PONY CLUB-CAMP CHIT CHAT – ECOLO’S STORY

This is Ecolo.

He was born on 24th June 1992 at the stud farm of Monsieur Jacques Chevalier in Dinard, France. He was a French champion 3-day Eventer but he was shipped down to Spain as part of a job-lot, his days of winning competitions in France over.

He was only 11 years old, sick and out of condition, when Liz and David bought him. Quiet and easy to ride he seemed quite a gentleman. Liz’s vet put him on antibiotics followed by vitamins and soon he was a different horse – just dying to jump again. Within no time he was flying over 1.30 m hurdles winning big competitions all over S.E. Spain until, that is, travelling got too much for him and it became clear that he was in pain. He was diagnosed as having chronic arthritis and navicular disease.


So that was the end of competition and Ecolo became META Nº1 Schoolmaster.

In the 3 years we’ve been riding at META Ecolo has taught most of us to walk and trot, some of us to canter and jump. We look after him and he loves to jump when we have our shows. He doesn’t work so much these days. He’s now 17, still a winner though.


Georgia, Georgina, Chloe, Kayleigh and Sophie