{"id":64,"date":"2026-02-26T12:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:20:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"A propos de"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4xyx0-389658f42b672a5187caa162a43c0d77\">\n.avia-section.av-4xyx0-389658f42b672a5187caa162a43c0d77{\nbackground-color:#ebe8de;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-4xyx0-389658f42b672a5187caa162a43c0d77 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap fullsize'   data-av_minimum_height_px='480'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:480px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-64'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4p104-b22627dc524d64294c42cc0e203ea6cf av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#1e1b2e;\nfont-size:68px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:68px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#1e1b2e;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >A propos de<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-s5ec-282ebfacd1e7484b58ec5110907cd9db main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-64'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7ih0c-acf8f7080b801d683f00934fb1a88747 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-6wc0o-f98761ec73ecb1ac1ca2e9287812772b av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmysogro-5f7c0c36f09896bdcff0c19c9b8a3cbd'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>La vision d'Ant\u00f3nio Sim\u00f5es<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"intro\">Pour Ant\u00f3nio Sim\u00f5es, les chevaux ont toujours fait partie de sa vie. Ayant grandi dans la ferme de son p\u00e8re au Portugal, il \u00e9tait entour\u00e9 de chevaux, m\u00eame si \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque il ne s\u2019agissait pas de lusitaniens, mais d\u2019animaux de race mixte. Sa v\u00e9ritable passion est n\u00e9e plus tard \u2013 il y a environ 25 ans \u2013 lorsqu\u2019Ant\u00f3nio s\u2019est pris de passion pour l\u2019attelage. C\u2019est alors qu\u2019il a pris une d\u00e9cision audacieuse : cr\u00e9er un haras d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9levage de chevaux lusitaniens destin\u00e9s au sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>D\u00e8s le d\u00e9but, Ant\u00f3nio a concili\u00e9 \u00e9levage et comp\u00e9tition. Il a constitu\u00e9 une \u00e9quipe destin\u00e9e \u00e0 concourir au plus haut niveau dans le domaine de l\u2019attelage international, en engageant le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre F\u00e9lix Brasseur comme meneur et responsable du projet sportif. Alors que la plupart des gens associaient les Lusitaniens \u00e0 la corrida ou \u00e0 l'\u00e9quitation traditionnelle portugaise, Ant\u00f3nio \u00e9tait convaincu qu'ils pouvaient exceller dans un domaine totalement diff\u00e9rent. Cette conviction est devenue le fondement de Horses of Figueiras.<\/p>\n<h2>Construction du haras<\/h2>\n<p>Les premi\u00e8res juments provenaient de Jos\u00e9 Henriques Casguinha et ont constitu\u00e9 la base du haras. L\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019Ant\u00f3nio \u00e9tait claire : cr\u00e9er un haras capable de produire des chevaux lusitaniens dot\u00e9s de v\u00e9ritables qualit\u00e9s sportives. L\u2019alimentation \u00e9tait la pierre angulaire de son programme ; les poulains revenaient au haras \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge d\u2019un, deux et trois ans, o\u00f9 ils \u00e9taient \u00e9lev\u00e9s et pr\u00e9par\u00e9s avec soin. Chaque jeune cheval, y compris les juments, \u00e9tait test\u00e9 sous la selle \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de trois ans. L\u2019objectif \u00e9tait simple mais ambitieux : d\u00e9velopper des allures correctes et souples \u2013 pas, trot et galop. Fait remarquable, Ant\u00f3nio estime que la plupart de ses chevaux ont atteint ce niveau.<\/p>\n<p>Chez Figueiras, aucun cheval n\u2019\u00e9tait jug\u00e9 uniquement sur la base de ses papiers ou de son apparence. Chacun \u00e9tait \u00e9valu\u00e9 en action, que ce soit sous la selle ou attel\u00e9. \u201c Je voulais des d\u00e9cisions concr\u00e8tes, pas des r\u00eaves \u201d, explique Ant\u00f3nio.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-64w20-1739fc0dea0e64cb72245ae14d7e2c76 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_two_fifth  flex_column_div'     ><\/div><div class='flex_column_table av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1 sc-av_two_fifth av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1\">\n.flex_column.av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1{\nwidth:35.2%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1 .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-591j0-9a937e8f7360d83c9c18143d4ee2a4fb\">\n.avia-image-container.av-591j0-9a937e8f7360d83c9c18143d4ee2a4fb img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-591j0-9a937e8f7360d83c9c18143d4ee2a4fb .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-591j0-9a937e8f7360d83c9c18143d4ee2a4fb av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-9  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-374 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-374 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1.jpeg\" alt='' title='7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1'  height=\"600\" width=\"900\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-705x470.jpeg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00\">\n.flex_column.av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00{\nwidth:56.8%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00 .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_two_fifth  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmysoztl-1f8143d3e294ca1acdfe1ef39e3dd404'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>La perc\u00e9e \u2013 Champion du monde \u00e0 Aix-la-Chapelle<\/h2>\n<p>Des ann\u00e9es d\u2019engagement ont port\u00e9 leurs fruits en 2006, lorsque l\u2019\u00e9quipe d\u2019Ant\u00f3nio, compos\u00e9e de chevaux lusitaniens, a remport\u00e9 les Championnats du monde d\u2019attelage \u00e0 Aix-la-Chapelle. Il s\u2019agissait d\u2019un exploit historique, qui prouvait que les lusitaniens pouvaient concourir et s\u2019imposer sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale dans une discipline bien \u00e9loign\u00e9e de leur utilisation traditionnelle.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s ce succ\u00e8s, Ant\u00f3nio a r\u00e9orient\u00e9 ses efforts. Il avait atteint tous ses objectifs en attelage ; d\u00e9sormais, son ambition \u00e9tait de former des chevaux de dressage de haut niveau. Pour mettre sa vision \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve, il a invit\u00e9 l\u2019entra\u00eeneur professionnel Jan Bemelmans \u00e0 \u00e9valuer ses chevaux. La question \u00e9tait claire : le r\u00eave d\u2019Ant\u00f3nio de voir des Lusitaniens \u00e9voluer dans le dressage de haut niveau \u00e9tait-il r\u00e9aliste, ou n\u2019\u00e9tait-ce qu\u2019un v\u0153u pieux ?<\/p>\n<p>Bemelmans a tout de suite \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9duit par la jument Batuta et a accept\u00e9 de l'entra\u00eener pendant deux ans. Les r\u00e9sultats ont convaincu tout le monde : les lusitaniens de Figueiras pouvaient briller en dressage. C'\u00e9tait le d\u00e9but d'un nouveau chapitre.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 --><div class='flex_column_table av-430pw-a172ecc8cc8e44ff0266ca43e7edc2bc sc-av_two_fifth av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-430pw-a172ecc8cc8e44ff0266ca43e7edc2bc\">\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-430pw-a172ecc8cc8e44ff0266ca43e7edc2bc{\nmargin-top:80px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-430pw-a172ecc8cc8e44ff0266ca43e7edc2bc{\nwidth:35.2%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-430pw-a172ecc8cc8e44ff0266ca43e7edc2bc .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-430pw-a172ecc8cc8e44ff0266ca43e7edc2bc av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3ka9c-867c166a83743bd963301d8f53d51eae\">\n.avia-image-container.av-3ka9c-867c166a83743bd963301d8f53d51eae img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-3ka9c-867c166a83743bd963301d8f53d51eae .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-3ka9c-867c166a83743bd963301d8f53d51eae av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-13  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-375 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-375 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4M0A7290.jpg.jpg\" alt='' title='4M0A7290.jpg'  height=\"1200\" width=\"1500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4M0A7290.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4M0A7290.jpg-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4M0A7290.jpg-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4M0A7290.jpg-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4M0A7290.jpg-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4M0A7290.jpg-705x564.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2s5j0-3f36f9964c4634fa6a0eee028002ead4\">\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-2s5j0-3f36f9964c4634fa6a0eee028002ead4{\nmargin-top:80px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-2s5j0-3f36f9964c4634fa6a0eee028002ead4{\nwidth:56.8%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-2s5j0-3f36f9964c4634fa6a0eee028002ead4 .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2s5j0-3f36f9964c4634fa6a0eee028002ead4 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmyspm22-bc8524b1f656f794dc8e26196362c3ce'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Red\u00e9finir le Lusitanien<\/h2>\n<p>Depuis lors, Figueiras a produit des noms qui parlent d'eux-m\u00eames : Unico, Batuta, Craque, Drag\u00e3o, Epico, Icaro, Oscar, Pastor, Queluz et Poeta. Des chevaux qui ont ensuite concouru au niveau international, souvent sous la selle de cavaliers olympiques, et dont certains ont \u00e9t\u00e9 vendus pour bien plus d'un million d'euros !<em><u>\u00a0 <\/u><\/em>Aujourd\u2019hui, \u00ab Horses of Figueiras \u00bb est reconnu dans le monde entier comme l\u2019un des haras ayant contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la modernisation du lusitanien. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 sa vision, \u00e0 sa pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance et \u00e0 ses crit\u00e8res d\u2019excellence sans compromis, Ant\u00f3nio Sim\u00f5es a laiss\u00e9 une empreinte ind\u00e9l\u00e9bile dans l\u2019histoire de cette race.<\/p>\n<p>Pour Ant\u00f3nio, la mission a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 simple : \u201c J\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ve pour le sport, pour la qualit\u00e9. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 --><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-2d20c-1d7f6b9efc118a8c93e131054d62a725 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  grid-row-not-first  container_wrap fullsize'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1l2lo-e155d7c7defd65d152a4b7c7f813d599\">\n.flex_cell.av-1l2lo-e155d7c7defd65d152a4b7c7f813d599{\nvertical-align:top;\nbackground-color:#1e1b2e;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_cell.av-1l2lo-e155d7c7defd65d152a4b7c7f813d599{\npadding:160px 0px 120px 0px !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-1l2lo-e155d7c7defd65d152a4b7c7f813d599 av-gridrow-cell av_one_full no_margin  avia-builder-el-17  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  content-align-top'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.figueirashorses.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}