A day of discovery of the horse in Vaumicel

One Sunday, the Vaumicel equestrian club, in Vierville-sur-Mer, hosted a "meeting and discovery" day organized by the FDSEA and the ADTLB. These meetings had the general theme of rural activities; this one put the horse in the spotlight.

The newspaper evoked the haras, riders and breeding of the Bessin. At the Vaumicel, both a farm, castle and equestrian club, Bellaigue's family has been working with horses for several generations, with a specialty in harnessing. She offered initiation and improvement to recreational horseback riding, hitching school with English carts and running hunts.

A twenty-animal pony club was aimed at five- to twelve-year-olds, with hikes and games on the beach. For twelve to twenty years old, an equestrian center of thirty training and sports horses offered internships and holiday hikes, rides in a merry-go-round or quarry, introduction to dressage and show jumping, preparation for federal exams and learning to ride in the Amazon.

The organizers had preferred a flexible open-door formula to a rigid program. Baptisms on horseback, carriage rides and visits to the facilities were made on request. At noon, a picnic of Norman products brought together the participants, including about thirty interns staying at the club.

The next day, dedicated to crafts, was announced on Thursday, August 2, with an appointment at 10 a.m. at Balleroy Town Hall.

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