2.12.13

Horses...


Last Sunday was a great horse-day in Paris. Actually there were two horse parades in the city. One was to protest aganinst increased (from 7 to 20%) Value Added Taxes (VAT) which will hit equestrian centres / riding schools. There are thousands of them in France. I missed the hundreds of horses and poneys that « demonstrated » in the eastern parts of Paris, but I saw another horse parade… 

The one I saw was meant  to draw the attention to the 42nd « Salon de Cheval » which takes place November 30 – December 8. You can read more about it here. This is – part of – what I could see.









I happened to be close to another horse, mounted by George Washington. The police taking care of the traffic issues, was of course also mounted, which was however not the case with the cleaning service.  

10 comments:

Starman said...

Some of those horses,,,weren't.

Jeanie said...

Now that's something I don't expect to see in Paris! What a great event!

Studio at the Farm said...

I wish I'd been there to see it. it was quite the equine extravaganza! Thank you, Peter, for your wonderful photos!!!

Thérèse said...

On a du mal à se croire à Paris, de plus est avec George Washington!

Anonymous said...

Thanks a million for so many wonderful photos of the same event,as always, it doesn't leave me longing for more.

Lucy

Alain said...

Ce serait un moyen agréable de se déplacer dans Paris.

claude said...

Très beau chevaux, très beau attelages. Belle manif.
Alain raison.
J'aime bien la voiture ramasse crottin.
Concernant la TVA de 7 à 20, c'est un peu beaucoup, non ! Merci l'Europe !

Anonymous said...

Los gorriones de Paris eran mas felices cuando solo habia caballos por las calles.

La naturaleza era mas equilibrada entonces...

Magnificas fotos.
Maria

Terry said...

Thanks so much for sharing these! What fun! I do wish I could have been there to see this.

moon angeleno said...

2014 is the Year of the Horse. Happy Horse Year everyone!