A potential buyer before a yearling August 18, 2014 in Deauville (AFP / File / Charly Triballeau)
Normandy, which hosts World Equestrian Games until September 7, is a chosen land of the horse, with an international reputation, but changing facing a recent decline in the number of farms.
“Normandy is a land internationally renowned for horse breeding, “says the Belgian Ingmar De Vos, secretary general of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), told AFP.
The last auctions of future pure gallopers blood in Deauville on 15, 16 and 17 August, confirmed that the region held its rank: in times of crisis, they posted a cheeky up more than 12%. And, besides the emirs of the Middle East, accustomed places, they have attracted new foreign investors from South Africa, Australia and the United States, according Arqana, the organizing agency of the auctions that are at second rank of European yearling sales behind those Tattersalls (Great Britain).
The number of foreign investors’ interest and aim to leave their horses in operation in France, “according to Arqana.
yearling sale Aug. 18 at 20104 Deauville (AFP / File / Charly Triballeau)
And sellers side is a stud Pays d’Auge The Ecurie des Monceaux, who found himself in the spotlight by giving the first day nine yearlings for 4.5 million euros.
For on this earth that he grew many champions, of Ourasi to Ready Cash, the trotter with 40 wins, twice winner of the Grand Prix of America in 2011 and 2012, “the horse is in the DNA of people for a long time,” notes Ingmar De Vos.
Approximately 90,000 horses graze pastures precious Normandy, under the gaze of 9,500 farmers in an industry that shows a turnover of EUR 1.1 billion and generate 12,600 jobs. Beyond the prestigious stud farms in this region, a farmer in five breeds horses, or “twice the national average,” according to the Regional Directorate of Agriculture (DRAAF.)
Here The sale of foals is so much more often than anywhere else, a welcome addition to agricultural income.
Still, if the stock is up slightly since at least 2010, according DRAAF since the beginning of the year, the number of farms declining, especially small
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François Dufour, vice president of the regional council and EELV old door Floor-National Confederation of Peasant, this decline can be explained by the aging of farmers. “The main challenge in the future is the replacement level, access to land and horse breeding for the young.”
Meanwhile, the family of the Emir of Qatar bought three Norman stud the last two years, “a good sign” of the attractiveness of the area and for employment in the sector, according to Nicolas Bourgault, Director of Horse Council of Lower Normandy, breeders association. But some fear a “competition for land.”
yearling sale Aug. 18 at 20104 Deauville (AFP / File / Charly Triballeau)
The price increase projections since privatization from 2009 activity “reproduction” previously provided by the National Stud, also contributed to the difficulties of small farmers, says Dufour. And it is added to that of raw materials. The challenge is also to “develop cooperation” between farmers in the activity “reproduction” of horses for the projections remain accessible, says the elected.
Another challenge for equine Normandy, beyond livestock, is to learn to sell sport horses (Horse Show) to canvass foreign buyers, according to Mr. Bourgault. “For racehorses (gallop, trot), we are leaders, we know how to sell. For sport horses, one is left behind,” he says. There are nearly 22,500 trotters and gallopers and 20,000 competition horses in Normandy.
In addition, large stud engaged in a legal tussle against a recent legal discharge Guy Dauphin Environment (GDE) close to the Haras du Pin, Orne, they fear it is polluting their land.
the “Versailles of the horse,” Haras du Pin, himself, expects “large investments, “according to the producers. Local elected in 2012 had denounced his “dilapidated” behind the beautiful facades.
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