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By Ollie Williams for CNN
Published 8:34 AM EDT Aug 22, 2014
(CNN) — More than 70 nations, 1,000 athletes and as many horses. The World Equestrian Games are upon us.
The biggest equestrian event outside the Olympics comes to Normandy, France, on Monday for two weeks of drama, daring, dressage and ... "Don Johnson."
Normandy claims to be home to 93,000 horses and more than 400 equestrian centers, but France has never seen anything on the scale of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (often shortened to "WEG").
You can win world titles in no fewer than eight types of horse sport at the four-yearly showpiece. All three Olympic equestrian disciplines are involved, alongside the Paralympic sport of para-dressage.
So what should you expect over the next two weeks? Where to look? Who to follow? CNN World Sport answers those questions and more...
Read more: http://www.wptz.com/sports/ten-reasons-to-watch-world-cup-of-horses/27678706#ixzz3B8GOs06A
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