CARRIAGES AND TRADITION: EXHIBITION IN RONDA. SPAIN

By Carmen Hermosín Román

Every year, usually on the Sunday morning following the big Corrida, the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda and the Real Club de Enganches de Andalucía hold a competition to pick the best horse and carriage.

Carriage owners take great pride in the appearance of their carriages, the horses, harnesses, and of course themselves.

Gentlemen are dressed in period costume suitable for the carriage they drive, whilst the ladies compete to be the prettiest Flamenco lady in the Plaza de Toros.