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AMBLERS THROUGH TIME

Part of the royal palace at Persepolis in Iran, this bas-relief dating to 515 BC shows pacing horses brought as tribute to the Persian King Xerxes I (the Biblical “Ahasuerus”). There are many other images of pacing horses from the ancient Middle East, some showing the horses being driven to two-wheeled vehicles.

Amblers have a very long history in Iberia. This 2,300-year-old stele

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