"I used to be very superstitious. I always wore the same belt and I always put on the same boot first for extra luck. I only let my superstition go when I started to ride Nino des Buissonets. I realized only then that all those things weren't necessary. Nino always jumped so well and always did his best for me, even if I didn't wear my 'lucky belt'", the Swiss rider said. 

Source: FEI