„My best horse, the nine-year-old Holsteiner named Kommandant, my grandfather bought when he was a foal.“ With these words, Maxi Lill was interviewed recently by spring-riding.de in an extensive interview. INTERVIEW A great young hope was presented, and his qualities were praised. On Friday evening, Maxi Lill and the Comme il Faut son proved their great class once again and secured their biggest joint success so far in a CSI5* jumping competition in El Jadida at 1.50m.
In the World Cup Qualifier over 1.50m in Morocco, Maxi Lill and the gelding jumped to fourth place. The winning team was decorated with the Colombian Santiago Diaz Ortego and the Holstein jumper Jump for Joy (v. Cascadello). Second place went to the Italian Roberto Previtali with Conthargo-Blue (v. Conthargos) ahead of the Frenchman Antoine Ermann on Odin van’t Hanegoor (v. Kiekeboe).
Maxi Lill was very proud of his „family horse“ after his fourth place finish: „Best rider,“ he commented to spring-reiter.de. By the way: As early as June, the commander was instrumental in the German team's victory in the EEF Nations Cup in Budapest with two zero-round finishes.
Tom Schewe and Lester (from Eldorado van de Zeshoek) were also still in the money with four penalty points, finishing 11th.
The whole result: HERE