With Spring in the air, we have much to tell…
Infrastructure
- The fields have been ploughed, new pastures planted, and the planned open circuit is complete. The horses are running free and the ranch look and feel is firmly in place.
- The vegetable patch has been fully fertilised and tilled and we will be starting to plant next week.
- Our original Irish Gypsy caravan (her name is Rosa) has arrived and we are now in a position to “comfortably” accommodate six people here and a further eight 20 minutes away.
The Magnificent Seven
- Nessie, a 2-year-old Shetland pony, has joined the herd. She is adjusting and finding her place.
- Zulu has for a variety of reasons been renamed Moon River.
- Nimrod has also been renamed Nemo, post research revealing that the King of Babylon was a ruthless dictator. We now find that we are frequently looking for him.
- All of the other horses are healthy and doing well and the horse dentist came for the biannual check up.
The Seven Samurai
- Raphaelle Bourguignon is Head of Business Development.
- Lucas Stephen has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer.
- Anais Tapin has joined us as Chief Horse Officer.
- Robin Maret continues as Chief Technology and Financial Officer.
- Emilie Lameloise is our Chief Horse Trainer.
- Silja Gerber has also joined this team and her exact role is to be defined.
Clients
- We are delivering on our existing contract with Clubhouse in Marseille and are expanding our offering as well as geographically with Lyon and Paris.
- Ongoing conversations with Ramsay Sante.
- Interest is being shown from across the Channel.
- Partnerships are being put in place in Japan, Tobago and Ireland.
Finance
Our new annual budget and therefore target is €150k and to achieve this we need to ;
- raise additional funds from existing donors
- secure new funding with additional sponsors
- plan a fundraising event for later this year
