(P) Salon du Cheval Bucharest, 2nd edition, gives Romania an international perspective

The Equestrian Salon 2013 – Salon du Cheval Bucharest, the second edition, will be hold in Romania during the period September 26-29, in the vicinity of Bucharest (DN1). Organized by the equitation club Equestria, Salon du Cheval aims at bringing in Romania the model of the Salon du Cheval Paris and at creating a source of inspiration for a refined lifestyle, as well as calling the eye to a future potential business in Romania. The program includes high performance horse presentations, exhibition stands of equestrian products and devices, paralleled by a complex program of equestrian shows: parades, horse stunts, horse acrobat shows, horse training. Salon du Cheval wants to revive the passion for horses and for their abilities of producing impressive shows. This edition will also present a premiere nocturne show “La Nuit du Cheval”, an equestrian moment filled with mesmeric fairy Romanian and folklore thematic events and theatrical imagery focused on equitation dressage and stunting techniques. Doubtless, one of the most attractive pieces of the event is the international competition Grand Award of the Bucharest City, the start of which are being registered almost 180 - 200 horses from Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. A summary of the event and its outcomes and perspectives is drawn out by Equestria’s founder, Dr. Ozana Moraru (photo), a highly reputed surgery and also a passionate rider. - What brings new the second edition of the Salon du Cheval as compared to its first edition, which came out as an outstanding achievement (public, media, organization success aso.)? This edition’s program underwent a few changes both in the competition and the entertainment panels. The competition panel now includes two mixed structure sports-artistic trials: “Do you recognize the character?” relay race and "Ride and drive" couple trial awarded as a typical sports trial, but with a serious spectacular and entertainemtn hint. Moreover, as compared to first edition, fata de anul trecut, we have been confirmed attending sportsmen from Bulgaria, Turkey, Germany and Hungary. Another premiere in our artistic program is an indoor complex show mixing sound, equestrian performance, music and lights, called "Horses Night" ("La nuit du Cheval”), which presents not only high class dressage, but also equestrian “stories”, performed by Romanians stars such as the actors Denis Stefan, Răzvan Oprea and the tenor Vlad Miriță. - Who do you target with this event? Do you intend to turn this event into a representative one for Eastern Europe? The event is destined to all sportsmen and equitation practitioners, both professional and leisure equitation, but equally addresses businessmen interested in a new business field such as equitation, pedigree horse breeders, all those involved in the horse and riders product industry, and last but not least, all horse lovers and willing to have a few unforgettable days in the middle of a special world such as the horses’ one. This extensive addressability and the increasing interest make us believe that we can render