‘In two years’ time, watch this space’: the green Olympic horse with a big future

Alexander Peternell is riding the joint-youngest horse at the Paris 2024 Olympic eventing competition, a Quidam De Revel nine-year-old named Figaro Des Premices. They scored 39, which was a “disappointing” mark for a horse that has posted sub-35 on his past two four-star outings.

“He can produce a much tidier, better test – the atmosphere probably got to him,” said Alexander, a South African rider based in England. “For the arena familiarisation there were no crowds, and the overall ambience of the noise wasn’t quite the same.