All photos copyright 2016 Ramona Monteros
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. Herald trumpets announce the entry of the men, women, and horses that make the dinner show so exciting. Marshal: Jesse Camarena
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament uses agile Pure Spanish Horses from the Medieval Times Chapel Creek Ranch. The Lord Chancellor wears a copper tunic and cape.
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. The princess and king wear crowns and majestic attire. The Kings Guard wears the colors of the king.
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. The Herald of the North dons fur and clothing from his realm. A master seamstress designs and creates the costumes, which are handmade in Dallas.
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. The six Knights of the Realm each wear a different wardrobe, crest, and color (black and white, red and yellow, blue, yellow, red, green) to represent different regions of Medieval Spain.
The Valley Hunt Club dreamed up the Rose Parade in 1889 and organized the parades from 1890-1895. The Kimball Park Drag carriage is pulled by four Friesian horses.
Valley Hunt Club. Marshal Sarah Babcock rides a Friesian in her 27th Rose Parade.
Valley Hunt Club. Driver Gerben Leyendekker of Visalia, Calif., owns the carriage and horses.
Valley Hunt Club. Passengers are the social club’s president and his family.
American Endurance Ride Conference promotes the sport of endurance riding. Riders and horses are conditioned to ride distance, up to 100 miles in a day. Marshal: Gayle Penya
American Endurance Ride Conference. Julie Suhr, atop RC Aubie, was 91 years old at the time of the Rose Parade.
American Endurance Ride Conference. Costumes are red, white, and blue Biothane endurance tack; saddles are the rider’s choice.
The Norco Cowgirls & Little Miss Norco Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team have five mother-daughter pairs and one trio of three generations—Marshal Mychon Bowen, 9-year-old Morgan Bowen, and 73-year-old Mynon Sullivan (all in front row).
The Norco Cowgirls & Little Miss Norco Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team wear blue and white shirts with fringe, star cuffs, and sequin stars; custom-made chaps; and white hats.
The Norco Cowgirls & Little Miss Norco Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team. The women perform half-time routines at rodeos as a high speed precision specialty act. They ride American Paint and American Quarter Horses.
Budweiser Clydesdales pulled their weight for the 59th time in a Rose Parade. In the past, they pulled the City of St. Louis float, but recently have been hitched to a vintage beer wagon. The horses much match each other in color and markings.
Budweiser Clydesdales. Each horse wears a harness and custom-fitted collar that together weigh 130 pounds. They stand 18 hands (72 inches at the withers) and weigh between 1,800 and 2,300 pounds.
Budweiser Clydesdales are driven by marshal Doug Bousselot and accompanied by a Dalmatian, harking back to the days when the dogs companioned, calmed, and guarded carriage horses.
