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 |  | Hollywood beauty and glamour is to take the central role in this year's Godiva Festival.
Not a well-known screen actress, but several sleek, glossy and gorgeous Spanish horses who are part of an amazing company which provides stunt horses for blockbuster films.
The Devil's Horsemen is a professional equestrian company which provides this year's Lady Godiva on horseback, as well as her mounted entourage.
It is an Anglo-French company, run by Gerrard Naprous, which has a selection of stunt horses used for film and TV productions all over the world.
The horses have appeared in some mega films: Braveheart, Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves, Black Beauty, Ivanhoe, and Tomb Raider II, to name just a few.
A young female member of the Devil's Horsemen team will play the part of Lady Godiva and ride side-saddle, dressed in a body-stocking, in the centre of the procession. Six Devil's Horsemen stunt riders, dressed as medieval mounted knights, will follow her, carrying the city crest.
Sally Fox, from The Devil's Horsemen said: "The seven horses that are being used in the procession are Iberian horses, originally from Spain and Portugal.
"They have been chosen for their immense courage and beauty. They are grey, bay and black and have long cascading manes and tails."
Μύ| Μύ |  | The Devil's Horsemen in action
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The Godiva Procession takes place on 7 June as part of the sixth Godiva Festival and is the revival of the traditional foot procession started in 1678.
It starts at the Cathedral ruins at 11am and will wind its way around the city before ending in the War Memorial Park at around 12.45pm, where the main festival takes place.
The Godiva Procession is part of the free Godiva Festival in the War Memorial Park between 6 and 8 June.
The festival includes the Godiva Car Run, music for all ages, a live entertainments arena, sports, children's activities, environmental awareness, a history fair, human circus and Chinese opera.
The Devil's Horsemen join the many civic, charity, school, church, historical and council groups taking part in the procession.
ΜύEntry in the procession is free and there is still time for others to sign up by calling Procession Manager Jane Wynn on 024 7660 7019 / 07748 116044, e-mail j.wynn@coventry.org
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