Members of the Blue Shadows perform at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Cowboys wait their turn at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Los Hermanos Charro Performs at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A mini Therapy horse performs at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Members of the Painted Ladies perform at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Members of Los Hermanos Charro wait to perform at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The Norco Cowgirls present the flags at the Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Los Hermanos Charro Performs at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The Calvary Horse group fire a canon to signal the start of their performance at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Rose Queen Serena Guo, center, and the Rose Court ride an Omnibus, a double decker carriage, from the 1900’s at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Members of the Buffalo Soldiers parade at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Members of the Rose Court ride an Omnibus, a double decker carriage, from the 1900’s at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Horses, and trainers, get groomed for Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A riders waits to board the Omnibus, a double decker carriage from the 1900’s at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) “Bo” an endurance horse, gets a taste for roses while waiting to perform at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Show Caption1 of 15Members of the Blue Shadows perform at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025. Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Expand
Audiences descended on the L.A. Equestrian Center in Burbank on Monday, Dec. 29, for a showcase of the equestrian units that will be featured in the 2026 Rose Parade.
Equestfest, a diverse equestrian show, featured different horse breeds and their talents.
The event featured an equestrian show from 17 equestrian units — including drills, dances and tricks.
The following equestrian units were set to perform in Equestfest and the Rose Parade:
1st Cavalry Division, Horse Calvary Detachment (Fort Hood, Texas) Arabian Horse Association Versatile Arabians (Greenwood Village, Colorado) Blue Shadows Mounted Drill Team (Lake View Terrace, California) Budweiser Clydesdales (St. Louis, Missouri) Hawaii Pa’u Riders (Waimānalo, Hawai’i) Los Angeles Police Department: Metropolitan Division Mounted Platoon (Los Angeles, California) Los Hermanos Bañuelos Charro Team (Altadena, California) Merced County Sheriff’s Posse (Merced, California) Mini Therapy Horses (Calabasas, California) Painted Ladies Rodeo Performers (Sacramento, California) Scipps Miramar Rance- Steam Fire Pumper Unit (San Diego, California) Spirit of the West Riders (Arcadia, California) The New Buffalo Soldiers (Shadow Hills, California) The Norco Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team (Norco, California) The Valley Hunt Club (Pasadena, California) United States Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard (Barstow, California) Victorian Roses Ladies Riding Society (Alpine, California) Equestrian showcases are deep-seated in the culture of the Rose Parade. In fact, the sponsor of the very first Rose Parade, in 1890, was the Valley Hunt Club, which continues to carry on its tradition of decorating a carriage each Rose Parade to carry its president and family down Colorado Boulevard.
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