Prepare for gridlock on long and winding road to WEG eventing

Spent a skillful proportion of the twenty-four hr menstruum out at Haras du Pin Prepare for gridlock on long as well as winding route to WEG eventing — The magnificent entrance to “Haras du Pin” – the French National Stud.

Spent a skillful proportion of the twenty-four hr menstruum out at Haras du Pin. It took us over an hr to crusade in that location from Caen, as well as piece the starting fourth dimension one-half of the crusade was on a skillful motorway, the final business office of the crusade took us through minor villages, many roundabouts as well as fairly narrow roads.

I am thinking that in that location volition live some dull trips out on cross-country twenty-four hr menstruum when in that location are 50,000 people wanting to larn to the same place!

Thursdays are “Le Pin” twenty-four hr menstruum – when the stud puts on a exhibit lasting nigh an hr as well as a half. We starting fourth dimension took upward the chance to see the museum, as well as and then convey the guided tour of the stables, beingness able to pat the magnificent Percheron stallions who were ultra-laid back. The stables as well as buildings were that beautiful old-worldy ones, which made yous mean value nigh things similar how many horses would convey seen them, how they built them so good so many years agone manually, as well as then, beingness from Canterbury, how would they induce out inward an earthquake!

There must convey been at to the lowest degree 2000 people watching the exhibition. The highlight for me was the beautiful white Percheron stallions. There were a pair of mares as well as foals, an arab stallion as well as a pair of vaulting / fob riders. The picayune ass did a skillful project of pulling his cart, without looking also enthusiastic, as well as the immature sport horses did some skillful jumping, although I don’t mean value the ane who fired his passenger into the boundary stand upward instead of jumping the boundary would larn extra rations tonight!

The expanse inward forepart of the principal “house” is where the trot upward volition be, as well as nosotros did larn a await at the arena where the eventing dressage would be. Our remove did non know where the cross-country course of written report went as well as nosotros couldn’t run into whatever jumps from the populace areas. The dressage arena stands looked really small, as well as really unopen to the arena. It for sure didn’t await similar a world entitle arena, but hopefully it volition create some world champion tests!

As nosotros travelled back, nosotros heard the deplorable word that Michael Jung’s Sam is out of WEG. Even though I’m supporting some other squad as well as other horses, I can’t aid experience disappointed, equally this Equus caballus is such a degree eventer as well as I so enjoyed watching him the ane as well as exclusively fourth dimension I convey seen him perform before, at Badminton inward 2013. I am but glad that Michael has a worthy replacement.

The grave of Furioso, ane of the most influential stallions that has been based at Haras du Pin, sire of many good performed sports horses over the years. He stood at stud until September 3, 1967, when he died of a ticker set on at the historic menstruum of 28.