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Bring Horse Presence to your place.

Horse Presence does not need to own every place where horses live. We imagine a growing number of places where horses live freely and people can meet them without the horse becoming a service provider.

What could a Horse Presence place be?

Every place will be different.

A private horse home.
A piece of agricultural land.
A place open to visitors.
A research site.
A community project.
An existing sanctuary or herd.
Or something we haven't imagined yet.

Three words

What we mean by them

Free: The horse lives according to its nature: it moves, meets others and goes away, without being shut in. The manure stays on the land. Where there are enough trees, no shelter or stable is needed. Depending on the location, part of the food can come from the land itself, so less has to be brought in. At the same time, how much fresh green the horses eat each day has to be watched, and they must not eat green carobs, so sometimes part of the land has to be closed off.
Semi-free: A large shared area with real boundaries: fences that keep the horses safe and the neighbours calm. The manure has to be cleared. Shade and shelters let the horses hide from the wind and rain. Almost all of the food comes from outside.
Living-only: Nothing is required of them. No work, no lessons, no performance. Anything beyond living happens only if the horse chooses it. Each horse has the right to refuse, and respecting that right is our responsibility.

In every case, a separate, roofed shelter that can be closed is needed: a place where a horse that falls ill can recover alone and in peace.

The principle

Make room for Horses. Make room for Life.

A Horse Presence place begins with creating the conditions in which horses can live according to their nature. Human access, experiences, education, research and economic activity come afterwards, and respect each horse's right to refuse participation.

The order matters

The horse lives.
People value being in its presence.
That value is paid for, in money or in other ways.
What is contributed helps keep the place, and makes room for more horses.

Never the other way round, where visitors want something and horses have to work for them. The horses are not the attraction. They are the reason the place exists.

We are interested in

Existing horse places
Landowners
Agricultural projects
Sanctuaries
Communities
Rural properties
Researchers
Organisations
People with an idea

This is not a franchise

We are not offering a ready-made franchise. The model is still being developed. We are looking for people and places interested in exploring what it could become.

Tell us about your placeWhat helps us understand

Your name and where you are.
What you have: land, horses, a project.
What you are imagining.
Your email.

What it takes for a place to last

Ways to give are being set up. Until then, write to us and we will tell you how.

How to take part

What is the presence of a horse worth to a human being? Is that value enough to respect its natural existence?

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