Local lad shines in equestrian c’ship

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 26

Jaiveer Makkar, a 12-year-old local equestrian, won three gold medals — two individual and one team — in the ongoing Junior National Equestrian Championship (JNEC) at Army Polo and Riding Club in New Delhi.

He claimed the top rank in the championship in Group-II. In the show jumping event, he came on his horse Democratic and registered a clear round.

He took the jump off and cleared it in a spectacular timing of 28.44 seconds. Makkar claimed it to be the best jump in the country for the Group-II category. In the jump accumulator event, he again cleared round on Democratic scoring 65 points in 32.2 seconds.

Makkar, who started at the age of six, has won many laurels, including junior nationals. He trains daily in Chandigarh under the guidance of Col Sarpartap Singh. He also trains at Gurugram with Ashwini Dhillon under coaches Pardeep Singh Bhadoria and Yogesh Rana. He is a Class VII student at The Doon School, Dehradun.