EAM Targets Six Gold Medals At 2027 SEA Games

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- The Equestrian Association of Malaysia (EAM) has set a target of at least six gold medals at the 2027 SEA Games, which will be hosted by Malaysia.

Its honorary secretary, Yap Mou Soon, said the target is realistic as the association plans to include endurance in the Games programme - a discipline that has been Malaysia’s main strength at the international level.

“The equestrian squad consistently returns with medals whenever competing overseas, and we hope to repeat that achievement on home ground.

“Our Key Performance Indicator (KPI) at the Malaysia SEA Games is to win six gold medals,” he said after a working committee meeting in Bukit Jalil here today.

He said EAM will propose seven events to be contested: show jumping (team and individual), dressage (team and individual), eventing (team and individual), as well as endurance, subject to approval by the organising committee.

Mou Soon said the main challenge in realising the gold medal target is securing quality horses.

“Horses are also athletes. Countries like Thailand are now using very expensive horses, so we also need to raise our level in this aspect,” he said.

EAM is also targeting two gold medals at the 2026 Asian Games, scheduled to take place in Aichi-Nagoya from Sept 19 to Oct 4.

“We hope to win one gold through the individual dressage event and another in individual show jumping,” he said.

The two medal hopesfuls are Megan Ding (dressage) and Shoorendran Nageswaran (show jumping).

-- BERNAMA