Jasmine Lai: All set to go

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Jasmine Lai: All set to go

</font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Jasmine Lai: All set to go</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">
                        <p></p></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><font size="3">20100817 <p></p></font></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On 13 August, thirty-one young&nbsp;riders from all over the world participated in the first historic horse draw for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore.&nbsp; For the first time in Olympic history,&nbsp;a horse daw was conducted for athletes to decide the horse and rider combination that will apply throughout the competition.&nbsp;Hong Kong's rider, Jasmine Lai, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';">drew horse no. 13, Butterfly Kisses, a 10-year-old dark bay&nbsp;thoroughbred mare.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: #143254;">&nbsp;<p></p></span></font></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Athletes will be restricted to one hour sessions with their new partners over four days, before the competition kicks off.&nbsp; Jasmine had her first ride on Butterfly Kisses on 14 August&nbsp;and was allowed to jump 12 fences during the &nbsp;training session.&nbsp;</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: #143254;">&nbsp;<p></p></span></font></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';">According to trainers,&nbsp;Butterfly Kisses is calm and sweet in the stable but&nbsp;is energetic in the arena. Jasmine will be hoping that the Chinese lucky number 13&nbsp;will bring good fortune in the competition. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';"></span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black;"><br/></span><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';">All riders will compete individually as well as in the team competition&nbsp;amongst 6 continental teams. Each team has five riders and Hong Kong is in the same Australasia group as Australia, China, New Zealand and Oman. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: #143254;"><p></p></span></font></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: #143254;"><p></p></span></font></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The HKEF wishes Jasmine and Butterfly Kisses all the best of luck on the&nbsp;first day of competition, scheduled&nbsp;to be 18 August. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR: #143254;"><p></p></span></font></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><p><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p></span></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p></p>

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