Mario Luraschi, Les Chevaux dans la Ville

 I hadn’t heard of Mario LURASCHI before yesterday

But I ran back 

To find out.

To try to catch his equestrian show,

At Les Chevaux dans la  Ville.

At Place de la Concorde 

Sketch from France-Galop

Anyway.

The crowd was 10 deep so the most I could catch was 

The occasional glimpse of horse’s 🐎 mane flying by between elbows and copious hairdos.  Frustrating!!

So who is the renown Mario Luraschi? He is France’s top horse stuntman, horse whisperer,

Horse filmmaker, assisting 

And creating scenes 

In 🐎 over 500 films 🎥  Any Napoleon film ever made.

He’s been in the film business for 56 years.

Plus he gives spectacular performances all over Europe with his superb equestrian troupe. 

I will be on the lookout for any performances in Paris!

The opening day on Friday, 

At Les Chevaux 🐎 dans la Ville 

Was a lot less exciting, but still a beautiful day.

Several training schools like Afasec for racing 

Did riding demonstrations.

Quite a few young women are training to be jockeys 🏇 

France 🇫🇷 has 233 race tracks/hippodromes! 

The US 🇺🇸 has about 69. Australia 🇦🇺 has the most - 322 tracks 🏇

You could virtually experience running an obstacle course. I didn’t try it.

 I could have gotten up on the horse for a picture..🙄 Je regret beaucoup. 

It was a fun 2-day introduction to French racing and will probably continue next year & become an annual event before the start of the Fall racing season.

❤️

I’m Carol Gillott, an artist living in Paris. Every month I send out beautifully illustrated letters 💌 from ETSY that capture the true Parisian experience.

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Meanwhile Paris is packed with vacation returnees showing off their suntans along the Seine.

Bon Dimanche ❤️