I Googled a variety of combinations of "lovas", "horse show", and "budapest" and finally found a random blog in English which gave me a program and the dates. I couldn't believe it - the horse show is this weekend!! (In my head, horse shows are so popular that they would be advertised/sold out months in advance but I guess it makes sense that they would be advertising for it now.) The blog sent me to the official website, which sent me to Hungary's version of Ticketmaster, where I purchased my tickets. The show runs for three days (tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday) but after studying the program I decided to go just Friday and Saturday. The Saturday evening ticket cost nearly as much as the other three (each day has an AM and PM ticket) combined but that's when the FEI Show Jumping World Cup Qualifying round is so I figured I couldn't miss it.
Here are some of the things I am excited about on the program:
- Children's show jumping
- Driving team relay races
- Horseback archery show
- something labelled "crazy horses from Austria"
- ...and, of course, lots of show jumping and driving classes
To see a promotional video for this show, try this link: http://en.budapestarena.hu/html/. That's the website of the arena it's being held at and they've got some promotional stuff on there (a really exciting 20 second video) but it probably won't be there in a day or two, so check it out NOW!
I think Budapest is going to be yet another city I wind up staying in longer than originally planned. I now have two full days of horse show, and then I still want to spend some time at the baths, go caving, and of course do some historical Budapest stuff.
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