Amandine
Amandine first came to Cessy as a privately owned pony. She was with us for a few years, and then moved away. Later, her owner contacted us and asked if we would have her...
Anky
Anky was bought with a few other ponies in the Dijon area. We never really knew for sure where they came from...
Apache
Apache was bought at the age of around 6 years. He was at a neighbouring farm, along with Shetlands Kerry and Kildare...
Belle
Belle was literally abandoned at Belle Ferme. Her owners arrived with her and kept her with us for several months...
Bertie
Bertie came from the same English family as French. Today it’s lovely to see them both together retired ...
Bouba
In 2017 when he arrived at Belle Ferme for a trial at the age of 8, Bouba seemed just the right sort of horse for our riding school...
Braendy du Bel Air CH
Braendy was given to us when considered no longer good or young enough to earn her living in a nearby pony club in Switzerland...
Catrie des Molasses
Catrie was born in Grilly at Ferme des Molasse. She was bought as a 3 year old by our groom at the time, Christophe. Ridden and competed by Christophe, she then stayed on with us when he left. Catrie became the most lovely, safe, gentle riding school horse anyone could dream of...
Ceraki
Like Champion, Ceraki came to Belle Ferme via the same dealer. We were looking for a pony for a client, and he came along...
Champion
Champion was bought to us by a dealer. He was already 15 years old, and we were told he had been a super...
Chloé
Chloe was presented to us off the back of a horse dealer’s lorry that drove into the farm one day. She was unloaded ...
Choco
Choco came from the dealer who sometimes found horses and ponies for us, before the days of the Internet! He was a very energetic little pony, whose accelerating system worked better than his brakes!...
Cola
Cola was bought without even seeing her from coming across an add for horses for sale in Ireland ...
Da Luna
Da Luna was bought at an auction in Germany as a 3-year-old dressage horse. She won many prizes as a young horse, ...
Dafné
Dafné was bought for Pierre, Lyn’s stepson. He was a really super eventing pony, and Pierre successfully competed him in jumping and dressage, but mainly eventing...
Duke
Duke was bought by a Belle Ferme horse owner who had unfortunately lost her previous horse...
Figaro
Figaro has been an amazing asset to Belle Ferme for many years! He is also the sort of pony who if you don’t stop him...
Freddie
Freddie came from a near by field, where he lived with a few carthorses. We never quite knew at the time why they wanted to sell him, ...
French
French was given to us by an English family who lived it the middle of France. The owner had brought him over from the UK...
Fuego
Fuego came to us when he was just a year old. He belonged to an elderly man who liked him very much, but ...
Furioso
Fufu was Rachel’s first pony. He competed with Rachel for a few years, and then was ridden by Belle Ferme riders for many years...
Ginger
Ginger was bought at a horse sale in France. Having never been to this type of sale before, it was quite a sight ...
Grenadine
Grenadine came to us at the age of 5, looking quite overweight and underworked. A few years later, we came across ...
Harvest
We bought Harvest as a one year old. He grew up with the pony he decided to adopt as his mother(!), namely Mystere...
Hercule
Hercule came to belle ferme with Chloe and Choco, sold to us by a local horse dealer. He was most probably underfed when young...
Jamaïque
Jamaique as we call her was bought from someone quite special to us, a groom in the stables where Angela learned to ride, ...
Joker
Joker was for many years a privately owned horse in a near by stable. He was mainly a horse who did dressage ...
Joy XIV
Joy was sold to us by a friend, along with Kookai. Both of them were seen at an animal fair ...
Karachi
Karachi arrived at Belle Ferme as quite an old man already!
Kerry
Kerry was found in a neighbouring dairy farm. Bought for the farmer’s children, who had no interest in ponies, the famer contacted us to buy Kerry and her foal. We had already rescued a small horse from him, so we went to look...
Kosmos
Kosmos was bred to be a fine show jumping horse. At the age of 4, however, he had a crack in the wall of his hoof, from the top downwards...
Looping
Looping came from near Dijon. He was really not in very nice state when we first saw him...
Melody
Melody has been a super kind, hard-working, energetic mare. She has always had perfect manners and outstanding behaviour...
Mirka
Mirka was bought from a pony club in Nantua, not far from home. We were looking for some Shetland ponies to buy, and we did need a bigger pony too, ...
Mystere III
Mystere was bought at the age of 1 year, from Sergy. Her name was Sultane, but we knew so many with the same name that we renamed her...
Nutz
Nutz was bought by one of our (at the time!) little riders, Estelle. He was bought as a jumping competition pony and was forward going and energetic...
Rufus
Rufus was bought along with Saxo, Kazimir and Mirka. It wasn’t our intention to buy him, but when leading the other three from the field ...
Saxo
Black Magic, whom we affectionately call “Saxo”, was actually bought because we had an idea to set up a Shetland Pony Games team! ...
Silly Girl
Silly Girl never actually deserved such a name! She has been the most willing, hard-working, and generous pony one could imagine...
Silver Star
Silver Star, or Star for short, was bought in Lelex in the Jura. He came with his best friend Arrow (on the drive home, they were named Silver Star and Silver Arrow)...
Tippa
Tulipe Varfeuil known to us as “Tippa” was bred and born in nearby Crassy, a trotter race horse stable. At the age of 2 years, she harnessed up and prepared for racing, however, she wasn’t fast enough round the bends, ...
Troïka
Troika arrived at Belle Ferme as she was sold along with Redzina de Lassus. As she had most probably been used for racing ...
