Horses show off in Versailles, keeping alive royal tradition on soon-to-be Olympic equestrian venue

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April 29, 2024 at 2:55 a.m.

The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian sports. Riders of the National Equestrian Academy handling the palace's famed royal stables continue to care for their beloved horses: Almost every day at dawn, they enjoy the quietness and splendor of grass lawns and woods of the park of the Versailles Palace, before thousands of visitors from across the world spread in.

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