He is back! The 15 year-old Westfalian stallion Damon Hill NRW (Donnerhall x Rubinstein I) made his return to the dressagering at the Equitana in Essen (GER). But it was not his longterm rider Helen Langenhanenberg who sat in the saddle but Jill Becks.
Jill is the daughter of Christian Becks, the owner of Damon Hill NRW. After the end of the cooperation between the Becks family and Helen Langehanenberg it was announced that the highly succesful stallion will be shown by Jill. The duo gave it’s debut infront of the audience in Essen and delivered a solid performance.
Damon Hill NRW and Langehanenberg secured the team silver medal at the Olympics in London 2012, were part of the victorious German equipe at the World Equestrian Games 2014 and secured two indiviudal silver medals in addition. Furthermore, they won the World Cup in 2013 and were runner-up in 2012 and 2014. At European Championships they managed to secure three silver medals as well as a gold medal.
Source: dehoefslag.nl