Nikita did not correspond to the ideal of beauty of a Haflinger mare, neither then nor now.
However, she brought with her the basic requirements that a horse needs for work under the western saddle and for equestrian sport in general: a clear head and appropriate conformation.
And this also includes the right training and trust in her rider, who never disappoints this trust. Then top performances are possible. Then a Haflinger becomes a legend. As Nikita and Luis Kompatscher have proven.
In equestrian sport, there are names that are inseparably linked. Luis Kompatscher and Nikita are among them.
A good friend, Arnold Tschager, had a barely three-year-old Haflinger mare named Nikita in his stable, for whom he had little time. He offered Luis to ride his horse.
So Luis began to work with the mare on a sloping gravel parking lot and Nikita proved to be an eager and willing horse to learn.
