"We should be grateful to the past generations how they developed our sport further. In the same way, I want to be able to look into my daughter's eyes in the future and tell her with full conviction that I helped build modern equestrian sport." continues Guerdat.

In his plea, the rider wants us to put egos and self-preservation aside for a moment and to do so with an eye on the upcoming 2024 Olympics. "I hope that together we can achieve what we think is impossible. We have to go back to the old format with a drop score. This is for the sake of the horses."