Hippodrome Paris Longchamp | France Galop

 

Have you been to the races 🐎/la course in Paris?

Last Sunday I went 🐎 Whoa !

Hippodrome Longchamp is easy to get to.  

Take Line1 to Pont de Neuilly. Cross the street. 

Take bus 43. It drops you in front. Et voila 👏

Entre is 5€.Kids under 12 are free. Sunday is L’HIPPODROME EN FAMILLE’/family day.

It was a gorgeous sunny 😎 day. You can picnic on the grass.

I headed to the corral to get up close and personal with the horses 🐎

This is where they exercise them 🐎 

Before 

And after the races. There were 8 races on Sunday. I didn’t get this and left early - big mistake.

I’m guessing this Wall Street type was the owner and the trainer walking the horse.

In the VIP area there’s a brasserie

You can also get Champagne 🍾 or beer etc. from a stand.

Many do not leave the enclosure. They watch the entire race from a big screen.

Nearby you place your bets while keeping an eye 👁️ on the race.

I just browsed…but I picked up a betting stub left in the machine for 160€!

I went out to get up close to the fence. 

A woman equestrian rider prances by before the race begins.

AND THEY🐎🐎🐎ARE OFF & RUNNING!!

The race course is quite big, so you miss parts of the race

Unless you’re watching a screen.

After the race, the horses are quite skittish…too excited to walk calmly.

The winners come out for photos

I had no idea how to read the racing sheets they give you at the entry, but now I do thanks to a very kind PBer. 

The jockeys wear the colors or ‘silks’ of the horse owners.

Are you a racing 🐎 fan?

It really is tremendous fun for 5€ (reserved seats were 15€) on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Paris. WATCH to get an idea. True confessions: I ate a waffle, a croque Monsieur and a chocolate ice cream🍦 

I hope next time to sketch ✍️ onsite.

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