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Step through the gates of Jerez and into a world where horses dance, leather is stitched by hand, and a French‑style palace shelters Spain’s living equestrian heritage. We head to the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art to see how classical dressage and Doma Vaquera are taught, preserved, and performed with precision and heart. From the first moments on the grounds, the details floored us: spotless stables, braids like artwork, and a team that treats horsemanship as a craft worth a lifetime.

We tour the carriage museum inside a former sherry bodega and discover how engineering and elegance once ruled the streets: royal wedding coaches, ingenious suspensions, and the right‑hand driving legacy that still shapes the UK. In the saddlery room, students work leather the old way, building saddles layer by layer with natural stuffing and careful stitching. This is a real school with five disciplines—dressage, saddlery, grooming, vet, and carriage driving—offering multi‑year training to a select few. For riders, bespoke clinics put you on schoolmaster horses that feel like professors, compressing years of learning into focused sessions.

Then the music starts. Como Bailan Los Caballos Andaluces unfolds like a ballet: pirouettes, lateral work, airs above the ground, and synchronised patterns that make a 600‑kilo stallion look weightless. It’s not spectacle for spectacle’s sake; it’s trust, timing, and quiet aids in perfect balance. Along the way we connect the dots between Jerez and sherry—why the region led early electrification, how British merchants and Spanish producers built a global trade, and what makes Pedro Ximénez taste like sunshine concentrated in a glass.

If you love travel, craftsmanship, or horses, this journey belongs on your list. Hit play, get inspired, and share the episode with someone who needs a little Andalusian magic. Subscribe for more Spanish stories, leave a review to help others find us, and tell us: would you ride, study, or just sit back and watch the dance?