A Big MERCI a to Shannon & Vlady for reminding me in FEB-March to get a ticket to the June LONGINES Eiffel Jumping event.
I did not get a ticket (too far ahead to plan). But I did write it ✍️ in my diary as a reminder.
Goodies I bought at the event. The tiny horseshoes will be earrings once I get my ears re-pierced…
Naturally closer to last weekend all reasonable tickets 🎟️ were sold out or 100€+
Buglers getting ready to open the jumping.
Like at Saut Hermes in March. An air of celebration 🎉 is key.
A 4-minute video gives you the general atmosphere at the LONGINES Eiffel Jumping.
A very relaxed and casual atmosphere.
Lots of guest doggies. Lots of shorts.
Definitely not as fashionable as Saut Hermès held at Grand Palais, where you felt left out if you weren’t wearing at least Hermès socks 🧦
’The Village’ tents were free to wander and spend.
Big baskets of banana-flavored snacks for your horse, not you.
You can test out all kinds of horsy equipment. Hop on a saddle.
The ‘warmup‘ paddock was just as good as having a seat in my opinion.
Maybe better because the horses come very close.
All with lovely manners of course.
And such beautiful horses!
But it turns out seats in the stands are free in the morning sessions! I went Saturday morning.
Back to back horsy events after the Prix de Diane may be too much horse 🐎 But the Rick Owens fashion retrospective is coming up Wednesday. And the Niki de Saint Phalle show is waiting in the wings “So hold your horses” 😃
A French woman dozing nearby who didn’t mind the heat.
Oh my goodness those are Beaufiful paintings of the horses! So lifelike!!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! 🐎❤️ 🎨
DeleteLove your artwork of the horses, Carol - they're so beautiful. My Dad always wanted to paint horses but he was always stuck at the fence... That looked an amazing ambience - you know, I have 4 favourite sounds in the world: a Champagne cork popping, an orchestra tuning up, a baby laughing, and French horns bugling at events like this! Jill x
ReplyDeleteGosh Thanks Jill! How nice of you to say so.
DeleteI guess that’s why they are called French horns!
Another beautiful post! Did you meet those two dogs? They are the same breed as mine, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. You don't see them very often so I was dleighted that you included them in the post. How about a drawing ;)
ReplyDeleteNo I didn’t but I loved how they were moving like twins, matching each other, very relaxed. I will try to draw them ✍️
DeleteIf it was hot for the humans, you can bet it was hot for the horses. My daughter has trained horses in Germany, dressage of course.
ReplyDeleteYes the horses were getting showers 🚿 like mad.
DeleteI spoke to a German family from Düsseldorf. They have some horses and said dressage was very big there!
Your new interest in the horse world is so refreshing. For me, the shows and events are a colorful ritual in a whole other space than my normal life. I can relax and just enjoy. Happy you have found those moments also.
ReplyDeleteThat is so nice to hear! I am knocked over by this new arena in my life.
DeleteIt is very colorful (the jockey’s colors), the beauty of the animals, the contagious excitement of the race.
A real life changer to be exposed to this.
It is a happy environment 🎉🏇❤️
In my biased opinion as a lifelong equestrian, you can never have “too much horse.” I’ve truly enjoyed all the horsey content on your blog of late! And on instagram. By the way, if you have time, you should check out a vlog on YouTube called Life with the Moons. They are a British family who moved to France to set up a charity to save some of these competition horses who fall through the cracks once they are too old to compete. Unfortunately, some of these beautiful creatures are not kept by their owners once they are retired and end up destined for very sad fates. It is really heartwarming to see someone step up and do something about this little known dark side of the equestrian world.
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