It lies at the centre of an immense clearing, occupying all of its 79 acres 32 hectares. Quality shops and restaurants in the surrounding villages keep tourists coming. The region is also renowned for its excellent conditions for rearing the famous Limousin breed. The estate, situated at an altitude of metres, benefits from good local rainfall.
Thanks to its large, curved cirque shape and the collection of run-off water, it is completely self-sufficient in water for its equine activities. So it's the perfect place to keep horses, or even other large herbivores, subject to certain conditions. It is therefore easily accessible for guests, whether they are horsemen and women or families looking for a break in the heart of nature. Historically used for cattle rearing, the property has been transformed into a horse-breeding estate over the last fifteen years.
The originality of this estate lies in the fact that it operates according to the concept of accommodation that respects the fundamental needs of horses and the environment. This method provides equines with an environment that is close to the natural environment in order to fully satisfy their physiological, psychological and social needs: locomotion encouraged, diversity of soils and richness of the natural, prairie and floral environment, without overgrazing. On the estate, horses have permanent access to equestrian tracks, which criss-cross the estate and lead to different pastures.
These are opened or closed depending on the level of grazing, so the horses have to move around to feed themselves or to get to the water troughs in different parts of the estate, just as they would in complete freedom.
Good management of these movements means that the horses can live outdoors all year round, while at the same time freeing up haymaking capacity. The area required to fully apply the method is 3 to 5 hectares per horse. In addition, run-off water is collected via a collection pond, ensuring that the entire property is self-sufficient in water. From the horse's point of view, therefore, this is the highest standard of accommodation, still rare in France but undoubtedly destined to become more widespread in the context of legislation which, in the medium term, could restrict confinement in boxes and impose life in freedom and in social groups, as is already the case in Switzerland.
