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Category Horse & Equestrian Culture
The working riding style of the Butteri in the Maremma
Probably the most well-known working riding styles are the Spanish and Portuguese riding styles. In addition, there is the Italian working riding style, which is often a little forgotten, although the Italians were the first to learn the discipline of the Working Equitation launched. In...
The working riding style of the Gardians in the Camargue
In France, between the Mediterranean and the Rhône Delta, there is a vast marshland called the Camargue. Large herds of cattle, Camargue horses and their mounted shepherds, the gardians, have lived here for hundreds of years. With the task of herding large...
European working riding styles and their history
The old original working riding styles have existed for hundreds of years. In this article, you will find out what working riding styles there are, how they have developed over the years and what actually constitutes a working riding style. What is meant by a...
The SICAB horse fair in Seville
The SICAB in Seville is the largest horse fair in Spain and is the third most important event of the year. Everything here revolves around the purebred Spanish horse, the P.R.E. / Pura Raza Española. Why a visit to the SICAB in Seville is absolutely...
Feira Nacional do Cavalo - the world's largest Lusitano horse festival in Golegã
Every year in November, on Saint Martin's Day, everything revolves around horses in the small town of Golegã in Portugal. The international festival in honor of the Lusitano horses, in Portuguese Feira Nacional do Cavalo, takes place. For Portugal, the...
The Portuguese Riding School - Escola Portuguesa de Arte Equestre in Lisbon
Many people probably first think of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna when they hear the term "court riding school". However, in addition to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, other institutions have been formed that are dedicated to the preservation of classical horsemanship. Thus there are...
The riding skirt & its history - from the ban on pants to emancipation and the development of the culottes
How did the development from riding skirt to the trouser riding skirt come about? And when did women start to demand the wearing of pants? You can find the answer and a lot of other interesting info about the evolution of riding skirt to trouser skirt in this article. Pants -...
Side saddle riding - its history & how you can get started too
In times of emancipation, it seems rather strange to many female riders to voluntarily climb into a side saddle. In addition, there are many prejudices and misconceptions about riding side-saddle. So unfortunately it is only a small circle that...
The Doma Vaquera in portrait
The Doma Vaquera is now well known and popular with us in Germany - as are the Spanish horse breeds. Together with other southern European working horsemanship, it serves as the basis and inspiration for the discipline Working Equitation. A rideable, agile and responsive horse,...
The Old California Riding Style
Old California horsemanship is one of the last working and working horsemanships still practiced in real life. It came to America with the Spanish and developed into a practice still used in parts of the West today: herding large herds of cattle to...