Pappas Amadeus Horse Indoors 2013
Since 2008, every year around Christmas the Pappas Amadeus Horse Indoors take place in Salzburg, Austria close to the German border.
I have never been there, although we are living only 180km away. So this year we decided to have a closer look and startet at 7am direction Salzburg, cross the Tauern mountains deeply covered in snow (awww Christmas feeling on the highway).
The show venue offers a CSI4*, Austria's only CDI5*, CVI-W Vaulting World Cup and for the first time in Europe in that dimension an indoor Cross Country. List of participants was a who is who of the world's leading riders guaranteeing a nice international atmosphere. Here only the CDI5* starters:
Despite having no expectations at all (come on, international horse show - seen already, fair - seen already, show acts - seen already....) it was one of the best horse events in a long time.
The timetables were full of international show jumping and dressage competitions as well as vaulting and driving. Due to being in several arenas, there was even more to watch: horse ball, Polo, classical dressage and western riding, ponies, dog agility... This made it so very special: there were lots and lots of things to see and discover and one of the coolest things I have ever seen (I have to admit, watching eight TOP Grand Prix dressage riders was one of my favourites, too ;) ) was the indoor cross country! All three arenas were part of this spectacle and it was really worth waiting until 10pm for it! The crowd was cheering, the moderators made a perfect job and together with some real good music it was a true goosebumps feeling. Look at the course map:
Unfortunately, I was not prepared that there would be so many things to take pics and videos of, so I was only using my mobile to snapshot some impressions I would like to share with you:
With shows like this you can really see the difference between the disciplines: while during the dressage tests people were asked to stay seated, during the cross country it could not be loud and flashy enough - possibly one reason why dressage is not a magnet spectatorwise ;)
The Pappas Amadeus Horse Indoors will be, in 2015, Dressage World Cup station - so, make sure you be there in 2015!
To find out more, the event's website:
And here the official news channel:
Looking forward to PAHI 2014! And then, I will also buy something - not like this year - sorry Hafl :D
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The show venue offers a CSI4*, Austria's only CDI5*, CVI-W Vaulting World Cup and for the first time in Europe in that dimension an indoor Cross Country. List of participants was a who is who of the world's leading riders guaranteeing a nice international atmosphere. Here only the CDI5* starters:
Despite having no expectations at all (come on, international horse show - seen already, fair - seen already, show acts - seen already....) it was one of the best horse events in a long time.
Access all areas - yay!
The timetables were full of international show jumping and dressage competitions as well as vaulting and driving. Due to being in several arenas, there was even more to watch: horse ball, Polo, classical dressage and western riding, ponies, dog agility... This made it so very special: there were lots and lots of things to see and discover and one of the coolest things I have ever seen (I have to admit, watching eight TOP Grand Prix dressage riders was one of my favourites, too ;) ) was the indoor cross country! All three arenas were part of this spectacle and it was really worth waiting until 10pm for it! The crowd was cheering, the moderators made a perfect job and together with some real good music it was a true goosebumps feeling. Look at the course map:
Unfortunately, I was not prepared that there would be so many things to take pics and videos of, so I was only using my mobile to snapshot some impressions I would like to share with you:
Valentina Truppa's horse wearing a Santa's hat during price giving ceremony
World Class Vaulting
Preparing for indoor cross country
Impressive fences at the indoor cross country
Noriker Show Act
Noriker Show Act
Ukrainian Cossacks
Fair - lots of things to buy
Hafl's next truck?
With shows like this you can really see the difference between the disciplines: while during the dressage tests people were asked to stay seated, during the cross country it could not be loud and flashy enough - possibly one reason why dressage is not a magnet spectatorwise ;)
Show Jumping at it's best
Grand Prix Dressage, I can already image me in there ;)
Driving Challenge - what a fast one!
Definitely the highlight, the indoor cross!
Show act - look how calm they are - EVEN though they need to listen to THAT music :D
The Pappas Amadeus Horse Indoors will be, in 2015, Dressage World Cup station - so, make sure you be there in 2015!
To find out more, the event's website:
And here the official news channel:
Looking forward to PAHI 2014! And then, I will also buy something - not like this year - sorry Hafl :D
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