Normandie Driving & Riding

Normandie Driving & Riding Est 1971, ze family farm, is the only full-time breeder committed to the exceptional Normandy Cob ❤

15/10/2025

We've had so many enquiries about Kandy, it's been difficult to keep up; spare 3 minutes to see extreme traffic, schooling, beauty, brains & of course some fun 😁 ♥️ 💪🐴

A very rare opportunity. One of our horses is available in the UK 🇬🇧 We remain her owners currently.Kandy is almost 6yrs...
12/10/2025

A very rare opportunity. One of our horses is available in the UK 🇬🇧 We remain her owners currently.

Kandy is almost 6yrs old, 15.2hh. She's young, but not green. She's been educated by us; to the standard you have come to expect. Kandy has also benefited from schooling. She's up to date with everything & has passed 5 stage vetting.

Her price is what you'd expect to pay for a Jouvin educated Normandy Cob with her whole life ahead of her.

Please; absolutely no time wasters 🙏
Direct contact only. You can message us here, or via email; [email protected] or you can contact our entrusted guardian of her;

Hannah Brown 07912 360423 (Preston)

Videos of her in extraordinarily challenging work available. She's kind & also very willing ❤️ goes without saying, but right home absolutely essential.

Bon Dimanche wished to our friends.
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05/10/2025

Our little Toby has left ze farm. His mum already has one of our Normandy Cobs (one can never have too many) Toby is 5, so by our standards just a baby. He's 15.1h & as you can see; loaded like a dream as per...
He's a Normandy/Selle cross. The pleasure has been all ours these past 5yrs ❤️
Bye bye Toby Jug; short, round & happy!

Well, that's that then; Kandy & Kamino on their way to their glorious new lives. So happy for them & their new mums. The...
11/09/2025

Well, that's that then; Kandy & Kamino on their way to their glorious new lives. So happy for them & their new mums. They will be landing in the veritable clover 🍀 🥰
Many thanks to Malaga International Horse Transport & 'Auntie' Dawn Hardy horsey B&B, & for the extra special care you all take of our precious cargo ❤️ 🇫🇷

Next to be leaving us; our golden boy (in all ways) is Kamino our Palamino rare NC cross. Collected in & then his vettin...
10/09/2025

Next to be leaving us; our golden boy (in all ways) is Kamino our Palamino rare NC cross. Collected in & then his vetting passed. Absolute little poppet, love all our furbies, but this lad will always have a special place in our hearts. From foal to flying the nest. Mind you, his new nest is as magnificent as he is. Kamino, has found the home he truly merits. Congratulations to his new mum 🥰
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Appropriately named; 'Kandy' 15.2hh, 5yrs old & the sweetest little girl. Kandy, like all of our horses, will never deli...
06/09/2025

Appropriately named; 'Kandy' 15.2hh, 5yrs old & the sweetest little girl. Kandy, like all of our horses, will never deliberately do you any harm. Why? Because the education was right. She's kind, she's curious, she's soft & she's gentle. The Normandy Cob is so versatile. Her extended trot is magnificent, fine limbs but with plenty of bone & most importantly of all; a very logical brain. You simply can not beat a NC if you want safe hacking, jumping, dressage or carriage driving. Such a special unique, small breed. 🇫🇷
Kandy will shortly be leaving us to a former client, whom we consider a friend. And my goodness me, is she going to be loved! Just as she's always been...There is a WORLD of difference between a Dealers yard & a dedicated breeders home ❤️

A tale of 4 seasons, 1 horse & the rhythm of ze farm; we appreciate that not everyone has the land available to gaze at ...
21/08/2025

A tale of 4 seasons, 1 horse & the rhythm of ze farm; we appreciate that not everyone has the land available to gaze at your horse through the kitchen window; however...

What we don't do;
Is clip their winter coats ( they're not in full-time work UNTIL we have identified the RIGHT home)
We do not shampoo & set them during the winter months. We do not want them catching a chill.
Neither do we spend our time making them look pretty; we far too many horses. The care of them takes up all of our time.

What we do provide;
Free range outdoors time 24/7/365 (though we've stables to help our horses become used to livery conditions)
Winter months they have unlimited quality hay from untreated fields.
Recognise that in late spring, their coats are at rock bottom, they are itching to get on the green stuff, but we must wait just a little...
Turn them out into vast fields from May until as late as is possible.
Leave them always to roam & interact in mixed herds. Allow them to develop however long it takes.

If you visit on the last knockings of the winter months, expect to see them at their most shabby (though NEVER hungry)

If you get over some wind knots, mud & a hay belly; you're welcome. If not, then waste no ones time. We want visitors who appreciate that everything we do is for the equines best interests. We concern ourselves with the mental & physical well-being of the horse.

Finally, here is Kamino the Palamino rising 6, clearly an NC cross, I'm sure you've done your homework & know that the Normandies only come in 3 official colours...but who cares 🤷‍♀️ he can't read his passport & magnificence such as this is hard to find ❤️
Fit, healthy, gentle with a great brain & born in to us as a babling in an adjacent paddock.

Whilst horses & humans on ze farm are a peaceable lot & we are open to debate & discussion, we draw the line at vile lan...
09/08/2025

Whilst horses & humans on ze farm are a peaceable lot & we are open to debate & discussion, we draw the line at vile language & abusive mindless statements. We will block you... For the record, never once have we moaned about traffic. Quite the opposite in fact, it's just a means to show how willing our horses are after months of gradual exposure; with the locals assisting us ☺️

Anyway, a peaceful post of the horse in question; Normandy Cob/Selle cross, 15 yrs, 15.3hh (and clearly indifferent about heavy traffic) available to the right home & only the right home. 🙏

07/08/2025

Bloody hell 🙈 our last traffic video ended up as veritable outright war on the comments 🤯 so just to set the record straight; ideally neither a well educated horse, nor well educated rider nor a lorry driver need to go into a blind panic. However! When the smallest village in Normandy (or maybe even France) installs traffic calming measures, there is no harm in stepping to politely to one side. After all; manners maketh man, horse & for the antagonists 😘

Our blue & white roans have been with us since they were babies. 15.1hh, rising 5. Can not understate just how marvellou...
26/07/2025

Our blue & white roans have been with us since they were babies. 15.1hh, rising 5. Can not understate just how marvellous these two are. Toby is featured here. He's a very happy horse, very kind, just incredibly nice, honest & an absolute pleasure to be around. Any home would be lucky to have him. Often people advertise young horses have seen it all. Often this is simply untrue. However, never once have we lied...& this little fellow is in a class of his own. 🥕 better value than the UK, but then again, we're talking about our reputation speaks loud & clear & we hold it very dear ❤️

26/07/2025

How can we produce braver, calmer horses?

Something a bit different from us; two superb, sane geldings, 15.1hh rising 5. Draft/Selle horse crosses. They've been w...
23/07/2025

Something a bit different from us; two superb, sane geldings, 15.1hh rising 5. Draft/Selle horse crosses. They've been with us for a long time; in order to grow up, to have our foundation education & learn our way of life.
We are NOT in and out merchants...
They've worked in heavy traffic & ticked our boxes. For us, it's about the brains. If they're with us, there's a good reason for that. They would suit a family who can put on the finishing buttons & want options open for schooling. Open to any vetting, nothing to hide. Comments ARE followed, please feel free to message us for 🥕 🇫🇷

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