Showing posts with label riding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label riding. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

The Hittarp horse riding club celebrated its 40th anniversary

Hittarps Ridklubb celebrated its 40th anniversary on August 22 with a great show in their new indoor riding arena:
 

Sunday, 24 May 2015

Saturday sports in Hittarp

Windsurfing and riding are quite popular sport activities in Hittarp. Yesterday both groups were in action:









Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Riding at the Hittarp stables

Today the weather was perfect for riding:

A rider at the Hittarp stables.

 

Friday, 26 October 2012

Advanced cross country riding at the Italian Cavalry School in 1906

In the first decades of the 20th century the Italian Cavalry School at Tor di Quinto near Rome was - along with the French Cavalry School at Saumur - the leading institution for horsemanship in the world. Tor di Quinto was probably the foremost academy for advanced cross country riding. 

As you can see from the photographs below (taken in 1906) the elite of the Italian cavalry officers had to master some rather difficult situations, without falling from the saddle .....




Still in the 1930's the Tor di Quinto Cavalry School maintained its high standards, as you can see from this video: