The royals: they’re just like us! Wait, what do you mean you don’t have any army of minions to polish your tack and meticulously tidy your mahogany tack room? And you don’t have anything gold-plated for your stable of matching black horses to wear? Pure peasantry, frankly.
Okay, okay, speaking as someone who hasn’t done more than dunk her horse’s bit in a bucket in more years than I’m willing to admit, I’m definitely more of a peasants’ revolution kind of gal than a royal riches one. But I still enjoyed this look behind the scenes at the Dutch Royal Stables in The Hague, courtesy of veteran vlogger and dressage rider Matt Harnacke. Having been to a few historic inner-city palace stables (not least my local one in London!), I’m always newly astonished by how these peaceful pony meccas can exist right in the heart of a major metropolis. It turns out you can get that rural sense of zen anywhere – if you have thick enough walls to block out the noise and enough staff to keep the place running, of course.
Now, about that revolution…
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