It is located in Northeastern Bulgaria at a distance of 20 km from the town of Shumen. Hewn at a steep rock of 100 m height the relief is located at a distance of 75 m from the foundation of a vertical rock. In a natural size are depicted a horseman heading to the right, a flying eagle in front of him, a jumping dog following the horseman and a pierced with a spear lion at the front legs of the horse. Around the figure there are inscriptions in Greek with important information about the Bulgarian history and its khans. The total area of the composition, together with the inscriptions is 40 m2.The monument is in a close proximity to one of the most important pre-Bulgarian heretic sanctuaries of the time. The clothes of the horseman, the form of the saddle and the stirrup relate the relief to the art of the pre-Bulgarians from which tribe are the monarchs of Bulgaria at that time. Some specialists think that the predecessors of such monuments should be looked for in Persia. The monument is dated from the beginning of VIII c. which supports the most acknowledged thesis for the pre-Bulgarian origin of the relief and relates it to the ruler of the time - khan Tervel (701-721).
In the early Middle Ages the images of horsemen or horses were often met on metal vessels, painted on ceramic tiles and cast as amulets.
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