Maison Hippo

Find your horse where it's best found.

How it works
You pay the seller's price, nothing on top. We open barns and people you can't reach from abroad. And we show you the France we actually live in.
Maison Hippo

You come for a horse. We make the whole trip count.

Buying a horse in France is a closed world. The right barns, the right people, conversations in French over a handshake. We know that world, and we bring you in. Then we make sure the trip around it is worth the flight.

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The journey

How it works.

You tell us what you're after. We open the barns, ride and vet the right ones, and build the trip around your dates, the horses worth seeing, and the life around them.

Inside the sport

Years riding and producing in France, and a phone full of the right numbers. We know a good horse when we see one, and where to find it.

The real France

The places we'd send a friend, not a tourist. A winemaker, a table by the harbour, corners you wouldn't find on your own.

French & American

French in the barns, American at home. Sellers deal with us as one of their own, buyers as one of theirs. Nothing gets lost, not the language, not the price.

Each trip is built around you.

Destination

The France we'd show a friend.

NormandieParisPays de la LoireLe MansBordeauxPays Basque
A Paris street in the morning, the France we show buyers between barn visitsNormandy countryside on the way to a stableA harbour table in the Pays Basque Vineyards near BordeauxA village square in the Pays de la LoireThe Le Mans region, one of the areas we source horses in
Coaching a rider in the arena
About

It started with the horses.

Maison Hippo grew out of a life in French sport. I produced young horses that went on to the top under other riders, at Versailles, at the Games, at five-star. Now I'm based in the US, so nothing gets lost between a French seller and an American buyer. Not the language, not the price.

Around that is a house we trust, the barns worth knowing and the France worth seeing. When the horses are tried, we'd rather show you the country we love than wave goodbye at the airport.

French in the barns, American at home · at home from Normandie to the Pays Basque

See the track record
Track record

Produced young, now at the top.

Horses I brought along young that went on to these levels under other riders. Finding them that early is what we do for you.

Cash in Hand
Olympic · Versailles · ridden at 4 & 5 yo

Cash in Hand

The grey at Versailles. I produced and rode him at four and five, then watched him go to the Olympics.

Hiarado
Olympic · 5★ · ridden at 5 & 6 yo

Hiarado

Also at the Paris Games. Two horses brought through young, there at the same Games.

Happy Days
5★ · ridden at 4 yo

Happy Days

Brought through as a four-year-old, now competing at five-star level under the British flag.

Carsonstown Do It Tomorrow
4*L · ridden 4 to 6 yo

Carsonstown Do It Tomorrow

Produced from four to six years old. A genuine, scopey type that kept climbing the levels.

Diamond Duette
4*L · ridden 5 to 8 yo

Diamond Duette

A mare produced from five to eight, all the way to four-star long. Real scope, and the heart to use it.

Vasco d'Isle
Advanced 3★ · ridden 4 to 9 yo

Vasco d'Isle

The horse produced longest, from four to nine years old, all the way to Advanced.

"They found me two horses in France I'd never have come across on my own, and made the whole trip easy. Honest on the price, sharp on the quality. I'd send any friend their way."

Lexi Scovil · 4★ & 5★ eventer
The terms

Here's what it costs.

You cover the trip. Our fee is simple. If you buy through us, the days you've already paid come off the commission.

$500/day

Day rate

Time on the ground: sourcing, visits, trials, and the days out in between. Travel and expenses separate.

10%

If you buy

On the horse's asking price, with the days already paid deducted. The seller's price is the price.

Some agents quietly add 30% to the price and pocket the difference. We don't.

Contact

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A 20-minute call to tell us what you want, and how we'd make it happen.

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French & American · based in the Pays de la Loire