Showers, small meals: show horses in Chantilly keep cool In the natural cool of 18th century stables with five-metre thick walls, the horses at the Musée du Cheval in Chantilly are better off than many when heat waves strike. When it comes to their daily exercise -- essential to maintain their health -- they do less or go for walks in the forest near by, and are given showers after effort. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES