Bullfight tickets Jerez 2024

There are Tartessian pieces from the 7th century BC that testify to the love of horses in Andalusia. C. that testify to the love of horses in Andalusia. Part of this story has its origins in two brothers from Jerez who practised the mysterious trade of blacksmiths at the beginning of the 19th century: they crossed an old Carthusian stallion with a Percheron mare tired of rattling along the roads carrying goods from one side to the other. The crossing turned out to be as magical as the brothers’ profession and the mare gave birth to two foals, a male and a female, both singular, but mainly the colt, with qualities and beauty like no other mare in Jerez had ever seen before. From this colt, which was given the miserable name of Esclavo by his masters, it is not known why, it can be said, without fear of error, that the most spirited horses in the stables of Jerez today come from this colt.

During the 20th century, Jerez’s tremendous love of horses has been reflected in the events that reveal the quality of this hobby: The celebration of the Semana del Caballo (Horse Week), whose first edition took place in 1954, and the foundation, in 1973, of the Real Escuela de Arte Ecuestre, under the guidance of Álvaro Domecq, is known worldwide for the show “Cómo bailan los caballos andaluces” in the palace of Abrantes or de las Cadenas, where the show Así bailan los caballos andaluces, which has been performed all over the world, can be seen ever since.

The horses are the best examples of Pura Raza Española. Impossible jumps in the air, spins, controlled gallops, carriages. The rapport between man and horse is such that sometimes during the show you don’t know where one ends and the other begins.