Vasco Canto Moniz
Olá Vasco Canto Moniz! The professional show jumper via Portugal who spends his free time surfing, travelling in addition to hitting a few rounds of golf.
I was born in Oporto, Portugal, however spent all my life in Sintra, 20km away via Lisbon on a beautiful mountain facing the Atlantic Ocean.
You’re quite brand new to Jakarta, how are you enjoying life here so far?
I’ve arrived on the 6th of January in addition to I’m loving the idea so far! Despite all the traffic in addition to pollution, I find Indonesian people kind in addition to friendly in addition to the landscapes throughout the country are breathtaking!
Where were you living before, in addition to how did you end up moving to Jakarta?
I was living in Sintra. Me in addition to Carla, my wife, ended up moving here because This kind of is actually her first posting as a diplomat inside the Portuguese Embassy in Jakarta, so hopefully we’ll be here between 3 to 4 years.
How do you usually like to spend your free time?
My free time is actually spent either playing golf (not much time for which since my horse arrived via Europe), traveling around Indonesia in addition to surfing in Bali or West Java. My wife loves going out shopping in antique furniture shops, in addition to there’s a lot of Great ones in Jakarta!
So you’re a professional show jumper, how did you get involved inside the sport?
the idea’s a very well-known sport in Europe in addition to my father passed on to me the love because of This kind of animal, the horse, in addition to I ended up loving to jump, then the sponsors started out to invest in me in addition to I could achieve a higher level in This kind of sport. I’m also a trainer in addition to I have already a Great number of students who take lessons via me, both expats in addition to Indonesians who also compete.
During last year, with the SEA Games, people started out investing in This kind of sport in Indonesia in addition to a lot of sponsors showed up to improve show jumping, dressage in addition to eventing, the 3 olympic equestrian disciplines. Indonesia won a lot of medals in these games in addition to hopefully will do well next year inside the Asian Games. the idea’s an expensive sport which can only grow with sponsors to support the idea. I was amazed with the development of This kind of sport in Indonesia when I first arrived, I never thought the idea might be at This kind of level, in addition to I’m happy which they take my know how via so many years in Europe to improve the idea even more.
You recently competed in a show jumping competition here, could you tell us a little about the idea?
On the weekend of the 9th in addition to 10th of June at Arthayasa Stables, the Menpora Cup (Ministry of Sports Cup) was held which included a Qualifyier for the earth Cup 2013. In which competition I was placed second, only 0.70 seconds behind the winner of the class. My horse, Tontin, had just flown in via Europe where he had to go through a big quarantine in addition to I didn’t want to push him too much. In September, after the Ramadan, the season will restart in addition to I trust to win many shows!
In Europe I was mainly competing inside the Portuguese in addition to Spanish league, in addition to you have shows every weekend, starting on Thursdays till Sunday, in addition to if I was not competing I’d be traveling to Holland, Ireland, France, Belgium or Germany to buy brand new horses to compete with. So you can say which in 52 weeks I’d be competing or traveling 48 weeks per year.
which’s a lot of work! What is actually the most challenging aspect of show jumping?
The most challenging aspect of This kind of sport is actually to deal with another being with his own mind, his mood, his character, in addition to which he cannot tell you when he’s sick, tired, in addition to so on. So you have to think For just two in addition to be able to manage which relationship. in addition to in my case, show jumping, is actually being able to go through a course of 12 jumps inside the best time possible in addition to with no faults!
in addition to if you weren’t a show jumper, what might you be?
If I was not a show jumper, I’d love to be able to practice business management which was what I studied for in University!
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