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October Fair—“Europe’s Oldest International Horse Fair”Awake!—1999 | March 22
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“Rumour has it,” says Holdstock, “that half the horses at the Battle of Waterloo were bought at Ballinasloe.”a
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October Fair—“Europe’s Oldest International Horse Fair”Awake!—1999 | March 22
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a The Battle of Waterloo was fought in Europe in 1815. It involved several armies totaling about 185,000 troops. It seems likely that there would have been thousands of horses used for cavalry and transport.
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