Pony racing Ponies are short but great and despite their limited height they possess great hearts. They are able to trigger great emotions and heat the atmosphere so much that the snow around the hall melts! If you add speed, rivalry and the voice of sports commentator to the mix you get an amazing and rousing spectacle. Children pony racing have often aroused interest in the audience of the previous editions of Parada Jeździecka. Joy of victory and tears of being the runner-up are the inseparable part of this contest. But a universal prize is the ability to practice sport at young age, the joy of rivalry and the enthusiasm of the parent and the cheering of the audience.

Ukrainian Cossacks show Dynamite in horse… dynamite in humans… this is beyond description, it has to be seen! Ukrainian Cossacks shows are a true explosion of adrenaline, far beyond what other shows can offer. Riding below, by or beyond a horse is just a tiny fragment of what their amazing show has to offer! They have already presented their skills at the most prestigious horse shows in London Olympia, Stuttgart or Zurich and this year they will again come to Łódź! Whoever has not seem them before ought to come Parada Jeździecka and witness it with his very own eyes!

Vaulting show Breathtaking daring stunts on a galloping horse are the daily bread of the amazing masters of horse vaulting from Czech Republic, which will present their fantastic abilities for the fourth time in Parada Jeździecka’s history. Hard work, thousands of hours spent on training and the amazing coach – Petra Cinarova – combine to form the Lucky Drasow team in all its glory. Always smiling, radiant and full of energy they present their inimitable and thrilling masterful performance.

Horse show of Frederic Pignon and Magali Delgado The amazing Fredric Pignon together with his wife Magali Delgado will kindly grace us with their show and present the potential of human-horse relationship. Their emotional and artistic performances have been enchanting audiences around the world for years and this time will be no different. You are going to witness amazing horses and an extraordinary style of communicating with them without words. A show by these amazing riders will perfectly complement shows by Lorenzo and Jean Francis Pignon presented in previous years.

Show jumping Certainly one of the strongest and most exciting points of the programme, CSI** International Show Jumping Competition. Almost seventy athletes and 200 horses from Poland and beyond will fight with great verve over four days for valuable prizes, the total of which is 250 000 PLN this year. Additionally, from among all the participating athletes we will choose the best rider in the tournament for Parada Jeździecka 2012 trophy. Especially for this occasion a ground-breaking ranking system will be made public, presenting the results in real time through our website. Emotions reach a peak!

Ladies side-saddle show Chic, elegance and extraordinary beauty are all reminiscence of times which are long forgotten. Let us remind you that equestrian tradition used to require that ladies ride in their own special saddle, letting them keep both of their legs at the same side of the horse. Shows of this kind were until recently an extremely rare event in the equestrian world, but in recent years we can witness a comeback of this extraordinary tradition. At Parada Jeździecka we would like to present you the amazing beauty of this style in an extraordinary performance, therefore just for this occasion we prepared an emotion-laden show combined with show jumping.

Arabian horse exhibition Once again at Parada Jeździecka you will have a chance to witness the fast, hardy and extraordinarily intelligent pure blood Arabian horses. These amazing animals, often considered the quintessence of beuty, are the most ancient breed of riding horse. They will arrive especially for us from the amazing stable of Chrcynno-Pałac in Mazowsze, the winner of multiple prestigious awards in Arabian horse-related categories.

Two-horse carriage racing Froth at the horses’ mouth, sparks from the hoofs, dirt thrown up by the wheels, enthusiastic cheers of the audience and amazing drivers – that’s what two-horse carriage racing is all about. This year you will witness an extraordinarily exciting tournament in which leading Polish athletes will skillfully drive their horses, demonstrating awesome precision in overcoming obstacles at great speed. Preparation of the track and organization of the tournament is the responsibility of vice-world champion Roman Kusz.