Welcome

Bénédicte and Patrice Nogues welcome you to the Ecurie de la Cassoire stables and pony club website.

Our stables are situated in an impressive 30 ha, bordered by bridlepaths through the Saint Guihen woods with its spring.

The manor at La Cassoire, which dates from the XVIth Century, was originally surrounded by a moat.

Since 2005, the La Cassoire site has been an equestrian centre which affords everyone the opportunity to develop according to their level and their age, from the infant section of the Pony Club to the rider at professional competition level.
Our efforts have paid off : the stables and pony club were awarded the quality mark “EcoleFrançaised’Equitation’’ (French Riding School) in January 2008.  Following an audit in March 2009, La Cassoire gained the ‘’label de qualitéEcurie de Competition” (quality mark for Competition Stables).
Watch our animated photo slideshow here for a view of our facilities (you can get it in high definition by clicking on HQ) :




Facilities

• Club House
• 3 outdoor sand manèges
• Indoor arena
• 28 stalls
• Paddocks
• Secured Fields (29 ha)
• Picnic area at the Saint-Guihen spring

Staff

• Patrice Nogues : BEES2 Instructor, professionalrider
• Catherine Couëdel : PonyInstructor
• Marion Larnicol : BEES1 Assessor
• Bénédicte Nogues : Director of Development, BPJEPS

The BEES stands for “Brevet d’Etatd’EducateurSportif”, i.e. a state certificate for sports instructors.
The BPJEPS stands for the Brevet Professionnel de la Jeunesse, de l’EducationPopulaireet du Sport, i.e. the professional certificate for the instruction of sport for youth and adult education.

Activités

• Beginners’ courses, school groups, Special Needs
• Competition
• Coaching
• Excursions for all levels – countryside, beach
• Vaulting
• Carriage driving
• All types of boarding (meadow, working, retirement)
• Rehabilitation
• Breaking-in, Blondeau method