Editing Cleveland Bay (section)

== British royal horses ==

In the 1920s, Cleveland Bays replaced black [[Hanoverian horse]]s in the British royal stables.{{Sfn|Edwards|1994|p=302}}  Of the two types of carriage horses at the [[Royal Mews]], the [[Windsor Greys]] pull carriages of senior royal family members, and the Cleveland Bays pull dignitaries and do other work.{{r|rct2}} Post is driven daily between [[Buckingham Palace]] and [[St James's Palace]] with two Bays pulling a [[Clarence (carriage)|Clarence Brougham]].{{r|rct1}} Purebred and crossbred Cleveland Bays make up the majority of the bay horses in the Royal Mews, the British royal stables, where they receive intense training to desensitize them before they are put to work drawing royal carriages.{{r|thehorse-behind}} The [[King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery]] predominantly use bay-colored horses of several breeds; those pulling the [[limbers and caissons]] are frequently Cleveland Bays. [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], used the breed during the 1970s and 1980s in [[combined driving]] competitions, borrowing horses from the Royal Mews and returning them for state duties.{{Sfn|Edwards|1994|pp=304–305}}{{r|hrh|pages=115-120}}

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File:Trooping the Colour 2023 (02).jpg|Trooping the Colour parade (2023)
File:2007 Cleveland Bays 1.JPG|The messengers delivering post between palaces{{r|rct1}}
File:The King's Troop (52411301876).jpg|Bays of the [[King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery]]
File:Prinses Margriet opent Wereldkampioenschappen Vierspannen bij Het Loo v.l.n.r., Bestanddeelnr 928-7465.jpg|Duke of Edinburgh driving a four-in-hand of Cleveland Bays in a competition{{Efn|1976 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand [[Het Loo Palace]] in The Netherlands [https://www.fei.org/history/fei-world-championships/1976-apeldoorn-netherlands FEI.org] {{r|hrh|pages=44-45}} }}
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