An apparent calm reigns in the long building of the prestigious stable.
Only the clicking of hooves on the ground and a few snorts sometimes disturb the silence of this series of alcoves from which emanates a mixture of odors of animals, hay and manure.
Two hours before entering the ring for the big Musicales gala, the horses of the Cadre noir de Saumur are in full preparations at the end of October.
Behind the sliding gate of box number 2, Themis is grumbling a little.
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing,” Maylis reassures her, patting the muscular neck of the dark bay mare.
Perched on a small bench, the 26-year-old caregiver, music in her ears to better concentrate, engages in a delicate exercise: French braiding.
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