Stud farm of the Rouquilles, Breeder of Merens in the Couserans in Ariege

To the Domestic stud farm of the Rouquilles, the raising of the Merens is a leisure drives with professionalism. Him is a real feature of union between the three generations off a family of united enthusiasts around Etienne the big father.
The mares are selected on the sweetness of their character and mated with stallions, who improve the suppleness of the colts and their capacities of utilization under the saddle. The horses are raised there and trained with love.
Come to appreciate them and to share our passion.

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ll colts been born of these reasoned matings are manipulated since the birth. The mares play a primordial role then and are our faithful allies in the education of the colts.
	Since the first instants we privilege with the colts, a relation of confidence, who will guide them all their life.
During 8 months, until the severance, the colts accompanied by their mothers, will evolve on the big spaces of the domestic property. During this period, they learn the rules of dominance and subordination that reign within the herd. These notions are primordial for the continuation of the schooling, achieved by the riders of the stud farm of the Rouquilles.
	At the time of the severance, the good manners their are learned in the mutual respect : to give the feet, to turn in tether, to go up in a truck, to accept the brushing and the shower. This setting in confidence is the cement of the relation between our horses and the future riders.
To one year, they are accustomed to a very light saddle in the circle of tether. They learn to to answer to of the simple orders: not, trot, gallop, stop, to join the trainer in the center of the career. All this work is done in total liberty, that will facilitate the work of "debourrage" thereafter.
	During their second year, work in liberty is prolonged to teach them to answer at the voice and without constraint. During all this training we have a lot of regards to the pleasure that our horses take during work, to incite them to give the best of themselves.
At the time of the "debourrage" achieved at three years old, they accept the rider without difficulty. This work consists in teaching to the horses to walk with the step, to trot, to gallop, to stop without constraint to the rider's orders. The success of this stage is the fruit of the perfect knowledge of our horses and the complicity established at the time of the first years. We grant a big importance to achieve ourselves this training, that is primordial for the mental balance of the horses.
	In the stud farm of the Rouquilles the preparation of the horses goes beyond of the simple "debourrage" ; When the level of the horses is judged sufficient, they leave in jaunt in direction from the CASTRUM. This walk on a steep place, loaded of history, sometimes increase the rate of adrenaline of the riders; but the mental of the young horses and their innate sense of the balance, their permit to clear this difficulty without clutters.
This schooling in outside is completed by the familiarization of the horses to the stress of the modern life.
	They learn to master their instinct in all circumstances thus: the crossing of road, underground passage, footbridge, etc...
The preparation of our horses pass also by more perilous exercises to put them at the disposal of riders either confirmed starting.
	All this education and the complicity between the rider and its setting find their outcome in the eradication of the ancestral fear of fire.
The involvement to tests of TREC permits to appreciate the mental blameless of our Merens and to complete their formation.
	This work of selection and schooling adapted to the conditions of use in outside is rewarded at the time of the contests of the three years gone up, of the tests of labialization organized by the Stud farms and the places of honors gotten at the time of the departmental TREC.

Marlene's artistic sense, Julie, Thierry, and their passion for the schooling drove them to raise the challenge to achieve a spectacle with horses been born at the Stud farm of the Rouquilles. Work and the professionalism of this small troop known as stage of ALEGRIA allow them to coast the biggest names of the equestrian spectacle, LIBERTINE with the whole horse and the LILI who mare are born and have been raised to the Stud farm of the Rouquilles.

Thierry, Marlene and Julie with Max Hasta Luego	The Alegria troop in Company of Lucien Gruss
	During this spectacle, Thierry, Marlene and Julie, propose one moment of enchantment with the Black Princes of Ariege in an equestrian ballet inspired of the folklore Andalusia.
In this high presentation in Thierry color and LIBERTIN are charmed by Marlene's bewitching dances.
	they join her, start a stage of seduction rhythm zed by a Spanish music then.
Marlene notes all its talents to seduce the Libertin and Thierry.
	But Julie, envy this newborn idyll enters in stage with LILI to hunt the attractive Andalusia. A ride "endiable" follows.
It is then the evocation of the passion who unites Thierry and Julie, the harmony of the seduction with the charm, the looks accomplices and the music that give rhythm the equestrian faces.
	The final is the moment of the reconciliation between Thierry, Marlene and Julie, who solicit a last time the stallion and the mare to accomplish the ultimate virtuosities...
... and to greet the public.

This presentation is the work of riders amateurs and volunteers. It puts in stage a whole horse and a mare of the same age. It requires a flat space covered of grass or sand, four boxing, an access to an electric installation and to a sound.