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A shocking case of 50 horses found buried, plus other things the horse world is talking about

50 horses found buried at stud farm The British equestrian community has been shocked by the news coming out of Denmark, after authorities found the bodies of 50 horses buried at a major stud farm in Jutland, in the last of a series of inspections. The Central and West Jutland Police, Viborg municipality and the […]

Horses gallop over pontoon on Grand Canal at Versailles in Paris 2024 test

Horses galloped across a purpose-built pontoon over Versailles’ historic Grand Canal in a pivotal moment for Paris 2024 Olympic preparations. The Grand Canal, designed by André le Nôtre and built in the mid-17th century, was home to boats of kings and a place to skate during frozen winters. Some 305 years later, it will be […]

On the Ground in Versailles: Everything We Learned at the Operational Test Event | Eventing Nation - Three-Day Eventing News, Results, Videos, and Commentary

On the Ground in Versailles: Everything We Learned at the Operational Test Event | Eventing Nation - Three-Day Eventing News, Results, Videos, and Commentary
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Horses gallop in Versailles Palace gardens to test the track for the Paris Olympics

Versailles, once home to Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette, will stage the cross-country part of eventing plus modern pentathlon next year. The point of the test, which was to continue on Wednesday, was to make sure the five-kilometer (three-mile) cross-country path was comfortable enough for horses, said Etienne Thobois, director general of the Paris Olympics organization committee. Tim Hadaway, director at the International Equestrian Federation in charge of Games operations, said a new pontoon bridge across the Grand Canal, the largest basin in the palace grounds, was stable enough so that “you don’t have any significant movement that impacts the way that the horse is galloping and feeling as it comes across."

FEI takes action to improve substandard facilities at shows

Debate over how to address substandard facilities at shows has resulted in a new process to make sure all FEI events are up to scratch

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