Horseracing at Sanlucar
Sanlucar de Barrameda, in Cadiz province has beautiful beaches and is a famous sherry town. It is also known for its horse racing, a fantastic sporting spectacle and one of Europe’s oldest equestrian contests dating back to 1845. Popular tradition has it that the origins of the horse racing go back to the informal competitions that took place between fishmongers, to see who could get to the fish market first. Another theory is that people raced donkeys along the banks …