{"id":23699,"date":"2025-05-16T09:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hartog.eu\/?post_type=ambassadors&#038;p=23699"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:19:20","slug":"lucile-verdonck","status":"publish","type":"ambassadors","link":"https:\/\/hartog.eu\/en\/ambassadors\/lucile-verdonck\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucile Verdonck"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product\"><div class=\"product\"><p><strong>The Story of Lucile Verdonck, Who Fulfilled Her Dream of Working with Horses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where It All Began<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After my middle school diploma, I immediately focused on studies with an apprenticeship in the equestrian field. I had no family background in horses, so I had to figure things out on my own. The apprenticeship allowed me to learn the trade and also enabled me to buy my first competition horse. After a BEPA in equine activities and a BAC PRO in CGEA, I continued my studies with a BPJEPS because my goal was to gain experience but eventually create my own structure and teach horse owners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spending time with horses and taking care of them was just as important to me as working with them. I chose to become a groom to be around top-level horses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Traveling for Horses: The Work of Lucile Verdonck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m very happy with my career and don\u2019t regret anything. I\u2019ve evolved alongside Romain Potin, Pierre Alain Mortier, Michel Robert, and Ren\u00e9 Lopez.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last June, I decided to end my career as a groom. Back in my home region, the North, I set up my own business. For now, I\u2019m itinerant, moving between different stables to teach horse owners, train horses, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Travels with Lucile Verdonck?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been accompanied by Jet, my Border Collie, for 9 years! \ud83d\udc36<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc0e Qu\u00e9mi du Cygne, my first horse. Qu\u00e9mi is a French trotter that my mom and I saved from slaughter in 2006 when he was just two years old.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc0e Miel Pops du Pontot is a male Selle Fran\u00e7ais who will be two soon. 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