horse Welfare in 2014. He has qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics with both Harbour Pilot C or Don Geniro.
Alex won the second leg of the Event Rider Masters class at Bramham 2016 on Don Geniro to take home a cheque for £16,000. He said at the time the money will “probably disappear into the black hole of horses” but he might treat himself and girlfriend Sarah Higgins to “something nice”.
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‘I learnt the wrong test’: rider goes into equal first at Bramham Horse Trials despite error
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Bramham Horse Trials dressage times released: find out when your favourite rides
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‘I was locked in the tack room’ — and 7 other top riders’ Christmas day bloopers
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Changes to the top in the opening rounds of the cross-country at the Tokyo Games
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‘One’s not good in the morning and the other would have been terrified, so it had to be me’: riders react to being Olympic team pathfinders
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‘It’s intense, but horse friendly’: Oliver Townend and others’ first reactions to the Tokyo Olympics cross-country course
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‘I’m annoyed I haven’t beaten Oli – but I’m really pleased’: Alex Hua Tian sets strong challenge in Olympic eventing dressage
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Spotlight on the ethics of using horses in our sport
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Alex Hua Tian: ‘Looking back on my first Olympics now, the whole thing was surreal’ *H&H Plus*
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Alex Hua Tian puts another horse in Bicton CCI4*-S top three: ‘He really wants to do it’ *H&H Plus*
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It’s nip tuck at the top of the super-hot Olympic longlisted section at Bicton *H&H Plus*
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Eventing dressage improving but not having more clout *H&H Plus*
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Alex Hua Tian’s Olympic memories: ‘It was such a heart-breaking moment’
H&H’s eventing editor Pippa Roome spoke to Chinese event rider Alex Hua Tian for episode 19 of the Horse & Hound podcast about riding at his first Olympics in Beijing, aged 18 and his success at the 2016 Olympic Games
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The Horse & Hound Podcast: episode 19 – Alex Hua Tian | Vet advice: blackthorns | News round-up
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Two for joy for Taylor *H&H Plus*
‘He wants to do everything right’: Izzy Taylor’s exciting eight-year-old tops the CCI4*-S at Burnham Market
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Your chance to win ‘dream’ ride with one of four Olympic eventers
Other prizes include a ‘racing spectacular’ for two at Newmarket, breakfast with the stars at Epsom, or an original drawing of the charity’s famous foal Captain Tom
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Three medallists, two Olympic horses and a five-star runner-up: 17 top eventers enjoy a run at Aston-le-Walls
It was time for a bit of "spot the equine celebrity" last Saturday at Aston-le-Walls as Olympic horses and medallists came out to play
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WEG eventing trot-up fashion: stylish dresses, men in uniform and clashy colours
Check out the team uniforms on display in the eventing trot-up at the World Equestrian Games, from embroidered shirts and neckscarfs to classic blazers
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*NEW* Sarah Higgins’ dressage blog: chasing rosettes and sashes and bothering my international eventer boyfriend — welcome to my world...
Meet our new blogger as we are invited into her crazy-busy world
