| What a performance! Jumping, swimming and then galopping the opponents out of their shoes must have been the motto with which five-year-old NOVALIS entered the traditonal steeplechase challenge at Hamburg that requires participants to cross a deep pond between jumps. Eckhart Sauren's Soldier Hollow-son completed all subtasks without a hint of a hesitation, storming to a superior victory in this 3200 m chase. Had Novalis's partner Paul Andrew Johnson turned his head in the deep stretch, he would have seen nothing at all, as the rest of the field was just about to tackle the last jump while Novalis was cantering past the wire. "Highly superior by 29 lengths" read the official race report. One has truly found his calling here! |
