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When it opens in spring 2009,
the Domaine du Stang equestrian farm will be one of
the largest and best equipped livery yards in the
West of France. Set in 140 acres of private and
enclosed land, just two miles from the ocean, the
yard will offer full executive livery service to co-owners
of the Domaine du Stang and their horses - provided
by a top quality on-site team.
The highest standard
Our full equestrian
facilities will feature 60 stalls for Domaine du
Stang owners’ horse boarding. Three outdoor schools
and an olympic
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size indoor
arena with adapted soil, galloping track, cross country
track, waste territories for promenade and spacious paddocks
will be in place to be used for work and pleasure.
A qualified team made up of a
yard manager, a head groom and 3 to 6 grooms (depending on
need) and a veterinary nurse will be on the premises to
assist in care and work of horses, and assure an adequate
follow-up in the owners' absence. Five miles of trails, wash
rack, member tack rooms and conditioned central space for
feed and storage and over 60 acres of pasture (improved
meadow grass) for romping or grazing.
Livery will be opened to
non-Domaine du Stang horses - depending on availability.
Facilities & health
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Horses will enjoy the
spacious quality of 4m x 4m box stalls, all equipped
with rubber mats, fresh pine shavings, and automated
regulated waterers that can be heated if necessary
during the cold winter months. Boxes will be done
daily, additional clean up before each feeding.
Stables will be designed with improved ventilation
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24/7 groom presence for maximum security
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24/7 Web cam (see your horse anytime, from anywhere)
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Automatic marcher for 4 horses, regulation at 3 allures,
inclinations, different speeds
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Infra red lamps, 5 separated places
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Fully equipped douches, internal and external, with
regulated temperature and water pressure
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Magnetic blankets, two magnetic boxes
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Dentist and osteopathy on demand
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Strict worming policy: all horsed wormed on admission,
kept separate for 10 days to help prevent infections
being brought into the yard, and then join the regular
yard worming routine
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For the riders:
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Heated tack room fully equipped with saddle
racks and bridle pegs
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Toilets, shower and changing facilities
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Personal locker facility
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Kitchen with complimentary range of coffees,
teas and hot drinks
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Installations & tracks
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Grand manege (olympic size, sunlit), soil
adapted for dressage exercises, daily evened,
maintained in constant condition. Possibility to
install obstacles and systems of obstacle.
Warmed in cold season.
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Two outdoor dressage schools, soil adapted for
use in all seasons
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A grand jumping school, soil adapted for use in
all seasons
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Galloping Track, rounding up the estate, fenced
track to gallop horses in 100% security on an
adapted and regularly checked and evened sandy
surface.
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Cross country track, includes several fixed
obstacles, opened on special request
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Promenade area, with 5 miles of field and forest
trails without special covering, but regularly
surveyed with alert marks if needed
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Over 60 acres of paddock and pasture (improved
meadow grass) for romping or grazing enclosed
with 3-board fences. Each of our pastures has
automated water. Each paddocks to vary in size
from small turnouts suitable for the horse who
needs limited space, to pastures with 4-6 acres
in which horses may graze and roam as they
please. Horses periodically rotated from each
pasture in an effort to preserve the grazing
value in each area.
All
inclusive executive livery service
The team will be responsible
for complete horse care, doing everything from mucking out,
cleaning tack and daily grooming. Horses will also be
exercised as per owners' requirements. If required, horses
will be presented to owners fully tacked, fully groomed.
Livery will include:
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Full
daily muck out
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Bedded on top quality barley straw (shavings on
request)
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Unlimited amount of superior meadow haylage
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Hard
feed to suit individual requirements
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Best
quality feed including, various quality
complements
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Daily
grooming including foot care
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Turn
out 7 days per week
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Rugs,
boots and numnahs washed
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Courses with trainer on request
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Night
blanketing
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Smith
services
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Assistance with vet/blacksmith/physioMise
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We will also organise riding and dressage clinics
with the leading trainers French, European and
international trainers and riders - for the primary
benefit of Domaine du Stang co-owners. The clinics
will be opened to the general public depending on
availability.
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Polo |
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Given the feasibility
of creating outdoor polo fields, a private polo team
stable could be set up on the estate.
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Equine hydrotherapy |
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An equine swimming pool, with regulation of current
and temperature, involving only one person
assistance to exercise a horse will also be
available. We are also contemplating the possibility
of creating a full blow equine hydrotherapy centre
on the estate.
Horse osteopathy & dentistry
We maintain close partnership with leading French
specialists in horse osteopathy, as well as one of
so far very few horse dentists operating in Europe -
ensuring a uniquely safe environment for your horse.
Riding, a production line of French sport champions
French sport has often been able to rely on its
riders to find the way on to world and Olympic
podiums. The result of a long tradition, and even
more of a sound national organization for horse-riding.
Read on
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