The players of Madhya Pradesh State Equestrian Academy performed brilliantly in Junior National Equestrian Competition.
The competition was held on December 20 to 30 at Embassy International Riding School, Bengaluru. Talented player of State academy Prannoy Khare, gave an impressive performance in the Young Rider category and bagged the Over All Best Raider Trophy for the third consecutive year.
He also won three gold and one silver medals. Apart from this, Prannoy Khare also won two gold medals at the Embassy International School Rider Show. Combining these, Pranay made Madhya Pradesh proud by winning 6 medals including a total of five gold and a silver and winning the Best Rider Champions Trophy.
A total of 14 medals were won by the academy players in the junior national equestrian competition. The medals include 7 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals and 3 Champions Trophies. In the competition, academy player Arjun Singh won the trophy for Best Rider in Children's category and Aditya Ayush Singh for Best Rider in Junior category.
The medal winners include Raju Singh Bhadoria, Aditya, Ayush Singh, Meera Malaiya, Hiral Joshi, Anand Jhala, Akanksha Vishwarma, Paridhi Joshi, Arjun Singh and Bholu Parmar.
Expressing happiness over this achievement of the equestrian academy players, the Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Jitu Patwari and Director Sports SL Thoussen congratulated the medal winners. They encouraged the players to perform with the same spirit in the coming competitions.