‘An unforgettable and magical evening in a country I have grown to love’
Article by Jo Monck
Bullring?’ I was asked, it took nearly a full half second to say yes to this unexpected jaunt. Ten minutes later I was looking at flights and accommodation, thirty minutes later it was booked and I had roped my partner in equestrian crime, Celia Wilkinson into joining me on this latest escapade.
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Lisbon Airport is now becoming increasingly familiar and I always get such a wonderful feeling of adventure when the lights of Lisbon come into view, like a set of jewels in the night, and the plane touches down on the runway. I was really looking forward to seeing this rare show with three of the ‘big four’ Schools of Equestrian Art performing and had missed out on my yearly trip to the Horse Fair at Golega to go. I was not to be disappointed.
ould you like to go to Lisbon and see the Three Schools of Equestrian Art perform in the
The three Schools of Equestrian Art that were appearing in the arena are three of the most prestigious classical riding academies in the world so for them to perform together to celebrate forty years of the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art was not to be missed.
Firstly the French school, The Cadre Noir, so called because of the black uniforms that they wear. Established in the 19th Century as the Saumur School of Cavalry, they use the style of equitation first taught by Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere, the French riding master to King Louis XV. The horses that they mainly use are Thoroughbreds, Anglo-Arabians, Hanoverians and Selle Français, but they also keep Lusitano horses to demonstrate the 16th and 17th century baroque style of riding. I had heard wonderful things about them and was really excited to be seeing them and
photographing them first hand. They are based in Saumur, Western France.
Next, The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art which was founded in 1973 and based in the heart of Jerez. Devoted to conserving the ancestral abilities of the Andalusian horse, concentrates on dressage and Baroque equitation. After a magical recent trip to the Royal stables at Cordoba, and with my own horse now a registered PRE Spanish Fusion with the Spanish Horse Society, my crush on the Andalusian horse is showing no signs of abating, and this show was to fuel it further.
Finally The Portuguese School of Equestrian art, its origins date back to 1726, as the Real Academia Equestre da Corte (Royal Equestrian Academy of the Portuguese Royal Court) serving as a riding school for the Portuguese Royal
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