Daniel Bachmann Andersen

“To do this job, you have to invest everything, put in whatever it takes”

DANIEL BACHMANN ANDERSEN is one of those people who, after an hour in his company, makes you feel both inspired and somewhat mediocre in comparison. The 29-year-old has achieved more in his life than many people twice his age – top-10 placings at the European Championships in 2019 and the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2018, individual fourth at last year’s World Cup Final – and has two hugely exciting prospects for the Tokyo Olympics later this year. As head rider at the eminent Blue Hors Stud near Billund in central Denmark, Daniel is living the dream he has been single-mindedly focused on achieving since the age of 10.

“I started out like everyone else, at a riding school. My mum rode once a week – it was meant to be her time to herself – and from the age of about six I was begging to come with her,” Daniel explains. “Then