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Inside the Grande Écurie: Bartabas and the Académie Équestre de Versailles
Continue reading →: Inside the Grande Écurie: Bartabas and the Académie Équestre de VersaillesThe Académie du Spectacle Équestre in Versailles — Where Horses Receive the Royal Treatment After spending the morning on horseback galloping through the gardens of…
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Riding Through Marie Antoinette’s Gardens: A Horseback Tour of Versailles
Continue reading →: Riding Through Marie Antoinette’s Gardens: A Horseback Tour of VersaillesOn a recent trip to visit family in France, I found the opportunity to discover what Versailles has to offer an enthusiastic horse lover. Having…
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The Horses of Marly: A Royal Hunting Forest Behind Washington’s National Mall
Continue reading →: The Horses of Marly: A Royal Hunting Forest Behind Washington’s National MallA King’s Hunting Lodge: Marly-le-Roi Pavillon Royal Not far from Versailles is the town of Marly-le-Roi, where I stayed with my family. While there, I…
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The History of the Marsh Tacky
Continue reading →: The History of the Marsh TackyIn 1846, naturalist John James Audubon wrote that the Marsh Tacky is as “tough as a Pine knot.” Indigenous to the marshy coastal islands of…