Win free tickets to the Equimur horse show in Torre Pacheco!!
The IFEPA venue hosts one of the most important annual horse shows in Spain
The 29th annual EQUIMUR International Thoroughbred Horse Show is being held from April 3 to 6 at the IFEPA exhibition and show venue in Torre Pacheco, along with an extremely wide range of events including equestrian shows, the Spanish national Purebred competition, cowboy riding, national and regional dressage competitions, the Alta Escuela Competition, a carriage or trap driving competition and shows by Santi Serra, the world-famous horse breaker and trainer.
And although Murcia Today cannot offer you tickets to the paid shows - reservations for these events can be made online here - we do have two general admission tickets to the EQUIMUR show, each for two people, thanks to the generosity of the organizers at IFEPA.
These admission tickets are priced at 10 euros per person if purchased on the door and 8 euros if booked online in advance!
All you have to do is answer the following question correctly and your name will be entered into the prize draw to be held on Tuesday 1st April:
WHO WROTE THE NOVEL "THE HORSE WHISPERER", ON WHICH THE 1998 ROBERT REDFORD FILM WAS BASED?
Send your answers by email to mark@murciatoday.com, complete with your first name, surname and ID number (preferably NIE or NIF, passport is fine if you don't have Spanish documentation). Winners will be notified by email on 1st April and asked to specify on which date they prefer to visit EQUIMUR.
More about Equimur 2025
The equine morphology competition features over 300 Spanish thoroughbreds on display and while this is the main event, the "sideshows" are arguably more eye-catching!
Also appearing is Santi Serra, perhaps the finest horse whisperer in the world, who will be taking part in the shows on the Saturday and Sunday, and there is also a pony jump show.
At the same time a host of workshops and informative talks for professionals and the public are offered alongside food and shopping areas and much more!
This is the second most important annual horse show in Spain, and animals are brought to Torre Pacheco from all over the country for the weekend.
The daily shows are a spectacle of acrobatic riding, cowboy skills, dressage, trap driving and even equestrian flamenco dancing, and tickets for these events are purchased separately from the admission to the general showground.
Opening hours at EQUIMUR 2025 are as follows:
Thursday April 3: 9.00 to 20.00
Friday April 4 and Saturday April 5: 9.00 to 21.00
Sunday April 6: 9.00 to 19.00
The provisional timetable of events for the weekend is as follows:
Thursday April 3
9.30 to 20.00: The Spanish pure breed morphological competition.
15.00: Classical dressage competition.
Friday April 4
9.00: Classical dressage competition.
9.00 to 20.00: The Spanish pure breed morphological competition.
17.00: Regional classical dressage competition.
20.30: Evening show.
Saturday April 5
9.00 to 20.00: The Spanish pure breed morphological competition.
13.00: Lunchtime show featuring Santi Serra.
16.00: National cowboy dressage competition.
18.00: Higher schooling dressage competition.
20.30: Evening show featuring Santi Serra.
Sunday April 6
9.00: Prizes are decided in the Spanish pure breed morphological competition.
10.00: Indoor trap riding marathon.
11.15: Prizes are awarded for the Spanish pure breed morphological competition.
12.30 to 13.30: A talk on the characteristics of raid horses.
13.00: Lunchtime show featuring Santi Serra.
The IFEPA Fairs and Exhibitions Centre of the Region of Murcia, (the Palacio de Ferias y 
Exposiciones Región de Murcia IFEPA) has become one of the most important commercial reunion points for business professionals in South-eastern Spain, having been in operation from 1984.
IFEPA hosts many cultural & trading fairs, public exhibitions and events throughout the year, including the annual 
horse and dog shows, wedding show, antiques fair, car fair and tourism fair, as well as musical events.
The exhbition centre is spread over 57,098m2, with both interior and exterior display areas, and on-site parking for more than 2,500 vehicles. In addition to the main exhibition areas, IFEPA also house a café, restaurant, VIP lounge, and several assembly and meeting rooms.
The centre is ideally located in the centre of the region, in the middle of the Murcia-Cartagena axis and near to Corvera International Airport, with the large population and the high number of tourists in the Mar Menor area guaranteeing an excellent attendance level at all the events it hosts.
The IFEPA Exhibitions Centre hosts a number of annual events at national level in collaboration with various bodies, associations and organisms across a variety of sectors, as well as hosting other cultural, sporting and community activities.
Tickets for the different events can be purchased directly from IFEPA's box office.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:00.
Note that these are the general opening hours, though times will vary during fairs and exhibitions.
