Published on: 2026-08-19
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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The 10th Open Moscow Festival of Equestrian Art and Sport has opened at VDNH. It will run until August 29 at the Center of National Equestrian Traditions and will bring together several disciplines: dressage, show jumping, and trick riding. The festival is organized with the support of the city administration. Department of Sports within the framework of the project “Summer in Moscow”.
From riding a pony to freestyle trick riding
The main competitive program of the festival began on August 19. Adult athletes, as well as juniors and children, perform in the large equestrian arena of the Center of National Equestrian Traditions at VDNH. On August 20, the arena will be occupied by riders aged from four to sixteen. The day will be dedicated to dressage on ponies. Special tests are provided for beginner athletes, as well as exercises with longeing and a handler.
The grand opening of the anniversary festival is scheduled for August 21. After that, pony show jumping competitions will take place. Young athletes aged nine to sixteen will have to overcome courses of varying difficulty with obstacles ranging from 40 to 60 centimeters in height. The winners will earn the right to compete in the festival’s “Spasskaya Tower” trophy competitions.
The next day, August 22, more experienced riders will enter the large equestrian arena. They have routes prepared for show jumping emphasizing cleanliness and agility, as well as ones involving re-jumps.
On August 28, the program on trick riding will continue the festival. On August 29, competitions for children’s trick riding will be organized. Riders will be divided into two age groups: D-1 — from seven to 10 years old and D-2 — from 11 to 13 years old.
The jubilee festival is designed not only for professional athletes. Interactive activities have been prepared for guests, and the program will allow you to spend the whole day at the venue with the entire family.
The festival is organized as part of the project “Summer in Moscow”. This is the main event of the season, which has already become a good tradition and an integral part of the capital’s life. The main theme this year is “Time to be together.” The project unites people of different generations around common values, allowing them to become closer not only to their relatives but to the entire city through walks, cultural and sports events, charity activities, as well as right next to home in all districts of the capital.
The implemented activities correspond to the objectives of the State Program of the Russian Federation “Development of Physical Culture and Sports” of the national project “Sport of Russia”. One of them is to increase the share of citizens who regularly engage in physical culture and sports to 70 percent by 2030. In Moscow, special attention is paid to the walkable accessibility of sports infrastructure, support for families with children, as well as the integration of participants and veterans of the special military operation and their family members into the sports community. More details about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
To find out how the capital has changed over the past years, which initiatives aimed at making life even more comfortable for city residents are currently being implemented, and what awaits Moscow and its inhabitants in the near future, you can see in the large-scale special project on the mos.ru portal dedicated to the development of key sectors of Moscow. These include transportation, industry, healthcare, education, sports, and construction.
On the project’s page “Sport” Information is presented about the reconstruction of dozens of historical sports facilities, including the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, the Vorobyovy Gory ski complex, and the Bitza equestrian complex, as well as about sports infrastructure available to every city resident.
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