The Brigada Azul, which is the Argentinian equivalent to the Canadian RCMP Musical Ride, entertained the visitors to the Nuestros Caballos exhibition. In contrast to the Canadian RCMP all the Argentinian police mounts are chestnuts instead of bays, as they need to be in Canada to qualify for acceptance to equine RCMP rank.
The Boss on his tall beautifully outfitted horse. Colours on tack are mostly light blue and white, to reflect the colours of the Argentine Flag. Note the long ceremonial sabre carried on the saddle.
Here they are starting off with formation riding. No jackets, as the afternoon soon would have been to hot to let these guys survive the performance without passing out. The horses are in excellent shape. They are either of the Argentinian Saddle horse race, or the Argentinian Tiro. The latter to me is a mystery, as they look the same as Saddle Horses to me.
Just like our RCMP, here is the famous wheel.
Yhe head gear of the riders consists of a small cap with a visor.
The chief again...
Individual obedience demonstration. Reacting to an almost invisible aid, all the horses laid down in the arena, without any sign of being at least incommoded by it.
The riders laid on top of them, stood on their heads...
crawled between their front feet...
in addition to a whole number of other incredible tests of patience (of the horse) until they all sat up like puppy dogs and finally rose to their feet again.
Standing quietly in place the horses allowed their riders to crawl all over them, and perform a number of gymnastics on their backs...
or hang from their necks or vault off their croups...
Human pyramids stacked up on horse back - with the only female police officer in sight making up the top of it.
Living jumps...one has to have a lot of trust in the horse to expose the family jewels like that...
Gallopping threesome on two horses...
Or threesome upside down...
Threesome made up of two horses and one rider...
Well, why not multiply the whole thing and gallop around in party mode...
Some of the members of the Brigada Azul showing off their beautiful animals...
with the final honour going to THE Argentinian horse, the Criollo, who led the entire brigade out of the ring for a final Adios.
The Boss on his tall beautifully outfitted horse. Colours on tack are mostly light blue and white, to reflect the colours of the Argentine Flag. Note the long ceremonial sabre carried on the saddle. 
Here they are starting off with formation riding. No jackets, as the afternoon soon would have been to hot to let these guys survive the performance without passing out. The horses are in excellent shape. They are either of the Argentinian Saddle horse race, or the Argentinian Tiro. The latter to me is a mystery, as they look the same as Saddle Horses to me. 
Just like our RCMP, here is the famous wheel. 
Yhe head gear of the riders consists of a small cap with a visor. 
The chief again... 
Individual obedience demonstration. Reacting to an almost invisible aid, all the horses laid down in the arena, without any sign of being at least incommoded by it. 
The riders laid on top of them, stood on their heads... 
crawled between their front feet... 
in addition to a whole number of other incredible tests of patience (of the horse) until they all sat up like puppy dogs and finally rose to their feet again. 
Standing quietly in place the horses allowed their riders to crawl all over them, and perform a number of gymnastics on their backs... 
or hang from their necks or vault off their croups... 
Human pyramids stacked up on horse back - with the only female police officer in sight making up the top of it. 
Living jumps...one has to have a lot of trust in the horse to expose the family jewels like that... 
Gallopping threesome on two horses... 
Or threesome upside down... 
Threesome made up of two horses and one rider... 
Well, why not multiply the whole thing and gallop around in party mode... 
Some of the members of the Brigada Azul showing off their beautiful animals... 
with the final honour going to THE Argentinian horse, the Criollo, who led the entire brigade out of the ring for a final Adios. 
