Description
Spectacle, adrenaline, excitement!
The Côte d’Azur Hippodrome Winter Meeting features a variety of race meetings—flat, steeplechase, and harness racing—as well as free activities for children.
Highlights:
Big Christmas Day: Saturday, December 19, 2026
- Small Christmas market with about ten vendors
- Children’s workshops: candle making, sewing, creating Christmas ornaments and garlands, personalized mugs, coloring, and more
- Photo shoot with Pixel (a rabbit) and her babies in a Christmas setting + opportunity to enter the enclosure
- Guided tour between shopping stops
- AFASEC will be present, along with the mechanical horse
- Promotion of the Grand Prix d’Amérique: contest to win tickets to the Grand Prix d’Amérique at Paris-Vincennes, VR headset, roulette game, photo booth, etc.
- Sessions featuring equicoaching demonstrations with a horse + explanations of the discipline
- Concert by The Riviera Rock Busters in front of the grandstands
- Free admission when wearing a Christmas sweater or hat
-> Some activities are free, while others require a fee!!
Grand Jumping Day: Saturday, January 9, 2027
- Mask-making workshop for the Nice Carnival
- Coloring workshop on a “drawing wall”
- AFASEC and the mechanical horse on site
- Introductory sessions on rollerblading, hula-hooping, mini-golf, and martial arts
- Scheduled sessions featuring equicoaching demonstrations with a horse + explanations of the discipline
- Gypsy-style band performing as they wander through the crowd
- “Jockey Experience”: a pre-event social media contest to experience the life of a jockey and follow them before, during, and after a race; autographs and photos with the jockeys; children accompanying the jockeys from the locker rooms to the parade ring while holding their hands, etc.
-> All activities are free
Défi du Galop: Sunday, February 28, 2027
- Pony rides
- Trampolines
- Inflatable games
- Giant Legos
- Magic sand workshop
- Giant target
- Pedal quad bike course
- AFASEC and the mechanical horse on site
- Short sessions featuring equicoaching demonstrations with a horse + explanations of the discipline
- Performance by the NKP Production troupe between races
- Pre-event social media contest to win a guided tour for 4 people on that day
-> All activities are free
Côte d’Azur Grand Speed Criterium: Sunday, March 14, 2027
- Pony rides
- Trampolines
- Inflatable games
- Play area for toddlers
- Face painting for children
- Giant pool table
- Shooting range
- Interactive buzzer game to test your reflexes and agility
- Demonstrations of equicoaching with a horse + explanations of the discipline
- Concert by the band Punky Dad Project in front of the stands
-> All activities are free
Rates
€6 / Free for those under 18
Opening times
From 2 December 2026 until 14 March 2027 - Open everyday
Location
Plan interactif : 1 lieux répertoriés.
- Lieu sans nom
Spoken languages
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