As the Winter Olympics is drawing to a close, we have to admit we aren’t the biggest fans of winter sports, always wondering how horses could be involved for more fun viewing
Now we’ve found the answer that meets all our needs, and it seems like the perfect winter equestrian sport for mad eventers – we can think of quite a few top riders that would give this go
The White Turf has run horse racing events on the snow at Lake St. Moritz since 1907 and, after a year’s hiatus due to Covid in 2021, more than 7,000 spectators were looking forward to exciting sporting moments on this year's first Race Sunday
With enough ice and not too much snow on Lake St. Moritz, everything seemed perfectly prepared for this year's 114th edition of the White Turf but in the lead up week the ice conditions changed so all of the racing events – flat and trotting races as well as skijoring – were shortened to 800 metres
Despite that everyone seemed to have a lot of fun in the skijoring (mounted, as seen in the video below)
Images courtesy swiss-image.ch/Andy Mettler
But, let’s face it, who wouldn’t enjoy this unique, top-class event with horse-racing, gourmet catering, lively music and inspiring art exhibitions, all taking place in winter sunshine on the frozen lake among the stunningly beautiful, snow-capped mountains of St Moritz?
We're putting it on the bucket list .....
