“The horse is beautiful because he’s a horse, not because he does stuff. The good trainer is the one who guides the horse to its true nature.”
FRANCIS REBEL
BEES3, former rider of the Cadre Noir de Saumur, after passing on his experience as Technical Director of the SHN and then as National Pony Coach of the FFE, he was Sports Director at the Etrier de Paris and also Head of the Equestrian Centre at the Haras de la Cense.
If his passion is to make you jump, he attaches great importance to the dressage and to the locomotion of each horse.
A huge thank you to Francis who is particularly involved in our project, ensuring the solidity of essential and all too rare knowledge, but also his positive spirit and his good mood!
LUCIEN GRUSS
Independent equestrian artist, rider and écuyer.
Coming from the circus world which he left many years ago, Lucien Gruss has dedicated himself for more than 2 years to teaching and equestrian training. He travels frequently in France and Europe.What makes Lucien Gruss special is that he is "unclassifiable". He is certainly a trainer and rider, but when people around him, his friends or close friends are asked which discipline he prefers and in which he excels, they all answer unanimously: "the language of the horse". A journalist recently said of him that his father Alexis Sr. "passed on to him the 'untransferable', i.e. exceptional equestrian tact".
Many thanks also to Lucien for his involvement in our first challenges and for bringing us his sharp eye and his passion for classical riding.
françoise fromet
It was at the age of 11 and a half that Françoise Fromet learned horseback riding from an instructor who had recently graduated from Saumur and who was quickly assisted by Adjudant Chef Massue, one of Colonel Margot's favourite students whom she met much later and who kindly accepted to answer her questions.
This classical training continued in Saumur where she benefited from the courses of various écuyers of the Cadre Noir : Patrick Le Rolland, Jean-Marie Donard, Colonel de Boisfleury, Colonel de Ladoucette and General Durand who confirmed her in her search for the right horse.
emilie haillot
"I love the vibration that comes from the movement and the emotion of a free horse, an emotion I seek to find under the saddle." After a classical training from the age of 3 years old to competition in dressage at A8 level, Emilie is particularly interested in equestrian art and biomechanics.
She gave us the pleasure at our first event to present a lecture entitled "postures and locomotion" with a focus on neck extension.
olivia juste
Specialized dressage rider.
Trained for 3 years with Catherine and Michel Henriquet, then 3 years with Julie Lavergne, where she had the chance to share some of Doctor Pradier's experience.
All these people enabled her to acquire solid luggage, she was able to combine lightness and gymnastics, with a thorough knowledge of the biomechanics of the horse and its locomotion.
During our first edition, Olivia presented us how her gymnastics work with Cluain allowed us to optimize the locomotion and the paces of this Connemara pony.