Gennaro Lendi, the leader of the FEI Ranking Reining, is giving insights into his training with Yankee Gun

CM –  Being on top of the FEI Ranking means a lot of pressure and of course a lot of preparation. Italians top rider Gennaro Lendi sent EQWO.net exklusive photos and videos of his training with Yankee Gun in preparation for the FEI World Reining Championships 2016 und die FEI European Reining Championships Young & Junior Riders 2016. Gennaro Lendis Slogan: „BORN TO RIDE“ and in case of the 31 year old reining rider that’s exactly the case. Months before Gennaro’s birth his father bought his first horse – a pony. He was basically born a rider. Gennaro has succeeded in nearly all european and worldwide reining events.

Insights into Gennaro Lendis‘ training – click on the photo to start the gallery.

Gennaro rides the seven year old paint horse stallion (Rowdy Yankee x Snow Gun) five times a week. reitet den siebenjährigen Paint Horse Hengst  fünf Mal pro Woche. The talented stallion was show by Four-million-dollar-rider Shawn Flarida and won mor than 100.000 US Dollars. This is what Gennaro says about Yankee Gun: „He’s a really good horse. He has a great character. We train regularly, but mostly to keep him physically and mentally healthy. We don’t practise any maneuvers, because we want to keep his desire to do maneuvers. Only a few days before the show we’ll train maneuvers like spins and stops again.“ 

In the following videos you can watch Gennaro’s training with Yankee Gun:

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