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Against all odds, 15-year-old Sharifah Ariel Budriah Jamalullail has galloped into the history books by clinching Malaysia’s first-ever equestrian gold at the Asian Youth Games.
Riding a horse she had only met a week prior, she proved that pure instinct and trust can defy limited preparation to achieve international glory.
Her breathtaking 29.85-second victory in Bahrain isn't just a win—it’s a massive breakthrough that is changing the face of Malaysian sports forever.
Don't miss the full story behind this historic feat on Sinar Daily's Sports Matters Podcast, where we dive deep into the grit and grace of our nation’s rising stars!
Riding a horse she had only met a week prior, she proved that pure instinct and trust can defy limited preparation to achieve international glory.
Her breathtaking 29.85-second victory in Bahrain isn't just a win—it’s a massive breakthrough that is changing the face of Malaysian sports forever.
Don't miss the full story behind this historic feat on Sinar Daily's Sports Matters Podcast, where we dive deep into the grit and grace of our nation’s rising stars!
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00:00Hello everyone and welcome back to Sinalily Sports Matters podcast. I'm your host Ashwin Kumar.
00:05Today we have an exciting session where we will be discussing our country's recent achievement
00:10in equestrian sports at the third Asian Youth Games in Bahrain. In order to delve into this
00:17discussion, Sinalily is honored to present to our audience our heroes who represented us in the
00:21Asian Games recently. So we have Sharifa Ariel, we have Arisa Audrina and Sonia Aisha. Welcome
00:29to the show guys. Hi. How was the experience in Bahrain recently? The experience I feel like it was
00:38really good like meeting all the countries and all the other riders and befriending them and I feel
00:45like it was very welcoming like us like because we're young it was very welcoming like all the
00:50people there very inviting it was really nice. For me it was a good experience since it was my
00:57first time representing the country and it felt beneficial for me as well. I liked everyone
01:06there. The federation was really sweet. Everyone was all very welcoming and yeah. Is this the first time
01:13you guys being interviewed after a major competition? Kind of. Kind of? Okay, okay. Alright, alright, alright.
01:20Can you each describe the most drastic change you had to make whether it was your diet, your sleep schedule,
01:27or your school routine for example to commit to this level of international training? And maybe we can start with
01:35Sharif for a person. Yeah, for me I feel like the most drastic change is definitely my school schedule
01:41because my attendance at my last school was like 60% so I think it was better for me because I was
01:49traveling a lot for training and competitions and I was I think I was falling behind a little bit so
01:55me and my parents decided that it was better for me to be homeschooled and that was a big change for me
01:59but it is better because it's more easier, yeah. Okay, okay. To the audience, Sharifa Ariel also known as
02:07Young Mulya Putri Sharifa Ariel Barriyash Jamalulayal who carved her name into Malaysian sporting history
02:13after clinching the nation's first ever equestrian goal at the Asian Youth Games. For the record, Sharifa Ariel is also the
02:21daughter of Young Mulya, Dato Siddhi Rajasheed Ameer Abidin Jamalulayal of the Police Royal Family. So before we proceed,
02:29congratulations Young Mulya. Thank you. Moving on, Sonia, this was your first international representation if
02:39I'm not mistaken, is it? Yes. And what was the biggest culture shock or adjustment that you faced when moving
02:49from Malaysian training environments to the intensive camps abroad? One adjustment I had to make was
02:57transitioning to an X-Race horse to a warm blood horse which is a pure jumping horse. And that transition,
03:05I had to go to Netherlands with Ariel and her sister in mine to train with warm bloods there. So it took me a while to get
03:13used to the warm blood horse because they were much stronger than X-Races. And in Bahrain, you know, in Saudi,
03:21I also trained with my horse there with Ariel and Ali for one week before going to Bahrain.
03:27Okay. Okay. Okay. Maybe we can speak louder. Yeah. And how about you, Audrey, about the earlier question.
03:41Was it intensive, the intensiveness, was it different from here compared to Bahrain?
03:49Yeah. It is. Because there's a lot more riders competing overseas and in Malaysia there's very few. So it was quite
04:01like a big change from Bahrain from Malaysia. But I wasn't that nervous because everyone was so welcoming and everyone
04:11was so sweet, kind. So it wasn't like you're under so much pressure. Everyone was just like always supporting each other no matter the country. So I think that helped the most.
04:25For the audience, these three heroes here, one of them is 15 years old, 15 as well, and 17. Yeah. These young heroes
04:35these young heroes are actually actually creating big names in the international stage. Okay. And my next question is that,
04:45Bila, that was the first ever time you all night could do?
04:49For me? Yeah. I think, I don't remember. I probably, I was like five years old because my dad, he was a polo player. Okay.
04:56So I was always around horses. Okay. And I think one day I was like asking him if I can ride a horse. Okay. And then after I sat on the horse,
05:03I was like, Oh, maybe I want to start lessons. And then it sounds like around five, six years old,
05:08or like six, seven when I first started. Okay. You, you, um, has it ever, um, you know, your thought process that you
05:17want to become a polo player? Yeah. But, um, my mom said that it's too dangerous and she doesn't really want me
05:24to do it. So, yeah, but I feel like maybe one day I will try because I think it's a very interesting sport. And I feel like,
05:31cause I like the adrenaline that horse, that shoe jumping gives me. I feel like polo would also give me
05:36adrenaline, but for now I'll stick to shoe jumping. Talking about dangerous, how many times have you like,
05:41I think I lost Cal already. Lost Cal, but how serious is the injury? Um, for me, Alhamdulillah, I haven't had any major injuries,
05:54but I have fallen up many times, but I've only like bruises like that, just like that. Nothing major.
06:01Um, Sonia? It seemed like Ariel, I had bruises cause my horse, not my horse, uh, stepped on my hand
06:09two times and fell on my back. Is it like a KPI? Like if let's say you experienced, you won't fall down
06:16or it can happen to anyone? It can happen to anyone. Yeah. Yeah. And it's depending on the connection
06:23with the horse, I guess. Um, honestly for horse riding, it's not like if you're the best rider,
06:29you still, you still won't fall down. Like I think in the Olympics, uh, Henrik von Eckermann,
06:33he's one of the top riders in the world. In the Olympics, he had a fall with one of his best horses
06:38and that was like a major shock to the questions. So no matter how far you are in the sport,
06:44it's not a predictable sport. Like you don't, it's not like if you're the best rider, you won't fall down.
06:49Like you never know if you'll fall or not cause you're with an animal and you can't read its mind
06:54and you don't know what it's thinking. Uh, even if it's like a senior athlete, it can happen to him.
07:00Yeah, it can. Okay. Okay. Okay. To Arisa, having completed internationally before, what was specifically
07:09more demanding about the training scene in Belgium? Living independently. So I was living in Belgium
07:18in Belgium for a month. The first two weeks, my mom was with me and then the rest I was alone.
07:24I had a lot of FOMO being alone, but there was a lot of people at the stable that I could talk to every day.
07:32It was like such a big change. You're up at 7am and then you're back at 7pm doing stable work.
07:39And I didn't like that. And how about the weather, adjustment to the weather and stuff?
07:46It's like bipolar. It was like one time it's very hot and then the next day it's so cold.
07:54So like, I don't know, the freshness of the horses also like it varies. And it was quite difficult to adapt.
08:02Okay. Those are the challenges, I guess. Yeah. And to all of you, you guys often ride leased or borrowed horses.
08:11And for international events, how do you establish the trust and compatibility with a horse?
08:20When you only have known the horse for a few weeks or maybe months or days, how do you do that?
08:28Well, for me, I think what really shaped me into being able to do that, like get on a horse and compete with it the next week or after a couple of days,
08:37is that since I was young, before I had my own horse, my mom made me ride every horse in the stable and made sure that I was able to ride every single one of them before I got my own horse.
08:46Roughly how many horses?
08:48I don't know, maybe 20 horses, 30. I ride every single one of them and made sure I was able to ride them before I got my own horse.
08:55And even after I had my own horse, I was still riding those horses so I could be able to switch my riding to a different horse because every horse is different.
09:02So you have to know how to feel them. So every time I go for a borrowed competition, I always look for if the horse is sensitive,
09:09if it will listen to my hands or my leg aids. And then, yeah, I think that really helped me because it helped me like switch and be more better for the horse because not every horse is the same.
09:22Why would a horse be sensitive?
09:25Sometimes, like some horses, they are very dull. Like if you give them a little bit of leg because what people, sometimes people look for in a horse is when you squeeze, they're able to go forward.
09:37So I will usually check if I squeeze, if there's any response. If there's no response, then I'll give a little kick and I'll see how responsive they are.
09:44So in the competition, I know how much to give them, like how much power in my leg I should give them.
09:49And if they're too sensitive in their hands, because if I'm too harsh on my hands, they might not like that. So I might have to be softer.
09:56So I have to like during the training before I compete, I usually feel the horse, see what it doesn't like what it does like.
10:02Sonia, how about you?
10:04I had the ability to ride many different horses with different personalities in my stable. Like my horse, he has a spooky temperament.
10:14So every time doing competition, he would either spook and try to throw me off or he would just be calm.
10:21Cause he depends on what mood he's in as well. And then my stable, my coach gives me many different horses to ride.
10:28Some are cheeky during warm up. They will like start bucking and all that. And some would be really calm.
10:37Cause they're more experienced than the new horses.
10:42I'm pretty sure all of you had that, that experience where the fear, the fear struck or so on.
10:52How do you counter that? Sonia, how do you counter that fear?
10:57I think about something funny to me, like either laugh or stop being scared on the horse.
11:09Nice. Nice.
11:11Okay. How about you? Can I call you Arisa or Arisa?
11:14Yeah.
11:15Okay. Arisa, how about you? Your experiences with the horse?
11:19Last time, like earlier in the year, my anxiousness was really, really bad.
11:25Especially like going to compete in just a small class, I would get really scared.
11:31But then eventually I opened up and I told myself that if you're just going to keep feeling this way,
11:38you're not going to get anywhere. So I just changed my mindset and that got me to where I am now.
11:45So, yeah.
11:47What is your worst injury that you had?
11:49Injury? I had a black eye, but it wasn't that bad.
11:56All this normal for you already, I guess.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Okay. Okay.
12:01To Ariel, you rode Panamera Z?
12:04Yes.
12:05Panamera Z to victory.
12:07When did you first time meet Panamera?
12:10And what was the key training session or moment that you realized, this horse, I can do it?
12:17Panamera, I met, I think, a week before we left for Bahrain.
12:24So I had a week with her before they drove to Bahrain and then I had a couple days there.
12:29But I feel like I realized I could win kind of late.
12:32Like, I realized during the competition, because I had really good first few days.
12:37The first two days I had clear rounds, nice times.
12:40And on the last day, which was the individual, in the war, I had finished the jump off already.
12:45So like, wow, I didn't think I could, I knew I could make it to the jump off.
12:48But I didn't expect me to win in the jump off.
12:50Because if you see all these Middle Eastern riders, they're so crazy.
12:53Like, their turns are so fast.
12:55And their horses are insane.
12:58So I didn't really expect to win and I didn't think much of it.
13:01So after, because it's a jump, like the normal round and then the jump off.
13:05So I had around 20 riders in between.
13:07And during the warm up, before I went into the jump off, I didn't think I was going to win or anything.
13:13Until my coach and the owner's horse told me to jump one of the jumps in the warm up at an angle.
13:20So I think the jump was around here and I jumped it like this.
13:23Because usually you jump straight.
13:24And I jumped it this way.
13:25Because usually some horses are scared of that.
13:27And once I did that and I realized that she's not scared, that he's not scared and I can.
13:32I think that's when it clicked in my head that, oh, I can win.
13:35So that's why in the jump off, after number one, I did a really crazy angle to number two.
13:41But he jumped it so well.
13:43It was really nice, that horse.
13:44That was like, that connection.
13:47Yeah, like I felt it after that jump.
13:49Then I realized, wow, he can't jump.
13:52Like he, I trust this horse to be able to jump at an angle.
13:55Like that's when it clicked.
13:56What if it backfired?
13:58I mean, I already made it that far.
14:00So it was like, you know, I already made it that far.
14:04Why back off from the jump?
14:06Because if you back off, then the horse backs off too.
14:09So you have to ride really confidently.
14:11And that's what I did.
14:12But yeah, sometimes it can backfire on you.
14:15But I think in that warm up that like really built my trust with the horse, even though it was like only two seconds before I went into the competition arena.
14:22That's when it clicked.
14:24Has the other scenario ever happened in your life?
14:27In your career so far?
14:28Yeah.
14:29Like I think the other day I had qualifying for youth Olympic games, but I unfortunately did not qualify.
14:34And I think I was so scared for that qualifying with my horse because I haven't jumped that horse in a while because that was my own horse.
14:42And this horse is, she's scared sometimes.
14:44So that made me scared, even though I shouldn't be the one that's scared because when you're scared, that makes the horse even more scared.
14:50So I think that's why I, I didn't have that like trust with her.
14:54And what's even like on Sunday, the day after qualifying, I was really sad because I didn't like have that trust with the horse and we didn't have a nice round.
15:03But the next day I realized, oh, I just need to trust the horse because I jumped it on that day and it was amazing.
15:10It was just me because I was too scared.
15:12So you really have to trust your horse and ride it very confidently because if you're scared, they're also scared.
15:18Okay.
15:19So Arisa and Sonia, watching your teammate compete in that final, you guys watched, right?
15:25Okay.
15:26Under immense pressure, what was that feeling like from the outside of the arena?
15:31How does Ariel's gold medal mean for the perception of Malaysian equestrian sports?
15:39When Ariel got the gold medal, I was really happy for her and for our whole team because it's the first goal that Malaysia ever got, especially for a sport that's not aware to most people.
15:52In watching her ride, I was kind of motivated and I was not happy that I could clear the team event.
16:02But I was motivated seeing her ride.
16:04Next goal.
16:05Next goal is on you.
16:07Next goal is on you.
16:08That's it.
16:09And, uh, Alisa, how was your feeling?
16:13Watching it live.
16:15I knew that she could do it.
16:17I didn't think she'd be that crazy, but it's fine.
16:20She did it.
16:21Um, obviously I was scared here and there, but the connection with her and Panamera was so good that I was, I wasn't even worried.
16:29Like her name was on the podium for so long and I was just like, I don't need to watch the other riders.
16:35As a senior athlete, did you like give any motivation?
16:39Or you think Ariel don't need that kind of motivation?
16:42She doesn't need it.
16:44All right.
16:45All right.
16:46And, uh, as a member of a Royal family, did you feel an added layer of expectation of pressure competing in the international stage?
16:53Um, honestly, I didn't feel that pressure cause I don't normally compete with my title, just like straight for Ariel like that.
17:02But this time I did.
17:04And I don't, I didn't, I didn't like, I don't know.
17:07I didn't feel that pressure cause I don't know.
17:10Cause Perlis, the Perlis family, my family, like my family in general is really chill.
17:15So I didn't feel that pressure, but I did feel happy cause I was able to represent my family, the country and get that medal.
17:23So that kind of made me, that didn't make me happy getting that medal.
17:26But I don't, I didn't feel the pressure going into it from my title and my name.
17:30That's very good.
17:31That's very good.
17:32And having achieved success at Asian games, uh, what is the immediate next target for each of you?
17:38Um, we start with Sonia.
17:40My target for next year is SUKMA.
17:43Mmm.
17:44SUKMA and probably SEA Games next year.
17:49Next, next year, 2027.
17:51Are you looking forward?
17:53Oh yeah, SEA Games you just mentioned.
17:55Yeah.
17:56Yeah.
17:57Yeah.
17:58And Olympics?
17:59That one I'm not sure.
18:00One day?
18:01Yeah, one day.
18:02Alright.
18:03Um, how about you?
18:05Um, I submitted my entry for Princess Cup Bangkok in this December.
18:11So I'm hoping I'll get that.
18:13But looking ahead, I think SEA Games.
18:16And I feel like I could do it cause I'm already keep competing at a high level.
18:22So it's in two years, you have time, so might as well just try.
18:26And it's also home-based.
18:27Mm-hmm.
18:28So less expenses.
18:29Mm-hmm.
18:30Earlier, um, one of you, I think Ariel mentioned about homeschool, uh, resetting, you know,
18:39your school schedule and maybe your tuition or cetera.
18:43But this, uh, time and era, it's very important to give attention to mental health.
18:49Uh, your trainings, your education, on top of that, how do you all manage your mental
18:54health?
18:55Uh, do you all know there's a such thing as mental health or?
18:58Me.
18:59You all aware, right?
19:00Yeah.
19:01Cause you guys are athletes.
19:02Yeah.
19:03So we start from, uh, Arisa.
19:04How do you manage your mental health?
19:05I'm actually not in school right now.
19:07I finished IGCSEs in 2024, May, June.
19:12So I've been taking a gap year ever since.
19:15I've been trying to look for online schools because there's so many things that I'm planning
19:21to do with me and my horse.
19:23And I just feel like it's more lenient if I'm online.
19:30And I actually was in school earlier this year, but they're so not, um, understanding
19:37of being an athlete.
19:38And I was going from riding every day to two times a week.
19:43And that got me nowhere.
19:44And I felt like I was genuinely not getting anywhere in this sport.
19:48And I felt like I was letting my horse down.
19:51So I left and now I'm not in school.
19:55Yeah.
19:56Okay.
19:57That's quite a serious story there.
20:00Okay.
20:01Um, um, do you talk to someone when you're going through this kind of problem?
20:05No.
20:06Your coach?
20:07No.
20:08No.
20:09No.
20:10You keep it yourself.
20:11No.
20:12Okay.
20:13Maybe that's your way of battling your challenges.
20:16Yeah.
20:17Sonia?
20:18Do you have any recipes for athletes like mental health?
20:23Um.
20:24And when they're in immense pressure, I mean, weeks or days before the international competition?
20:30Yeah.
20:31Um, no.
20:32No.
20:33I do?
20:34No.
20:35So you don't feel stressed at all?
20:36Sometimes.
20:37And how you deal with that?
20:39I talk to someone.
20:41You what?
20:42I talk to my parents.
20:43Nice.
20:44Or my friends.
20:45It's cool.
20:46And by doing that, you feel better moving forward?
20:49Yeah.
20:50I guess.
20:51Aria?
20:52Um, horse riding is a very mentally and physically draining sport.
20:55I think horse riding is one of the most mentally draining sports.
20:58Why is it?
20:59Because sometimes you, you don't perform as well and you're like, why did I do this?
21:04I don't even, I'm not good at riding.
21:05Like I don't understand this horse.
21:07Cause it's like, it's not like confirm you're the best rider in the world.
21:11Cause you're with an animal.
21:12You don't know what it's thinking like I said.
21:14But sometimes when I do feel stressed before a big competition, I usually just sleep it
21:21off.
21:22Like I did.
21:23Or I, or I talk to my friends, like my older friends that are also in riding and they give
21:29me some advice.
21:30But yeah, I feel like horse riding is a mentally tough sport.
21:35Sleep it off.
21:36I would do that.
21:37Talking to someone, I think I'll talk to the horse.
21:40Yeah.
21:41Aria.
21:42That's what a lot of people do.
21:43Cause it can't give any feedback.
21:44Yeah.
21:45Yeah.
21:46And, um, is there a big transition in training methods from what it used to be?
21:53I'm pretty sure there's a module the moment you get into this box.
21:57Okay.
21:58Uh, is there, or maybe in your recent years, there is a changes because you know, young athletes
22:04as you like gen Z's to accommodate the gen Z's, the young generation.
22:08Has there been changes in any of the training module?
22:11Um, all of you, anyone can share.
22:16It kind of depends on the horse.
22:18It has been the same module.
22:19I feel like it depends on who you're training with and how the horse is trained.
22:24Cause not everyone trains the same way.
22:26Mm-hmm.
22:27And yeah.
22:28And every horse is different.
22:29You have to train differently with each horse to what the horse needs.
22:33Sometimes the horse needs more scope, more bascule.
22:36You have to do grid work or stuff like that.
22:38Some horses, they have trouble with lines.
22:40Then you work on lines.
22:41Some horses have trouble on the flat.
22:43You work on the flat.
22:44It's based mostly on the horse and the trainer you're with.
22:48It's a set training for every rider.
22:53Okay.
22:54Arisa, maybe you can explain to us what is your normal day training like?
22:59Um, I normally ride in the afternoon around 3, 4, 5 p.m.
23:05Cause my coach is based in Trikiu, Rawang.
23:08So he's there in the morning and then he comes to Bukikiara to train me and a few other students.
23:14But it's mainly for an hour max.
23:18Because we don't also want to not overwork the horse.
23:22But also train it enough that it has discipline.
23:26And it actually like learn something from it.
23:30Yeah.
23:31What is that signal that says you have actually overworked your horse?
23:36Sorry?
23:37What is the signal that says that you already overworked the horse?
23:40How do you know that?
23:42Um, I don't have to do much for her to do what I want her to do.
23:47And then I'm like, oh, like you did it.
23:49So you can stop now.
23:51Yeah.
23:52Sonia, in major competitions, what is the conclusion like?
23:58How do you deal?
23:59What is the closure with the horse?
24:01So we always see the beginning, you guys, how you deal with it.
24:05Plus you had training a few weeks or days before the major competition.
24:10How do you end it?
24:11How do you end it?
24:12We have never seen that.
24:13The moment you win a gold medal, they don't show the horse.
24:15So yeah, how do you end it?
24:17I would like pat the horse, compliment them, say you did a good job and give them treats.
24:28Okay.
24:29Ariel, maybe you can share your hobby.
24:30It's kind of the same.
24:31Like you, but you give sometimes for my horses, I give them a couple of days of rest after a big win.
24:37And I know they get like pampered like ice, their legs, they get a bunch of treats after a big win.
24:44But you can't give them too many days off because sometimes you'll come off, you'll go back into riding and they'll be really fresh and too crazy.
24:54And what is the best age do you think to get into these equestrian sports?
25:00I feel like a lot of people get into the sport young.
25:03What?
25:04And yeah, but I feel like any sport, you can always try horse riding.
25:09Like there's no, like there's, it's the only sport where people like in the Olympics, there's 20 year olds and there's also 60 year olds.
25:18Like there's no age limit or age restriction in the sport.
25:23Like you can start any, and you can, any age and you can also stop at any age.
25:27Like there's some like top riders that are 65, 70 and they're still competing at a high level.
25:33Okay.
25:34And I just say, is it an expensive sport?
25:37Yeah.
25:38It is.
25:39It's an expensive sport.
25:40Yeah.
25:41Why is it like that?
25:42If let's say someone wants to enroll a parent watching this, want to enroll their kids into these sports.
25:50What they should be prepared with?
25:53What age?
25:55Um, I think you can start at any age.
25:58Obviously you'd want to start younger so that like, if you fall, you can heal a bit faster, but you actually can start at any age.
26:07There are so many people that are older, younger, competing at my level, which is quite big and Ariel's level.
26:15So it's like, yeah, everyone can start whenever they want.
26:20My personal POV there, I felt that there's not enough exposure.
26:25Mm-hmm.
26:26Because when I tried research about all of you, it's like three, I mean, last month, before you all showed off to the bar in.
26:34Yeah.
26:35Four articles about it.
26:36Mm-hmm.
26:37I think there's, there's, there's a need of more exposure.
26:39Yeah.
26:40More videos, what you're actually doing and everything.
26:42Mm-hmm.
26:43So my question here is that, how is the government support so far?
26:48For horse riding, I feel like when you're higher up, it gets more expensive.
26:53But when you're first starting, it's not that bad.
26:55Mm-hmm.
26:56Like, you can enroll in riding schools, which aren't that expensive.
26:59Mm-hmm.
27:00But if you want to go for it.
27:01It's available everywhere, right?
27:02Yeah, it is.
27:03Like, if you can also go on pony rides.
27:04Mm-hmm.
27:05Like, it's very accessible, but there's not much, um, things about it, you know?
27:09Mm-hmm.
27:10Like, if you try Google someone, like, there won't be that many things that come up.
27:15I think because a lot of people think that it's a very expensive sport and only rich people
27:20can go.
27:21Mm-hmm.
27:22But I feel like it's more accessible than people realize.
27:24Especially when you're going to riding schools, because they're not that expensive.
27:27They're, like, 50 ringgit for, like, to a couple lessons.
27:31And it depends on the place, too.
27:32Mm-hmm.
27:33But, yeah, I feel like it does need more exposure.
27:36And the government, for SEA Games, they do have, like, support.
27:41But for juniors, there's not that many.
27:44Because when we went to Bahrain, we were in Category B.
27:47So that's, like, only some, um, some of the things were paid for.
27:51And the rest, we had to pay.
27:53Like, the horse for leasing them, my parents had to pay.
27:56But maybe, like, since I won, maybe they give some money.
28:00Hopefully.
28:01But, yeah, I hope, like, with the win, there's more exposure.
28:05And more people can look at the sport and see that it's not inaccessible.
28:10Like, it's a more expensive site.
28:11Like, it's not that hard to get into.
28:14And are you guys sharing the same coach?
28:16No.
28:17No.
28:18Me and Sonia have the same coach.
28:19But Arisa has a different coach.
28:20Sonia, maybe you can talk about your coach a bit.
28:22My coach, my voice, my coach, um, he's strict, but he can be funny sometimes.
28:30But if you do something wrong, then he'll scold you.
28:34Like, I got scolded a lot at one time.
28:36Because I wasn't focusing during class.
28:39Because I was a bit sick.
28:40And, um, he didn't care whether, he doesn't care whether you're sick or not.
28:45As long as you just write.
28:48You know, he cares about you a lot.
28:50Yesterday he sent all the details about you all.
28:52Yeah.
28:53Yeah.
28:54So, yeah.
28:55That training part, I can't comment.
28:57Okay, go ahead then.
28:59He won't really care.
29:00As long as he can write, then he'll just do like a normal class.
29:05He's either, um, have you heard about Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United coach?
29:12Hmm.
29:13He's a very strict guy, you know.
29:14So, very strict or he knows when to be strict.
29:17He knows when to be strict.
29:18Yeah.
29:19Uh, Arisa, how about your coach?
29:21My coach is very, like, like, he only focuses on the writers.
29:28And, like, he, yeah, he won't really care about if you're sick or not.
29:34Okay.
29:35I think.
29:36I don't know.
29:37But he's very supportive.
29:38He's, like, super patient with me.
29:41Um, I don't think I've gotten a scolding yet.
29:45And what single piece of advice you would give to a young Malaysian athlete who wants
29:51to try this sport?
29:52Go for it.
29:54Um, you have to be really, like, passionate about this sport because you invest so much
30:01into it.
30:02And that if you just suddenly want to stop, that's just a waste.
30:05So, I feel like if it's been your passion since young or, like, you really do love it,
30:10go for it.
30:11But if you just want to do it as, like, a leisure thing, on a side thing, just don't invest too
30:16much.
30:17Yeah.
30:18Okay.
30:19Okay.
30:21Sonia?
30:22Be prepared with money.
30:24Okay.
30:25Be prepared with money.
30:26Because you need to, like, buy a lot of stuff for the horse.
30:31Discipline?
30:32Discipline?
30:33Yeah.
30:34Mm-hmm.
30:35Helio?
30:36Yeah.
30:37Because once, I think when you're riding school, that's fine.
30:40Like, go for it.
30:41Like, you'll have fun.
30:42But once you get to, when you have your own horse, instead of just riding school horse,
30:47that's when you have to be more responsible and have discipline.
30:49Because you can't, oh, I don't want to ride today.
30:51But you can't just leave your horse alone.
30:53Or you also have to buy its feet, all that stuff.
30:56So, I feel like when you're lower down, when you're doing the riding school, it's a good
31:00thing for leisure.
31:01If you just want to do it, just try it out.
31:02Mm-hmm.
31:03You don't have to worry that much.
31:04But once you have your own horse, that's when you have to focus more and care about
31:09the horse.
31:10Okay.
31:11With that, I think we can conclude our discussion today.
31:14And thank you, Scenario Sports Matters audience, for watching the show.
31:19And thank you, Ariel Yang Mahmulia.
31:23Thank you, Sonia.
31:24And thank you, Arisa.
31:25And good luck to all of you moving forward.
31:27Congratulations again.
31:30Thank you for watching and see you next time.
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