Locations

Under Louis XIV, the National Stud are created by Colbert to organize an expansion of French horse breeding to ensure sufficient reserves horses of the king's armies. They will be removed in 1790 by the revolution and restored by Napoleon 1st in 1806 for the same purposes in cavalry than its predecessors. The National Stud Saintes is created in 1846 in the Second Empire style. It has long been for the development and preservation of the various French breeds horses, and thus, reproduction and identification thereof. Today, the National Stud Saintes part of the network of the French Institute of horses and riding that unfolds throughout France with 22 National Stud and the Cadre Noir of Saumur. Like the other sites of the institute present in every region of France, the National Haras de Saintes contributes to the professionalisation of the sector activities and horse riding.