Katarzyna Milczarek and her buckskin stallion compete at Paris Olympics

Polish dressage rider Katarzyna Milczarek admits she most commonly purchased her Paris Olympic experience Guapo for his buckskin color.

“In fact, that used to be the principle factor,” she smiled after her Olympic dressage grand prix check these days. “I really like him, he’s the sort of great man.”

Katarzyna purchased the 13-year-old stallion, who’s through Xarme out of a mare through Quebec, when he used to be 9.

“He had by no means competed, however he may do the entire methods – they weren’t all in combination, however they have been there. We’ve labored in combination for 3 or 4 years now,” she stated.

“We’re getting higher in combination. We at the moment are a workforce. He used to be little bit wild, like a Lusitano that has a whole lot of energy, however that’s high quality with me. He’s very clever and so lively, which is a plus. However every so often we need to regulate him as a result of at first, he didn’t stroll or stand nonetheless.”

Katarzyna Milczarek stated she wasn’t happy together with her check these days, which scored 66.91%.

“We had two large errors in the only tempis and the primary pirouette – in most cases they’re a excellent word and he has stunning pirouettes. Those actions each lift double marks,” she stated.

“I believe it used to be the gang and the world that used to be just a little bit an excessive amount of for him. We’ve simplest been to small world displays which don’t have such a lot of other folks, so when he heard the noise at the stairs, the strain got here after which the errors practice.”

Generally, the 58-year-old rider, who’s primarily based in north-west Poland and likewise contested the London 2012 Olympics, says she in point of fact enjoys driving Guapo.

“At my age, I’ve had such a lot of different horses and he’s really easy for me to experience – you’ll be able to simply snort and take a seat in,” she stated.

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