La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre

Searching for Identity at Jerez’s Equestrian School

La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre (The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art), Jerez, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

It was the first touristy thing we’d done so far this trip, and after ambling the backstreets of Jerez, kicking back in the markets, and throwing back cervezas in bars with locals, it felt odd to be trundling along a path through the verdant grounds of La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre (the Royal … Read more

Local Knowledge Jerez – Meet Belen from Spain’s Royal Horseriding School

Belen Bautista, the only woman among the 17 professional horse riders at La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre (the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art) in Jerez, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

The only woman among the 17 professional horse riders at La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre, the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, in Jerez, considered to be the world’s best riding school of its kind, Belen Bautista is “gifted” according to colleague Javier. “She makes something so difficult look so easy,” he says, … Read more