Makomay Eq. is an equine performance center based in Carmona, Spain, 15 minutes from Seville airport and 25 minutes from Andalusia’s vibrant city center.
Makomay rider Cassandre Malherbe is an international showjumper and former member of the Belgian eventing team with whom she won team silver and team bronze at the European championships.
Makomay Eq. is strategically located, within short reach of the most important winter tours in Europe, which offer ideal training for young horses, an active marketplace for sales horses, as well as three star level international competition among some of the best riders in the world, right on our doorstep : Sevilla Horse Tour, Vilamoura, Sunshine Tour, and CSI Pineda.
Makomay Eq. is the perfect balance between natural horsemanship and performance.
We focus on top-level sport whilst insisting our horses are naturally kept.
We believe in the benefits of herd dynamics, barefoot hooves, and communication rather than force, which allows the animals to express themselves, develop a personality and an autonomous mind.
“I keep them turned out in a herd where they can establish a hierarchy and a social order, learn from each other and just be horses. The fear of injury should not prevail on a horse’s mental health. Keeping horses isolated in a stable, which is the standard in our sport, is counter-productive and highly unnatural” Cassandre says.
“The big sport is an objective, however my main focus on the long term is to change the sport. I am determined to turn it into a more ethical one, where horse welfare is at the cornerstone of every decision made by the riders, owners, federations and OCs.”
