Arysha, Malaysia’s most promising young equestrian athlete

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At just 16, Arysha Haya Kanda has made history on the international stage as an equestrian rider.  Written and presented by: Theevya Ragu Shot by: Fauzi Yunus & Mohd Afzal Edited by:Vishna Laxmi Balasubramaniam   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2023/12/10/arysha-malaysias-most-promising-equestrian-athlete/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTLifestyle #AryshaHayaKanda #Equestrian #Medallist #HorseRiding

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00:00 Meet the future star of Malaysian equestrian sports, Arisha Hayakanda.

00:21 At only 16 years old, Arisha has made history on the international stage as a showjumping

00:26 and dressage athlete.

00:30 This year she became Malaysia's first individual medalist in the Asian Junior Championships

00:35 held in Seoul in South Korea.

00:38 She also played a pivotal role in the Princess' Cup Thailand 2022 as a member of the first

00:44 junior national team to medal in an international event.

00:49 Don't let her small stature fool you.

00:51 Arisha stands as the sole athlete among the few youth riders in Malaysia to consistently

00:56 achieve the 130cm level in showjumping, the highest class in the country.

01:03 Despite her successes, Arisha has a very simple reason for loving the sport.

01:08 What I love most about the sport is that I just get to spend time with my best friends

01:15 every day.

01:16 I 100% consider the horses my best friends.

01:20 They know more about me than anyone, any human does.

01:25 This bond, she says, is what makes the sport unique.

01:29 So horses have a huge emotional capacity and what makes that so special is also their sensitivity

01:37 to humans' emotions.

01:39 So actually, fun fact is that a horse can detect a human's heartbeat from up to four

01:44 feet away.

01:46 So when they're human, when their rider is feeling nervous or stressed and their heart

01:51 rate increases, the horse can feel that.

01:54 And that will actually affect the horse's mood and performance.

01:57 Acknowledging that a high level of discipline is required for any sport, Arisha says being

02:03 an equestrian athlete requires even more.

02:07 This is a sport that isn't just a sport.

02:11 It's an entire lifestyle.

02:13 Horses are high maintenance.

02:15 You have to spend hours and hours a day that you're not riding them, taking care of them

02:19 on the ground.

02:20 You have to brush them, you have to groom them, you have to feed them, and you have

02:23 to interact with them.

02:24 So it is not just about the training and the technical skills of the sport.

02:30 After a day of rigorous training at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort in Kuala

02:34 Lumpur, you'll often find Arisha at the stables showering affection on her horses like Metzi

02:41 here.

02:42 And while celebrating her victories, this young athlete admits that gaining local recognition

02:48 in this niche sport has been challenging.

02:51 Hoping to change that, Arisha is gearing up to relocate to Holland next year for advanced

02:56 training with her sights set on the 2027 SEA Games, the Asian Games, and ultimately the

03:02 Olympics.

03:12 Divya Raghu, FMT Lifestyle.

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