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Mid of a Spanish horse prancing as graduate Sarolta Balla trains it2. Close of the same3. Mid of students preparing their horses in the stable4. Close of a students grooming a horse5....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSzar, Hungary - September 9, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of a Spanish horse prancing as graduate Sarolta Balla trains it\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of the same\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of students preparing their horses in the stable\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close of a students grooming a horse\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of a student braiding the hair of horse\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of students and horses leaving the stable\u003cbr/\u003e7. Same in outside view\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of students and their horses walking in line before the start of the training\u003cbr/\u003e9. Horses leaving stable \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of the trainer opening the pen\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of horses walk in line during the training\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of trainer Dorottya Borso\u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND: (Hungarian) Dorottya Borso, trainer\u003cbr/\u003e\"You should keep the line, see Patra's boots!\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Low shot horses and their riders walking in line during the training\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of the same\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of a rider's boot in a stirrup\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of hooves\u003cbr/\u003e17.SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian): Dorottya Borso, trainer\u003cbr/\u003e\"The school offers training for three years. After the start of school, students need approximately a year, a strong one, to reach a level where they are able to participate in a performance.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of Dorottya Borso training a horse and a rider\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian): Dorottya Borso:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have to pay attention not only on the riders, but on the horses too. I consider the horses to be like sportsmen. I mix easier training with days of harder, more complex exercises.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of a horse and its rider performing\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian): Bela Borso, founder, Epona Spanish Horse School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This year we accepted eight students. They've just started their first year here. The school was established in 2007, and since then we've taught riders here. It's not only a vocational school, it's a Spanish horse school.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of students and their horses leaving the training\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid of the same\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian) Sarolta Balla, graduate \u003cbr/\u003e\"There are very highly trained horses here. Students can learn a high level of riding from these horses and that's why this it is a very unique place.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide of a horse practicing jumping\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian) Krisztina Toth, student \u003cbr/\u003e\"This horse is specially trained for riding on a long rein. During the performances the man stands beside it, not in the saddle on horseback. The horse performs on a leash, and the rider communicates with the animal using the rein. They make very difficult exercises together.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of she's leaving with the horse\u003cbr/\u003e28. Horse arriving back to the stable\u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian): Bela Borso, founder of the Epona Spanish Horse School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We start to teach our students individually. And as they achieve a certain level of horse riding, they start to work in groups. After a lot of work and practice they can be on a high enough level to start participate on performances in the Royal Castle, where they can prove their talent.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBudapest, Hungary - August 11, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e30. Various shots of riders and their horses performing at the Royal Palace in Budapest\u003cbr/\u003eHungary has a long tradition of horsemanship but the animals trained at the Epona Spanish Riding School are a cut above the rest.\u003cbr/\u003eOnly the most skilled riders and the most talented horses make the grade at this equestrian school just west of Budapest.\u003cbr/\u003eRearing up on its hind legs and perfecting its balance.\u003cbr/\u003eThis horse is in the classroom at the Epona Spanish Riding School in Hungary.\u003cbr/\u003eThe equestrian school was established in 2007 and hopes to revive the tradition of the pre-war Spanish Riding School of the Hungarian Royal Guards.\u003cbr/\u003eThe school's stables are just west of Budapest and provides scholarships for the capital city's underprivileged students.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Epona riding school - unusually - breeds its own horses and has already won several breeding awards.\u003cbr/\u003eThe number of the magnificent white Spanish horses in Hungary is now increasing - largely due to the breeding programme started here in Epona. \u003cbr/\u003eEpona's horses were bred using mares from the stable of Alvaro Domecq, the founder of the Royal Riding School of Jerez in Spain.\u003cbr/\u003eThis stock of homebred horses means the students at the school have a stable of 20 trained stallions.\u003cbr/\u003eThe students here will learn to ride to the highest possible standards of control - but before they can even get into the saddle they must first care for their horses and groom them.\u003cbr/\u003eDorottya Borso is a trainer at the family run school and has been riding since she was four years old. She spent months training with Spanish rejoneadors (toreadors on horseback) and participated at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art of Jerez.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says: \"The school offers training for three years. After the start of the school, students need approximately a year, a strong one, to reach a level where they are able to participate in a performance.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWorking in groups, the key is synchronisation and it takes hours in the practice grounds to perfect the art.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have to pay attention not only on the riders, but on the horses too. I consider the horses to be like sportsmen. I mix easier training with days of harder, more complex exercises,\" says Dorottya.\u003cbr/\u003eThe riding school has 23 hectares of grounds around the village of Szar in which to exercise and train the horses.\u003cbr/\u003eThe stables house twenty five boxes and there are two outdoor riding rings and an indoor arena available for training in bad weather. \u003cbr/\u003eThe grassy paddocks and the surrounding countryside provide a perfect setting for a riding school.\u003cbr/\u003eBela Borso - the founder of the Epona riding school - and his family have decades of experience with horses. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Borso family previously owned Hungary's \"Horse Village\" with over 400 horses out on the wild steppe - a reminder of the country's nomadic horseman roots.\u003cbr/\u003eNow Bela's work is concentrated on schooling others in horsemanship and breeding. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"This year we accepted the application of eight students. They've just started their first year here. The school was established in 2007, and since then we've taught riders here. It's not only a vocational school, it's a Spanish horse school.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGraduate student Sarolta Balla was grateful for her opportunity to train at the school.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There are very highly trained horses here. Students can learn a high level of riding from these horses and that's why this is a very unique place,\" she explains.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the horses must not only learn their routines with a rider on their backs, they must also learn the art of long rein work.\u003cbr/\u003eKrisztina Toth, a student at Epona, explains the difficult technique.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This horse is specially trained for riding on a long rein. During the performances the man stands beside it, not in the saddle on horseback. The horse performs on a leash, and the rider communicates with the animal using the rein. 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