点评:Coming to the Spanish Riding School at its home was a must for me as a horse owner and lover. We booked a show and a tour of the stables. The first thing I have to say is that it was eye-wateringly expensive.
We booked seats in advance and were glad we’d done that. There are many pillars which partially block your view along the long sides on the arena. Only the most expensive tickets (at A and C ends of the school) have an unrestricted view. Luckily our seats offered a decent view at over 120€ each. I imagine the people standing behind us had very little view.
The show itself was interesting. The youngsters (4-6 year olds) were entertaining but mostly because I ride dressage myself and I know what I’m looking for. It’s good to see that however good the rider, the horse can catch you out sometimes, a factor of 2 brains and 6 legs! The skills performance was very good, but only levade shown ridden, corvette and capriole from the ground only. It’s debatable these days whether these skills remain relevant and acceptable given the way they are trained. The final performance, a dressage to music, was spectacular.
The stable tour was interesting, but no interaction was allowed with the horses which I thought was a shame. I’ve been to Le Cadre Noir in Saumur in France and contact is allowed there, not with all horses, but certainly with the ones that enjoy human contact. Still, an interesting tour in English, amazing facilities right in the centre of Vienna.
There is a tea room on site which is nice, also a gift shop which includes embroidered saddle pads for horses, so not just a shop for humans.
My closing comment would be that we spent a lot of money on this, enjoyed it very much, but would not return mainly due to cost, whereas we would go back to Le Cadre Noir.
翻译:作为一名马主兼爱好者,来到西班牙骑术学校的所在地参观对我来说是必须的。我们预订了一场表演和一次马厩参观。首先要说的是,票价贵得惊人。
我们提前预订了座位,很庆幸自己这么做了。竞技场两侧有很多柱子,挡住了部分视线。只有最贵的票(学校A区和C区的)才能完全欣赏到马匹的风采。幸运的是,我们的座位每张超过120欧元,视野还不错。我估计站在我们后面的人几乎看不到什么。
表演本身很有趣。孩子们(4-6岁)很有趣,但主要是因为我自己也骑盛装舞步,知道自己想要什么。很高兴看到,无论骑手多么优秀,马匹有时也会出其不意,就像两个脑袋和六条腿一样!技巧表演非常精彩,但只展示了骑乘的“levade”(高难度动作)、“corvette”(轻骑兵)和“capriole”(空中腾跃)。如今,考虑到这些技能的训练方式,它们是否仍然具有现实意义和被接受度,这颇具争议。最后的表演,一场伴随着音乐的盛装舞步,精彩绝伦。
马厩之旅很有趣,但不允许与马匹互动,我觉得这很遗憾。我去过法国索米尔的Le Cadre Noir马厩,那里允许接触马匹,虽然不是所有马匹都允许,但肯定允许接触那些喜欢与人接触的马匹。不过,这趟英语马厩之旅还是很有趣的,而且设施很棒,就在维也纳市中心。
马厩里有一间很棒的茶室,还有一家礼品店,里面有马匹的刺绣鞍垫,所以它不仅仅是一家面向人类的商店。
最后我想说的是,我们花了很多钱,玩得很开心,但主要因为价格问题,我们不会再来了,而Le Cadre Noir马厩我们还会再来的。