Damon Hill NRW

DAMON HILL is in the small and exclusive club of horses to score over 90% at international grand prix, with his rider from the age of nine, Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg. He’s also an Olympic medallist, a World Equestrian Games (WEG) and Europeans medallist and World Cup champion. His sweet face and beautiful conformation coupled with his fantastic elasticity and reliability in the ring made him a firm crowd favourite during his time at the top from 2009 to 2015.

Everyone connected with Damon Hill highlights one standout characteristic: his wonderful temperament. One story from Olympic eventer Ingrid Klimke – who trained him from three to grand prix at age nine – perhaps encapsulates it best.

“‘Dami’ was out in the stallion pasture fooling around and I rode past on a mare,” she recalls. “A few minutes later he came galloping up behind me. With other stallions that would