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Remember Ben with a gift to Thoroughbred aftercare Subscribe for FREE to the Daily PDF or the News Alerts Home » Archive » Europe » Breeze-up Season Gets 'Rock-and-Rolling' at Osarus The breeze begins at 9am on Wednesday | Scoop Dyga The wraps come off the European breeze-up season on Wednesday at Osarus's La Teste de Buch fixture A catalogue of just 37 lots – down by more than 50% on last year's entries – has been reduced further by four withdrawals and the sale is heavily supported by a draft of 14 from John Bourke's Hyde Park Stud This more gentle introduction to the 2025 round of two-year-old sales is in a sense the calm before the storm around 160 Craven horses will be having a practice breeze on Newmarket's Rowley Mile before the real thing on Monday morning Four straight weeks of breeze-up action at Tattersalls Goffs UK and Arqana will set the tone for bloodstock sales more generally amid some Trump-inspired instability in the global financial markets Colm Kennedy of Drumphea Stables in Co Carlow has joined Bourke on the pilgrimage to south-west France and will be consigning at Osarus for the first time this week and it's a great setting with really good yards,” said Kennedy as he prepared to send out his team of three for the practice breeze on Tuesday afternoon who has three members of his first crop entered in Saturday's G3 Fred Darling Stakes at Newbury and was himself an Osarus graduate before becoming a Bansha House breezer at Ascot We didn't actually enter him anywhere else as we didn't know where we'd get in but the sire is going a very good job,” Kennedy said “Con Marnane bought Sands Of Mali here so you would imagine he might be popular here.” We've a nice Profitable filly and a Soldier's Call filly They're three nice horses and they're all rock-and-rolling two-year-old types though the Sands Of Mali should improve as he's a big horse – he's probably 16 hands and a good Kennedy was not alone in finding it tougher to claim sales slots for his breezers in recent seasons and said that he has adjusted his operation accordingly we've one going to the Guineas and one going to Fairyhouse,” he noted I couldn't get horses in the sales the last few years even ones we'd paid a good few quid for.” optimistic for the season ahead despite the general uncertainty prompted by the instigation of President Trump's tariffs on the EU and UK “A lot of wealthy people would have got stung yesterday on the stock markets but people will always buy horses; there's always an appetite for horses,” he said Graduates of last year's sale include Make You Mine (Ire) (Circus Maximus {Ire}) who was sold by Mickey Cleere of MC Thoroughbreds for €18,000 and won first time out at Cagnes-sur-Mer in February she was trained by Manon Scandella-Lacaille but has subsequently left France to join Chad Brown's stable in America Cleere is selling a filly by Awtaad (Ire) (lot 10) and a colt by Cotai Glory (GB) (lot 8) Horses for the Osarus sale breeze on the turf track at La Teste de Buch at 9am on Wednesday and the sale gets underway from 1pm local time Not a subscriber? 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It is a type of civil contract You have 72.06% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez mais en les utilisant à des moments différents Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article merci de contacter notre service commercial Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Safran Data Systems has officially opened an extension to a telemetry equipment production center in South West France that makes antennas and ground stations production facility for use in flight testing and satellites The 3,900 square meter extension at the site at Aerodrome d’Arachon more than doubles the size of the facility Safran said it will enable the center to respond to the strong growth driven by the increasing number of space programs The engineering and production facility now has nearly 160 highly-qualified employees and groups teams from R&D production and customer support who handle satellite antennas and ground stations Construction of the facility took 12 months and was supported by regional government funding A new assembly and wiring shop for multiband microwave sources and the antenna integration facility while also improving occupational safety and working conditions The extension was opened last week by Martin Sion CEO of Safran Data Systems and executive vice president During the ceremony several local dignitaries and industry leaders attended president of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and representatives from French space agency CNES “Safran Data Systems has logged sustained annual growth of 6% over the past eight years This expanded industrial facility will allow us to deliver even better support for our customers and their projects “By combining centers of excellence for engineering it allows us to meet our needs now and for many years to come.” the plant focuses on the construction of antennas and ground stations for applications including data reception from satellites These products are used for major space programs and test centers in France and around the world engineering and industry for the last 20 years Initially writing about subjects from nuclear submarines to autonomous cars to future design and manufacturing technologies he was editor of a leading UK-based engineering magazine before becoming editor of Aerospace Testing in 2017 Get the 'best of the week' from this website direct to your inbox every Wednesday You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed which is Europe’s biggest sand dune and a popular tourist destination where a forest fire which began on Tuesday Visitors to the Dune will be able to access it under secure conditions and with guided pathways Gironde prefect Fabienne Buccio has stated as the flames have damaged the site car park,” La Teste-de-Buch’s mayor The La Teste-de-Buch blaze is one of two wildfires which have collectively destroyed around 21,000 hectares of land in Gironde Both fires were declared “under control” on Monday (July 25) but neither has been extinguished completely Access to the forests affected by the flames remains forbidden which connects La Teste-de-Buch to Biscarrosse (Landes) will not be opened until the roadside has been cleared and made safe Trapped, injured or fleeing: the animals caught in France’s wildfires Could a Middle Ages law be reason for wildfire in southwest France? GRAPHS: See how recent French wildfires compare to previous years The group compared two popular EV models and considered six specialist EV offers The prefectural ban is set to remain in place until at least December 31 The geographical spread of Canadian nationals follows a similar pattern to Americans Looking to access paid articles across multiple policy topics Interested in policy insights for EU professional organisations The scented stands of pine trees stretching along France’s southwestern Atlantic coastline were reduced to charred stumps and stacks of blackened timber by the massive fires that ravaged the tourist hotspots of the Landes forest last summer News Service Produced externally by an organization we trust to adhere to journalistic standards The ground and trees of the forest of Cazaux have been cleaned in order to avoid new forest fires this summer, in the south-west of France, 18 March 2023. [EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BLUMBERG] As climate change leads to higher average temperatures and more erratic rainfall Europe is predicted to experience an increase in the scale and duration of its wildfires Adaptation is a key part of restoring Europe's forests and improving their resilience to climate change-related risks such as pests and wildfires forestry expert Bernhard Wolfslehner told EURACTIV in an interview Europe’s forests are threatened by the growing frequency of pests fires and droughts caused by climate change raising concerns as to whether they are resilient enough to continue sustaining biodiversity as well as human activity France (AP) - Investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in southwest France detained a man for questioning as firefighters and water-bombing planes on Tuesday fought ferocious flames there and in other parts of Europe that have baked in extreme heat Smoke from a large forest fire fanned by high winds blackened the skyline in Greece's capital Tuesday Firefighting aircraft buzzed over the flames and dropped water on the slopes of Mount Penteli 25 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of the city Officials ordered hundreds of people to evacuate their homes Wildfires also kept emergency crews busy in England two massive fires feeding on tinder-dry pine forests also have forced tens of thousands of people to flee homes and summer vacation spots since they broke out July 12 tearing through woodlands south of Bordeaux is suspected to have been started deliberately A motorist told investigators that before pulling over and trying unsuccessfully to extinguish the flames he saw a vehicle speeding away from the spot where the fire started Criminal investigators found evidence pointing to possible arson The 39-year-old man being questioned Tuesday lives in Gironde and was detained Monday afternoon He also was questioned in 2012 on suspicion of starting a forest fire but that investigation was shelved in 2014 for lack of evidence Ten water-bombing planes and more than 2,000 firefighters worked day and night to contain that fire and another fierce blaze southwest of Bordeaux that police investigators were treating as accidental The blazes have burned through more than 190 square kilometers (more than 70 square miles) of forest and vegetation Thick clouds of smoke and the risk of flames spreading to buildings have forced the evacuations of more than 39,000 people A smaller third fire broke out late Monday in the Medoc wine region north of Bordeaux further taxing regional firefighting resources Swirling winds and extreme heat have complicated firefighting Record-smashing temperatures eased along France's Atlantic seaboard Tuesday while other parts of the country and the continent continued to broil the thermometer in the French capital's oldest weather station '“ opened in 1873 '“ topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit ) for just the third time The 40.5 C (104.9 F) measured there Tuesday by weather service Meteo-France was the monitoring station's second-highest reading ever topped only by a blistering 42.6 C (108.7 F) in July 2019 The first time the station topped 40 C '“ hitting 40.4 C (104.7 F) -- was in July 1947 the station has now twice surpassed 40 C in the space of just three years The people evacuated Monday included 74 residents of a retirement home Another 80 care-home residents were among 2,000 people getting moved out Tuesday from the latest of more than a half-dozen towns and villages that were ordered to evacuate Approaching flames also forced the emergency evacuation Monday of 363 animals from a zoo in the Arcachon maritime basin the government's ecological transition ministry said Tuesday Five camping sites also went up in flames in that area which is famous for its oysters and beach resorts The double blow of heat waves and droughts exacerbated by climate change are making wildfires more frequent the prime minister has linked wildfires that have killed two people to global warming saying Monday that 'œclimate change kills.'ť The head of Spain's Civil Protection and Emergencies agency noted Tuesday that extreme heat and wildfires have hit the country three weeks earlier than usual this year and that many fires broke out at the same time 'œWe are in the midst of the most significant civil protection emergency on record,'ť he told radio station SER Ricardo Serra and Julia Garrido returned Tuesday to the wreckage of their home They'd been renovating it for the upcoming wedding of Garrido's son cooling temperatures have eased pressure on emergency crews with just two major wildfires being tackled by around 800 firefighters Tuesday But more torrid weather is forecast for Wednesday Authorities suspect a wildfire was to blame for the death of a couple in their 80s whose car went off the road and flipped over in a northern Portuguese village late Monday Their charred vehicle with two bodies inside was found after a blaze engulfed the area Officials suspect the couple died while trying to flee the flames The pilot of a water-dumping plane also died in Portugal last week when his aircraft crashed while fighting a wildfire Associated Press journalists Derek Gatopoulos in Athens Emilio Morenatti in Barcelona and Raquel Redondo in Madrid contributed Follow AP's climate coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment two massive fires that broke out July 12 and are feeding on dry pine forests have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and summer vacation spots Criminal investigators found evidence pointing to arson He also was questioned in 2012 on suspicion of starting a forest fire but that investigation was shelved in 2014 for lack of evidence Ten water-bombing planes and more than 2,000 firefighters have worked to contain the Bordeaux fire and another fierce blaze to the southwest that police investigators were treating as accidental The blazes have burned through more than 70 square miles of forest and vegetation A smaller fire broke out late Monday in the Medoc wine region north of Bordeaux Record-smashing temperatures eased along France’s Atlantic seaboard Tuesday while other parts of the country and the continent continued to broil The thermometer in Paris’ oldest weather station — opened in 1873 — topped 104 degrees Fahrenheit for just the third time The 104.9 F measured there Tuesday by weather service Meteo-France was the station’s second-highest reading ever topped only by a blistering 108.7 F in July 2019 The first time the station topped 104 degrees was in July 1947 the station has twice surpassed 104 degrees in the space of just three years authorities said; 80 care-home residents were among the 2,000 people who fled Tuesday from more than half a dozen towns that were ordered to evacuate the government’s ecological transition ministry said Tuesday Five camping sites went up in flames in that area The double blow of heat waves and drought exacerbated by climate change are making wildfires more frequent, destructive and harder to fight. In Spain, the prime minister Monday cited wildfires that have killed two people, noting that “climate change kills.” The head of Spain’s Civil Protection and Emergencies agency, Leonardo Marcos González, said Tuesday that extreme heat and wildfires have hit the country three weeks earlier than usual, and many fires broke out at the same time. “We are in the midst of the most significant civil protection emergency on record,” he told radio station SER. In charred countryside near Barcelona, Ricardo Serra and Julia Garrido returned Tuesday to the wreckage of their home. They’d been renovating it for the upcoming wedding of Garrido’s son. “Everything’s been burnt,” she said. “All of our wedding clothes.” In Portugal, cooling temperatures have eased pressure on emergency crews, with just two major wildfires being tackled by around 800 firefighters Tuesday. But more torrid weather is forecast for Wednesday. Authorities suspect that a wildfire was to blame for the death of a couple in their 80s whose car went off the road late Monday in a northern Portuguese village. The charred vehicle with two bodies inside was found after a blaze engulfed the area. Officials suspect the couple died while trying to flee the flames. The pilot of a water-dumping plane died in Portugal last week when his aircraft crashed while fighting a wildfire. In Athens, smoke from a forest fire fanned by high winds blackened the skyline Tuesday. Firefighting aircraft buzzed over the flames and dropped water on the slopes of Mount Penteli, 25 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of the city. Officials ordered hundreds to evacuate. Leicester reported from Le Pecq, France. Associated Press journalists Derek Gatopoulos in Athens, Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Emilio Morenatti in Barcelona and Raquel Redondo in Madrid contributed. Jade Le Deley also contributed from Paris. California Sports Climate & Environment World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Lire en français GalleryThe two fires in La Teste-de-Buch and Landiras have ravaged nearly 21,000 hectares in the last few days The images below were taken on July 17 and July 21 Satellite view of the Arcachon basin and the two forests of La Teste-de-Buch (left) and Landiras (right) with a smoke cloud of which 13,800 hectares have already gone up in smoke Close-up view of the La Teste-de-Buch forest Satellite image of the La Teste-de-Buch forest and the Arcachon basin Wider satellite view of the Gironde estuary Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr; the publisher may only be liable for the French version In the towns of La Teste-de-Buch and Landiras flames have raged through 14,000 hectares (34,600 acres) of forest in less than a week and are still spreading By Eléa Pommiers The fire in La-Teste-de-Buch as seen from the beach of Pyla-sur-Mer 2022 SOPHIE GARCIA FOR LE MONDE Firefighters have been tackling each new fire non-stop since early morning and still a black plume that can be seen from miles around rises high above the dunes fire-fighting planes can be seen trying to tame the flames which rise several meters high and have now reached the edge of the ocean south of La Teste-de-Buch from the crowded beach of Moulleau in Arcachon commanding officer David Brunner was patrolling the road between the villages of Villandraut and Origne He looked on as the flames crept down the trees from top to bottom black cloud blocking out the searing sun over Gironde where the temperature has reached more than 40°C (104°F) The commanding officer grabbed his radio: "The fire is 200 meters away [from Origne] and there are no resources on the scene." As he asked for firefighters to be redeployed to protect the houses in the village another voice is heard over the airwaves reporting yet another outbreak of fire further into the forest I've never known a fire like this," said Mr who has been a firefighter in the region for more than 30 years You have 84.94% of this article left to read Two months after the fire that ravaged more than half of the forest the National Forest Office is planning to harvest the recoverable wood By Perrine Mouterde Trees burned during the July fires in the Teste-de-Buch (Gironde) forest PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP The long roots of a 100-year-old maritime pine are sticking out of the sand the fire was so powerful that the ground melted sinking down nearly 50 centimeters on itself to remind everyone what happened," said Cedric Bouchet a technician at the Office National des Forêts (ONF National Forest Office) within the territorial unit of Biscarosse in south-west France he was one of the people who went to evacuate the site of La Salie when it was threatened by flames They had to wake up the vacationers sleeping in their motor homes along with the camper in his hammock a little out of the way the violence of the fire that swept through the state forest of La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde) could be seen from the dented ground to the scorched treetops A harvester was bringing down pine trees with blackened trunks In the middle of an already bare plot of land only a few trees and a picnic table remained The chairs of a restaurant sat at the foot of the dune that hid the ocean But when everything has been cut down and it seems like we're on the Moon will we really want to come back here to eat?" Mr You have 79.14% of this article left to read protests at Galleria Degli Uffizi in Florence and the Tour de France: the most striking global images this week Photograph: Rachel Le Guillou/SDIS 29/Reuters Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images Photograph: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Images Photograph: Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images Jockey Maxime Guyon guiding Hargan to victory at La Teste De Buch France: Hargan (Al MamunMonlau x Mkeefa) carried the colours of his owner H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa AlThani to an easy success in the French Arabian Breeders Challenge – Poulains a Group 2 for three-year-old Purebred Arabian colts and geldings The black colt is trained by François Rohaut and was following up his debut success at the same track in July Hargan was quickly into stride on leaving the stalls and ran keenly though the opening stages of the 2,000m contest Al Muwaiji (Majd Al Arab) moved to the lead after 400m and Hargan took cover behind him Hargan travelled strongly down the back straight and began to move closer on the home turn he was the only horse on the bridle and looked to have his opponents held before moving smoothly into the lead 400m out and pulling clear of the field Despite being eased down in the final strides Hargan scored by three and a half lengths from stable-mate RB Yas Sir (Sir Bani Yas) with H H Sheikh Mohammed's  Maguroor (Assy) further three and a half lengths back in third under Jean-Bernard Eyquem for trainer Mrs JF Bernard “Today Hargan was more serious than RB Yas Sir who is very green and may need blinkers next time out,” said winning trainer François Rohaut after the race “They both ran well and it means that we now have four very good Arabians in the yard and they may all go to Saint Cloud Hargan is a very good horse with a lot of size and potential We look forward to running him next month.” Bred by H H Sheikh Mohammed's Al Shahania Stud Hargan is by triple Group one winner Al Mamun Monlau (Muniz) who stands for Al Shaqab Racing at Haras du Grand Courgeon in France His dam Mkeefa (Amer) was a top-class performer and won Group 1s in Newbury and Newmarket as well as lifting the Qatar Arabian World Cup (Gr.1 PA) at ParisLongchamp InvestigationSince equine doping became a crime punishable by imprisonment in 2020 the desire to clean up the stables has been met with a form of inertia by an industry with considerable financial stakes The questions were becoming more insistent – more specific Jean-Laurent Dubord could see that the officer was not convinced by his answers For a day and a half now in the Bayonne police station the racehorse trainer had been recounting his career while managing the relationship with their owners All this for a "modest lifestyle." He said he pays himself €2,000 net a month Dubord kept insisting for hours that he had nothing to be ashamed of he had "never" doped a horse nor violated the rules He had "never" given an animal a jab on a racing day When investigators turned up at 6 am outside his house next to the Mont-de-Marsan racetrack in the Landes region in southwest French the day before he found the police raid "completely mad." So he repeated: "I still agree to give my explanations without any help [...] Could the presence of a lawyer at his side have prevented the disaster that followed The police officer was interested in a phone conversation intercepted a month earlier was going to race at the Cagnes-sur-Mer racetrack in the Alpes-Maritimes department His son called him an hour before the race: "Tell me to Moon Dream?" The father's panicked reply: "Fuck You have 90.9% of this article left to read FeatureSeveral campsites in Gironde have been burned to a crisp at the entrance to La Forêt du Pilat campsite the pool ladder and the deckchair terrace have all burned the pitches rented by vacationers no longer exist The children's playground has become a wasteland All that remains of the miniature golf course is the stone bench where parents and children would sit and take a break "In the early hours of Wednesday morning [July 13] campers were woken and asked to evacuate," said Franck Couderc as is a photograph of the actor who starred in the film you are faced with the same scenes of destruction seen at La Forêt du Pilat the Flots bleus was evacuated as a precaution "because the fire was only 3 kilometers away," said Mr A total of 6,000 campers from the five affected campsites were evacuated to the La Teste exhibition center "We had set up a unit to send belongings back to our customers," he said You have 61.33% of this article left to read strong winds and close proximity are making it difficult to control the spread of fires raging in the southwestern towns of La Teste-de-Buch and Landiras View of a pine forest on fire in the town of Landiras on July 13 2022 AP Just one week after a round of devastating forest fires in the Gard (southern France) another fire front has opened in the Gironde (southwest) the flames have destroyed 1,200 hectares (2,965 acres) of pine forest in La Teste-de-Buch and 1,500 hectares (3,706 acres) in Landiras according to the Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours (SDIS or departmental fire and rescue service) of Gironde This information has not yet been confirmed as "the investigation is under way," said Vincent Ferrier and factoring in that the winds keep changing and moving," explained the lieutenant-colonel of the fire department where a smaller fire had already ravaged 6 hectares on July 7 a new blaze started in the same place – this time on July 12 in the afternoon "The difficulty we have is that the fire can come out from under the peat at any moment," said Mr You have 74.28% of this article left to read A keeper at La Teste-de-Buch zoo in France savagely beat to death an ostrich with a shovel and then tried to blame a 38-year-old pony Colleagues of the zookeeper saw him beating the flightless bird over the head several times with a shovel One employee came forward to say they had witnessed the man beat the bird to death Other witnesses corroborated this version of events They confronted him but the zookeeper tried to pin the blame on the pony The unnamed zoo worker denied he had anything to do with beating the giant bird to death and claimed that the pony had given the ostrich a savage kick an investigation found that the pony was past the age of bucking with any strong force plus the fatal blows to the bird were on its beak and head so above the height range of the pony's hooves the bird had been killed by a fierce whack to the head from a shovel The judge convicted the man of animal cruelty and also for workplace harassment which came from incidents before the killing and ordered to pay a fine of €5,000 as well as being fired from his job of 15 years The ostrich can maintain a steady speed of 50 km/h (31 mph) which makes the ostrich the world's fastest two-legged animal but they can cause serious injury and even death by striking out with their long the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is home to a wide range of stunning landscapes! Discover this region through 7 photogenic can’t-miss sites When we think of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region yet the region also has all manner of natural attractions Discover the region through 7 stunning natural sites The tallest sand dune in Europe is located in France The 102.5-metre tall Dune du Pilat overlooks the Arcachon Bay and extends along 2.9 kilometres of shoreline in the commune of La Teste-de-Buch which means that it is constantly being shaped by the wind It is anywhere from 100 to 115 metres tall and moves 1 to 5 metres eastward each year slowly covering more and more of the forest of La Teste-de-Buch >> Learn more about the Dune du Pilat The Dune du Pilat is worth the visit for two main reasons: This grande dame of fine sands is considered to be an exceptional natural monument worn away by the rain then smoothed by the wind But the Dune du Pilat is also worth the trip for its unobstructed view of the Arcachon Bay a setting offering a delicate mix of land and sea Take a train to Arcachon, then hire a car with AVIS® or Budget®. Take advantage of multiple discounts when you hire through the Ma Location service with AVIS hides another exceptional natural site: the Arès and Lège Salt Marshes National Nature Reserve 400 hectares near the Arès and Lège-Cap-Ferret oyster port it is a flat stretch of land that is flooded by the saltwater from the sea at high tide salt marshes are home to many rare types of flora and fauna >> Visit Arcachon with friends! The landscapes of the Arès and Lège Salt Marshes National Nature Reserve are worth visiting because they offer a unique change of scenery but also because they are home to many protected species found nowhere else in France Take a train to Arcachon, then hire a car with AVIS® or Budget®. Take advantage of multiple discounts when you hire through the Ma Location service with AVIS. have you heard of the salt flats of Île de Ré They are composed of basins dug into the clay that is naturally present on the island which encourages the water to move from one basin to the next the combined effects of the sun and wind cause the water to evaporate and the salt to crystallise forming a crust on the surface of the basins containing the least amount of water This fleur de sel is harvested by salt farmers in summer >> The best of Île de Ré’s beaches The salt flats cover more than 400 hectares on Île de Ré and offer a stunning landscape that blurs the line between land and sky fragile ecosystem exists in harmony with salt production Take a train to La Rochelle, then hire a car with AVIS® or Budget®. Take advantage of multiple discounts when you hire through the Ma Location service with AVIS a volume of 106 million cubic metres of water This gigantic man made lake is located northwest of the Millevaches Plateau straddling the departments of Creuse and Haute-Vienne Vassivière Lake is a little slice of heaven on Earth It is a perfect place to get away from it all while enjoying a beautiful natural setting The picturesque rocky shorelines of the lake will inspire the budding photographer in all of us Take a train to Limoges, then hire a car with AVIS® or Budget®. Take advantage of multiple discounts when you hire through the Ma Location service with AVIS This is one place that can’t be missed while visiting the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region The reputation of Bordeaux’s vineyards is undisputed And with good reason: between the vineyards as far as the eye can see prestigious châteaux and charming villages are all bathed in the warm southwestern sunlight These landscapes are like something out of a dream >> Learn about the Bordeaux Wine Route Sauternes and Saint-Emilion: the vineyards of Bordeaux are an ideal setting for a road trip with your friends or family along one of the five wine routes in the region Travel the route by bicycle or electric car to enjoy the beautiful landscape while protecting the environment has very well preserved architecture to the delight of its many visitors who enjoy getting lost in the steep Among these medieval streets lined with timber-framed houses and stone archways In addition to being remnants of the city’s past these protected monuments offer wonderful points of view for curious travellers Grand Bayonne is also a perfect place to discover Basque tradition in its many forms thanks to the large number of shops in the area you will find the covered marketplace of Bayonne The traditional market sells numerous local products to tantalise the taste buds Simply take the train to Bayonne!  Inside the Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park you can find a hidden natural treasure: the Landes Forest as the Landes Forest isn’t very hard to find it is the largest artificial forest in Europe covering a surface area of more than one million hectares It extends from the tip of the Gironde estuary to Hossegor tall conifers with rough red bark that looks like scales and countless hiking trails and bicycle paths to take in the beauty of the wooded area The pine forest is a breathtaking sight at sunrise and sunset when the light filters through the trees like something out of a fairy tale Simply take the train toward Le Teich!  H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Amyr Du Soleil (left) on its way to win the Prix Tidjani (Gr3 / PA) at La Teste De Buch Doha: Qatari colours recorded two black-type victories at La Teste De Buch on Friday when the Al Shaqab Racing-owned Ryme Al Cham and the H E  Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani-owned Amyr Du Soleil won the Prix Razzia III (Gr 3 / PA) and the Prix Tidjani (Gr3 / PA) respectively not only came in two classic races over 1,900 metres which were the very first two events of the nine-race card but were also associated with the same duo; trainer Thomas Fourcy and jockey Julien Augé Al Shaqab Racing representatives did not wait for long and demonstrated their class in the Prix Razzia III (Gr 3 / PA) the opener of the card when the Thomas Fourcy-saddled Ryme Al Cham and Um Taj took home the first and the second places respectively in the race reserved for three-year-old fillies Ryme Al Cham cantered in last position in the early stages and took a bit of time before finding her action Once the daughter of Af Albahar managed to accelerate she came fast on the straight to land the spoils just in front of the Jerome Cabre-ridden Um Taj The É Dell’Ova-trained and William Smit-ridden Mzoon completed the frame with a further short head behind With this Gr 3 win at La Teste under her belt in her only second start Ryme Al Cham has confirmed her class as a very promising prospect especially as she was the runner-up in her debut when she was defeated by a head by Meethag H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Amyr Du Soleil claimed the other black-type event of the day immediately in the second race The duo Fourcy-Augé made it a quick-double fire when the son of Amer brilliantly won the Prix Tidjani (Gr3 / PA) reserved for three-year-old colts Amyr Du Soleil easily took the advantage at the start of the home straight and made every post a winning one he kept detaching himself from the rest of the field the Al Shaqab Racing-owned and the Jerome Cabre-ridden Mounjared Al Cham was three lengths behind and came second Mounjared Al Cham did so well that he finished further 11 lengths in front of the Guy Dell’ova-owned and É Dell’Ova-trained Guythoum De Carrère who came third under Roberto-Carlos Montenegro Juliette A C'est le grand retour du festival Love Tattoo ce week-end à La Teste-de-Buch le parc des Expositions se transformera en salon de tatouage géant avec pour fil rouge "le célèbre petit sorcier à lunettes" un acteur de la saga sera présent.  Sous le signe de l'amour, et de l'art, le festival bien "encré" dans le paysage girondin fêtera sa 4ème édition le samedi 12 et dimanche 13 novembre au Parc des Expositions de La Teste-de-Buch. Le festival Love Tattoo créé avec l’association Bass’In MUSE regroupera 78 tatoueurs L'occasion pour les visiteurs de concrétiser leurs projets tatoos avec de grands noms de la discipline.  Une publication partagée par LoveTattoo nov.2022/33 (@love_tattoo_la_teste) Le célèbre sorcier à lunettes à l'honneur du Love Tattoo  et de ses 11 000 visiteurs reçus lors des 3 précédentes éditions l'évènement reversera ses dons aux deux associations: Simon Rêve Se Realisait & L'Atelier Du Bois Enchanté, qui aident les enfants en situation de handicap.  Le premier festival dédié aux mamans va avoir lieu sur une plage privée près de Bordeaux Un concert qui met les spectateurs en état d'hypnose débarque dans un ancien hôpital reconverti en château à Bordeaux 5 festivals pour fêter le printemps en musique  Ebraz (left) extending the lead during the Coup du Sud-Ouest des pur-sang Arabes (Gr2 PA) at La Teste-de-Buch La Rédac' La magie de Noël s'empare du Bassin d'Arcachon Direction la toute mignonne place Gambetta pour découvrir son village de Noël avec patinoire synthétique piste de luge et animations variées Alors que certains Bordelais regrettent encore amèrement la patinoire de la place Pey-Berland voici une nouvelle qui ne devrait pas vous laisser de marbre .. version synthétique (à l'heure de la sobriété énergétique) s'est installée à la Teste-de-Buch elle accueillera petits et grands pour une petite session patins à glace La magie de Noël envahit la Teste-de-Buch La commune de 30 000 habitants qui borde le bassin organise aussi son village de Noël avec 19 chalets de commerçants et restaurateurs présents et une myriade d'idées cadeaux originales locales (bijoux seront proposés par les artisans locaux Les réservations se feront via à l’Office de Tourisme Un spectacle lumineux sur la place de la Mairie Autre attraction très attendue de cette Christmas party  Une piste de luge installée sur la Place de La Mairie à dévaler sans modération dès le 17 décembre.  Sans oublier le spectacle lumineux sur la façade de la Bibliothèque Place de la Mairie. Au programme  Un tour du Monde avec le Père Noël dans des tableaux lumineux féériques (renouvelés tous les 2 jours) qui arpentent la Chine l’Afrique... À découvrir gratuitement du 10 au 31 décembre Toutes les infos par ici Localiser cet élevageContacter par mail A LA UNEMy Prospero en vidéo : Alain Chopard vous présente le nouvel étalon du Haras des Faunes en 2025 - 17/12/2024 Alain Chopard a développé une des plus grandes structures d'élevage de France Célèbre pour son sens de l'initiative Alain Chopard change ses habitudes avec My Prospero. Habitué à recruter des étalons ayant déjà produit à l'étranger il lance ici un débutant dont le profil l'a immédiatement convaincu Découvrez en vidéo le magnidique fils d'Iffraaj qui fut l'un des meilleurs 3 ans d'Europe Installé au Haras des Faunes chez Alain Chopard où il bénéficie de l'appui de la nombreuse jumenterie d'Alain Chopard Marianafoot fut une formidable compétiteur sous la casaque Séroul vainqueur de 15 courses dont le Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr.1). Découvrez ce puissant robuste et rapide fils de Footstepinthesands qui fait la monte à seulement 2 200 € le beau My Prospero rentrera étalon au Haras des Faunes chez Alain Chopard à qui la famille Tsui l'a confié. Déjà vainqueur du Prix Eugène Adam (Gr.3) et 2 fois 3e de Gr.1 à 3 ans en Angleterre il disputera pour son ultime sortie le Grosser Preis Von Bayern à Munich début novembre Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) (1) 3yo+ 2ème Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (1) 3yo 3ème British Stallion Studs Clyde Ebf Conditions Stakes (2) 3yo+ Prix Guillaume d'Ornano - Haras du Logis Saint-Germain 2ème Prix Beachcomber Hotels "dinarobin" *****l (Px de la Croix Blanche) 3ème Prix du Naissaim - Foies Gras Biraben 3ème Prix des Jouvenceaux Et des Jouvencelles - Bernard Ferrand 3ème Fondation Claude Pompidou - Prix des Fleurs