Royal White Horses. Spanish Riding School in Vienna.
A film about the classical riding school in Vienna, Austria.
The Spanish Riding School in Vienna has been providing high-quality training for both academic and military purposes for nearly 450 years—a legacy that surpasses all other European schools. The riding hall, once the royal family's winter garden, is decorated in delightful pastel colors, highlighting the 46 coffee-and-milk-colored Corinthian columns. The large doors of the Winterreitschule (the school's winter quarters) are open, and the school's riders, led by a colonel, enter the arena in complete silence. They reach a portrait of Emperor Charles VI, seated on a Lipizzaner, and pause. Then, with a slow movement of their arms, the riders remove their tricorne hats, adorned with gold ribbons. Arms outstretched, they salute the monarch. In the center of a large stone located in the riding hall, the School's program is engraved: To train young noblemen and prepare horses for academic riding and military service... (Information about the school from the website of the magazine "Golden Mustang").