Five-star competitor back riding after three months off for shoulder operation

Five-star competitor back riding after three months off for shoulder operation

Alex Hua Tian and Jilsonne Van Bareelhof at Hartpury. Chinese Olympian Alex Hua Tian is back riding after three months off for a shoulder operation, just over three months before Badminton. The Cheshire-based rider underwent the surgery straight after Pau Horse Trials last year; he told H&H he dislocated his shoulder “many years ago”, and it had since become unstable. “Once last year I sneezed and it popped out!” he said. “The past six months I’…