Traditional Wine Horses race of Calatrava comes back as UNESCO heritage
The wine horses of Spain are part of a ritual in Caravaca. According to legend, the castle in the town was under siege and the people inside had no clean water. A group of knights templar could not find water to bring them, but they had wine, so they tied wine skins to their horses and rushed the horses into the castle before the surrounding Moorish army realized what was going on. (They then bathed a cross in the wine, healing the sick, etc.)
The traditional reenactment involves parading horses through the town festooned in richly embroidered blankets, and finally racing them up the hill into the castle. Prizes are awarded for the fastest horses and the best embroidery. Undoubtedly, everyone raises a glass or two to the horses as well.
