Rider Emile Faurie tells H&H about the electric horse who ‘grew up’ at the Europeans last year.
Fact file
Stable name: Max
Age: 13
Height: 17hh
Breed: Danish warmblood
Sire: Michellino
Dam: Elmegaardens Sisi (by Lucky Light)
Discipline: dressage
Owners: Emile Faurie & Joanne Vaughan
Rider: Emile Faurie
Groom: Jack Cates
Five things you didn’t know…
1 He used to belong to Kimi Gerd Nielsen, Danish dressage team chef d’equipe. She sold him to a Dutch dealer, from whom Joanne bought the horse.
2 Despite disgracing himself at his first international appearance at Addington, this is usually a happy hunting ground for him. He had his first ever win with Emile there, at the premier league in 2010.
3 He is warmed up twice before every competition – once in the morning, just softening work, and again 30min before his test.
4 For such a live wire, he’s ridiculously affectionate and loves a cuddle.
5 He was bred by Maria Schnoor in Bolderslev, Denmark, and is by the same sire as Laura Bechtolsheimer’s Mistral Hojris – Michellino.
To read the full interview with Emile Faurie see the 14 June issue of H&H
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