Wednesday morning 04/29/2015

Eventing
Today, we experimented eventing! More than 3 hectares of obstacles, created entirely by Mr Tenente Manuel Henriques with his students.

This was very scaring for most of our riders. Eleven daredevil wanted to do the crash-test! Still so gallants, our Portuguese penfriends did the warm-up of our horses. Mrs Faille rode a male as good as Seen'C (both horses love to jump! -> did you feel the irony in that sentance?)

Five others horses, very nice, didn't suffer so much of the initiation to eventing of our riders! A great experience, not even one fall, despite some frights, they are ready to do it again!

Visit of the Alter Do Chao stud farm
Then, we officially thanked our hosts with our hamper made with regional products, from the shop of the farm in our school. Our 3 wonderful teachers even had the pleasant surprise to receive one scarf of the EPDRAC school! A bottle of olive oil will be brought back to France for Mrs Labaune : the Portuguese really know ho to receive!

Let's continue the day with the visit of the Alter Do Chao stud farm. They have very few horses: only 400 ;) and their wonderful facilities are huge! Each type of horse has his own stable:
-one dedicated to Alter Real stallions of 3 years-old, educated by horsemen, as well for cart and for saddle. They are polyvalent those cute horses!
-one reserved for mares, educated by the students
-one for the broodmares which will be inseminated

-the last one with the horses for work

They even afford theirselves the luxury of a full-time veterinary!

The shop of the farm
After a long (very long) negociation, we convinced our funny ladies to buy gifts for all people involved in the project. We emptied the shop where it was the first time there were so much people! Their revenue exploded!

Riddle for French: what does it mean ?

NB: Quote from Winston Churchill, who was, according to our students, the king of the United States! LOL