Exciting: Hungarian National Gallop 2024 to feature international police horse race

This year’s National Gallop, an annual celebration of Hungary’s equestrian heritage, will feature an international race of mounted police officers among a host of other events.

National Gallop to be held in October

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New events at the three-day National Gallop to be held on 4-6 October in Szilvásvárad, in north-eastern Hungary, include a presentation of child riders from the HaZam Riding Stables and a production by the frontier warriors of the Gomor Equestrian Association, the organisers told MTI.

The first day of the event will see the mounted police of eight countries competing against each other.

The traditional international competition scheduled for the final day will include riders from the King’s Guard in the United Kingdom as well as the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Other events will include a battle re-enactment from the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight, a carriage pushing competition, a historical equestrian parade and more.

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