H&H’s Tokyo horse of the day: Quefira De L’Ormeau – ‘She was too hot but I’m still happy’

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Arianna Schivo and Quefira De L'Ormeau at the Tokyo Olympic eventing competition, dressage phase
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Italian rider Arianna Schivo was delighted with her long-term partner Quefira De L’Ormeau despite a sub-par dressage result at the Tokyo Olympic eventing competition. Quefira was lit up by the atmosphere despite the empty stands, and once she became unsettled, there was little Arianna could do to improve the marks.

However, just making it to Tokyo is an achievement in itself. The bay mare, by the Selle Français sire Iolisco De Quinhon, is 17 years old and already a veteran of several championships. She won European team bronze in 2017 and completed in Rio in 2016, showing impressive longevity in the sport.

Martha Terry
Martha Terry
Features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.