In the afternoon on our last day in Budapest, we took an excursion to Lazar Equestrian Park, about an hour’s bus ride out of the city. It was a lovely drive on a sunny day and the countryside was gorgeous and green. Lazar Equestrian Park is a large “farm” which hosts weddings, corporate events, class reunions, etc., or just a family outing for lunch and a show on weekends. The centerpiece of the operation is a horse show recalling Hungarian equestrian traditions, as well forest carriage rides, pony rides, a playground, folk games and a small animal park. The property also includes a museum which gives the history of the carriage, Hungarian equestrian sport, and the sports careers of the Lazar Brothers, owners of Lazar Equestrian Park.
The grounds of Lazar Equestrian Park are so green and beautiful. What a pretty place!
One of the large halls for dinners and banquets for special events.
Looking across a big lawn to the performance ring and out to the open fields.
Looking towards the performance ring. Ok, I know I don’t get out much, but I had never seen a leaf vacuum before. This little vacuum zipped across those big lawns sucking up all the leaves as it went. Pretty cool!
So photogenic!
Carriage drivers and their amazing team of horses.
And this guy drove a carriage pulled by a team of beautiful gray oxen.
This rider stood on the backs of two horses while driving the three horses in front of them.
Three horsemen rode horses trained to sit down or lay down on command and they were also able to mount them in this position.
After the horse riding demonstration, we got to take a horse-drawn carriage ride into the woods. The trees in fall colors were an extra bonus.
Next we checked out the horse stables . . .
. . . where Chuck made a new friend.
Then we visited the little animal park where they kept lots of different farm animals. These are Hungarian Racka Sheep with the curly horns.
The Lazareum Museum is stunning and, besides rooms of creatively lit carriage exhibitions and rooms with countless awards and trophies, they showed films about equestrian sports and the sports careers of the Lazar brothers.
Chuck admired one of the rooms of memorabilia.
The trophy and awards room was amazing, with a mirrored ceiling and items behind glass walls and under the glass floor.
What a lovely place.
Our Viking River Cruise 
Looks like you had a very good day. I loved the Racka Sheep with the curly horns. Can’t say that I’ve heard of them before. Looks like hours and hours of training has gone into teaching the animals to do their tricks.
Looks like Uncle Bobby enjoyed it very much. I know how he loves horses.
This has been a great vacation – start to finish!
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