Incredible emotions on Sunday, as Switzerland's Steve Guerdat claimed the European title. "I’ve been very, very lucky, even blessed since the beginning of my career. I’m for sure no better rider that this guy that sits beside me (Weishaupt), but he didn’t always have the same luck with his horses at a championship as I had. So for me to say that this is the best horse I’ve ever had - it takes a lot!”, Guerdat said.
“I didn’t do anything different because it’s my job to go clear every week, every Sunday, every championship, every day this week. My mare was in great form so I just try to keep her fresh because it’s her first championship and she was a little bit tired today after the first round so I tried to save the jumps, just do five or six jumps before the last round and try to stay focused on what I have to do and I knew she wouldn’t let me down.
“She’s a very, very special horse so I just try to focus on my job so she can express herself at her best, and that’s what she did and I’m delighted with her and the result!”, he said.
It is clear he has thought the world of Dynamix for a very long time.
“I have had so many special horses throughout my career, but I didn’t want to put pressure on her by telling everybody I have a new superstar but we knew it, or we hoped for it. And we were just trying to let her develop the way she had to develop. Basically she has all the qualities that all my superstars have had and she has it all in the one horse, and that’s why she’s very, very special!
I don’t want to rush things, I just listen to her and what she wants to do. She only did her first 5-Star a year ago”, he pointed out.
When Dynamix gets home to Switzerland she’ll get a nice surprise. “Up to today she still wasn’t allowed to have her own big picture in my indoor, there are a lot of very special horses in there. We have a lot of amazing pictures of Dynamix and I’ve had a bit of a fight with my wife because she thinks she should already be up there. But today she did something great so her picture will be up there tomorrow!”, he said.
“I didn’t do anything different because it’s my job to go clear every week, every Sunday, every championship, every day this week. My mare was in great form so I just try to keep her fresh because it’s her first championship and she was a little bit tired today after the first round so I tried to save the jumps, just do five or six jumps before the last round and try to stay focused on what I have to do and I knew she wouldn’t let me down.
“She’s a very, very special horse so I just try to focus on my job so she can express herself at her best, and that’s what she did and I’m delighted with her and the result!”, he said.
It is clear he has thought the world of Dynamix for a very long time.
“I have had so many special horses throughout my career, but I didn’t want to put pressure on her by telling everybody I have a new superstar but we knew it, or we hoped for it. And we were just trying to let her develop the way she had to develop. Basically she has all the qualities that all my superstars have had and she has it all in the one horse, and that’s why she’s very, very special!
I don’t want to rush things, I just listen to her and what she wants to do. She only did her first 5-Star a year ago”, he pointed out.
When Dynamix gets home to Switzerland she’ll get a nice surprise. “Up to today she still wasn’t allowed to have her own big picture in my indoor, there are a lot of very special horses in there. We have a lot of amazing pictures of Dynamix and I’ve had a bit of a fight with my wife because she thinks she should already be up there. But today she did something great so her picture will be up there tomorrow!”, he said.