The year 2025 is coming to an end...

The year 2025 was not the easiest. Unfortunately, our stallion Camborio, purchased at the beginning of the year, was not approved by the breed's Stud Book for breeding (we will refrain from commenting on the reasons for the refusal...).

The breeding season was not easy; the "stud fees" budget had gone into the stallion, so we still had to find solutions to be able to inseminate our mares in the spring of 2025, and clearly that wasn't in their plans... A complicated season, even when all the right elements were in place, the pregnancies did not take place...

We would like to thank the breeders and stallion owners for their trust. Camborio has finally found a new family and is now living happily in the pasture with other horses.

The birthing season was also incredibly high quality, but with a testosterone level!!

Only 1 filly for 9 colts!! They are all more beautiful and gentle than the next, surely a sign of destiny, a foregone conclusion; some must remain at the stud farm to ensure the future of breeding. As the months go by, our choices are made, some have found wonderful families, and with this post we sincerely thank the clients who have trusted us again this year to acquire their foals. We wish you much happiness with them.

Our foal, PINTADO VMD, was found this summer in a pasture with an eye injury (a thorn was lodged in his eye). He had to undergo emergency surgery, but fortunately his eye was saved, and today he is in perfect health. A huge thank you to the Livet Equine Clinic, with whom we have been working for over five years.

One of the most anticipated surprises of the year has arrived! Our riding arena is finished! It's such a joy to be able to take our horses out in a safe place, whatever the weather, without any risk of slipping or anything else – it's fantastic! Next step: the adjoining stables for the comfort of our horses and to make our work easier. Those who know us know that we do things little by little, but taking the time is essential to doing things properly.

The Stud Book confirmation for our three-year-olds, which usually takes place in September/October, was held in December this year. Our two young mares, Maravilla VMD and Petrene's Pearl EV, were approved for breeding. Maravilla VMD received the judge's commendation. They can now begin their breeding careers at our stud farm.

In December, our new stallion also arrived: NIVEUS MAZ . After a 4000 kilometer journey through Spain last June in 47-degree heat, we had finally found our gem!

A superb black PRE stallion. He is approved for breeding, has an impeccable temperament, stands 1.75m tall (you read that right!), and is the sire of magnificent foals.

A stallion ridden in dressage, for leisure riding, and outdoors, also suitable for driving, alone, in pairs, or even in a four-in-hand! NIVEUS is the undisputed lord of the place. A horse fit for a king; charismatic and truly powerful, yet calm. He will be available for your mares from March 2026 for hand breeding and artificial insemination (fresh/chilled semen transported), and will cover our mares in the spring (except Deseada and Pearl).

Well, that's a year that's ending better than it began! We send you our sincerest wishes for the new year. May 2026 bring you joy, success in all your endeavors, and above all, excellent health for you and your loved ones.

Thank you for your trust and loyalty, and we hope to continue sharing our passion for horses, breeding, and excellence with you throughout the coming year. Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous New Year. Yeguada Los Siete Reinos

September came quickly..

Weaning time is fast approaching! Our first foals, already six months old, must say goodbye to their mothers.

Iluminada COTI et Khal Drogo SR, chevaux Pure Race Espagnole de la Yeguada Los Siete Reinos, France.

We hear everything and its opposite about the different weaning methods.

We have tried almost everything, and our experience also guides us over time.

What emerges from this, at least at our farm, is that trying to do a "progressive" weaning is not easy, it is even more stressful for mothers and their young, because they are separated several times, then put back together, then separated again, etc. We have also tried to separate just by putting them in a paddock next to each other, and this also brings stress. The foal sees its mother, cries as soon as she moves away, the mother continues to produce milk (risk of mastitis) because she always sees her foal, who cannot suckle.

For several years now, we have been weaning by quietly taking the mares to further fields, on foot. No whining, the mares know, understand, that it is this time of year, they are incredible, intelligent, real queens.

Some foals don't even see their mother leave, because yes, they have already gained a lot of independence on their own, and only come to their mothers from time to time for a feed.

So yes, after a while the babies understand that mom is not there, but they are surrounded by their aunts, their rhythm of life does not change, and suddenly, it passes very quickly, and the foals do not suffer from it.

This is an important step in the lives of our foals, and it must not be missed. Seeing a foal pacing in front of a fence all day long because he cannot reach his mother, whom he sees and hears, for us, this is not our vision of respect and comfort for the horse.

So it is in the greatest calm that our mares are separated from their babies, then taken away for a few weeks to spend a beautiful autumn between mothers, peacefully.

In September, four of our babies are already weaned, and we continue quietly, two by two, in order to reduce stress as much as possible and let the young ones, not yet old enough to be weaned, grow.

French Championship

Our first and only daughter of Iluminada COTI (our first mare) MARAVILLA VMD, born in 2022, participated this past June 21st in the French Championship of the Purebred Spanish horse, organized by the AECE, the official French Association affiliated with the Stud Book of the Purebred Spanish horse in Spain (ANCCE).

Maravilla, after being broken in last March, went to join the stables of Cristobal Lopez near Arles for her training and preparation.

Mr Lopez' comments: "I would like to have fillies of this quality every day."

Even though Maravilla was not in the Top 3 (in her section there were 8 fillies, several of which came from Spain, among them a mare who was vice-world champion at SICAB).

For a first competition, Maravilla was extremely kind, presented herself well and even her groom was surprised by her easy-going nature and her predisposition to let herself go in all circumstances.

We won't keep you waiting any longer, here are some pictures of Maravilla VMD, who is still the 4th most beautiful fillies born and bred in France!

Maravilla VMD with her handler Cristobal LOPEZ, we thanks him for his perfect work.