2025 Entertainment Programme

Equestrian shows

Come and discover the spellbinding equestrian shows of Lilian Lachaise. A renowned equestrian artist in free-roaming dressage and acrobatics, he never ceases to create a special, gentle bond with his horses, while mixing different arts such as fire juggling!  

From jockey acrobatics to Cossack acrobatics via Hungarian post, Lilian is a young man full of ambition! From an early age, he was immersed in the world of horses at his parents' riding school. He decided to train in the performing arts and transformed the stable into a show venue.  

Since then, he has been putting on breathtaking equestrian performances at numerous events across Europe!

• Speaker: Lilian Lachaise

Soil tillage demonstration

Come and discover equine traction in viticulture!  Cheval des Vignes and its Percheron horses will be demonstrating how to plough the soil. Much more precise than a tractor, and above all more environmentally friendly, working with horses allows you to weed and aerate the soil, while preserving the plant heritage.  At Cheval des Vignes, horses are regarded as real athletes, and their physical and mental condition is at the heart of everything we do. 

Together, drivers and horses offer real expertise and unrivalled precision.  In 2023, over 120 hectares of vines were ploughed by Cheval des Vignes!

• Speaker: Cheval des Vignes

Vaulting demonstration

This demonstration highlights circle acrobatics, a discipline in which acrobats move around a horse at a walk or gallop, guided by a lead rope. The horse is equipped with a surfaix and a spacious mat, allowing the acrobats to perform a series of figures requiring balance and physical skills.

• Speaker:  Julie Chevalier - Les Hauts de Blond riding school

Demonstration of retired racehorses

We hope you'll come along to see and applaud former racecourse champions! These demonstrations of retired racehorses are an opportunity to present the Au-Delà des Pistes association, a partner of France Galop, which works on a daily basis to promote the conversion of racehorses. 

Every year, an average of 300 horses are reconverted via the association (over 1,000 horses since this great adventure began!).

• Speaker: Carole Desmetz - Au-delà des pistes association

TREC demonstration

‘Aurélie Briec, from the Comité départementale du tourisme équestre, invites you to explore the techniques of competitive trail riding, commonly known as TREC in French. This demonstration showcases the skills of a horse and rider pair through a series of tests inspired by the challenges encountered on horse treks. Aurélie will present an exemplary pair in two of the discipline's three events: mastering the gaits (slowest canter/fastest walk) and overcoming the difficulties typical of randonneuring.’

• Speaker: Aurélie Briec - Departmental Committee for Equestrian Tourism

Horseball Demonstration and Initiation

Join us in discovering Horse Ball, a sport in which two teams of six riders compete against each other, with four players on the pitch and two substitutes. The participants have to catch a ball fitted with six leather handles without ever leaving their horse, and then, by skilful passing, attacking and defending, propel it towards goals placed high up at the ends of the field.

• Speaker: Franck Reyne - Saint Selve Stables

Working equitation demonstration

International working equitation rider for the past ten years, Pierre Jouneau, accompanied by his young student Lee Ann Caule, will present their two champion Lusitano Thoroughbreds, Diamante & Bohemio.

BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERNITY

“Working Equitation” is the international term for competitive working equitation. This sporting discipline has its origins in the traditional use of the horse for herding livestock and daily work in the fields. The gardians in the Camargue, the vaqueros in Andalusia, the campinos in Portugal, the butteri della Marenna in Italy, the gauchos in Argentina and even the cowboys in the great plains of the American West have all developed techniques for working with livestock, using their own breeds of horse and their own harnesses. Today, our sport enables us to showcase the specific qualities of field riding, whatever the culture of origin, the breed of horse or the rider's attire. Our competitions are a combination of events that allow us to reward the most outstanding riders, while respecting both horse and cattle. The aim is to work with confidence with the cattle (even if cattle sorting is optional in the first categories), which motivates and enables riders to surpass themselves in training their horses.The champions of this discipline are capable of performing feats of speed and livestock sorting, while preserving their mounts through the practice of fine horsemanship.This sporting and cultural discipline, which links different cultures, bridges past and present, tradition and sport, is generating a real craze and a growing number of followers in France and around the world. For young riders, it has an interesting recreational and educational dimension.

• Speaker : Pierre Jouneau  - Bordeaux Cheval Club

Clinic demonstration

Horseman, equicoach and mental trainer, Renaud Subra works on improving the relationship between rider and horse to improve performance and serenity. He carried out a study of 100 riders which revealed that 81.6% of the obstacles encountered with their horse were emotional - emotional for the horse as much as for the rider. 

Understandably, all riders have something to gain here. It's a good thing that horses communicate through their emotions, and emotions fuel their muscles. Discover how, starting from this base, a rider can quickly open up communication with his horse and begin to regulate the relationship. 

In partnership with Au delà des Pistes

• Speaker: Renaud Subra

Western riding demonstration

For many people, Western riding is just one discipline among many, whereas it is a riding discipline in its own right, with its own codes, philosophy, educational tools and sporting disciplines. To cope with the working conditions associated with the size of the ranches, the weather and the nature of the terrain, cowboys (herdsmen) ride horses that are reliable, hardy, agile, fast and manoeuvrable.

Arnaud will introduce you to the fundamentals of western riding and the interest it finds in our times when the relationship with the horse and horsemanship have evolved very significantly.

• Speaker: Arnaud Peroux - Village Wester

Andy Booth

For the first time in 10 years, Andy is bringing one of his horses to Jumping de Bordeaux! With the help of his partner Whiz, he will explain the main principles of training horses on the ground and mounted.

The principles are applicable to all horses, all breeds and all disciplines. 

• Speaker: Andy Booth

Introduction to Equifun

Equifun, a fun event with a pedagogical approach, consists of completing a series of timed obstacles. These obstacles combine skill, jumping and precision, offering a choice of varying degrees of difficulty.

The aim is to improve the rider's ability to steer his horse by selecting the options best suited to his skills, while improving the training of the ponies through better quality dressage. 

Registration on site.

• Speaker: Sylvie Lefrançois - Poney club du renouveau

Mountain Trail demonstration and initiation

Mountain Trail, which originated in the USA, is designed to showcase the outdoor horse. A confident horse that moves with a natural gait, safely and securely for its rider, over natural obstacle courses that could be encountered outdoors.

It demonstrates the quality of the human/horse relationship, the true “Horsemanship” that aims to show the confidence, courage and sporting performance of all breeds of equine and all equestrian disciplines.

Each mountain trail has its own identity, playing with the relief of the terrain and the variation in the series of difficulties to be overcome. Each structure chooses the features it wishes to build and implement, from a list of over 25 basic features. Every rider and horse pair can enjoy the trail, whatever their level or riding style.
The Mountain Trail can be done on foot or in the saddle, solo or as a duo, one person on foot and one on horseback.

Registration on site.

• Speaker : Pauline Covre Sangla – Ecuries du Grand Guillon