One horse. Many perspectives. One bigger picture.
Three days of discovery, exchange and new ideas from across the equine industry — an open day, an evening round table and a two-day dissection.
CONNECT 2026Innovation & Discovery at Haras di Saragua
One horse. Many perspectives. One bigger picture.
Performance begins where innovation, knowledge and people connect.
- Exhibitors
- Live demos & talks
- Food truck lunch
- Free entrance
What happens when we connect the dots?
So what happens when we connect the dots?
- The equine industry is changing.
- New technologies are allowing us to measure what we could never measure before.
- New materials are changing farriery.
- New approaches are transforming rehabilitation.
- New equipment is challenging established ideas.
- Sports science is teaching us more about the athlete.
- And our understanding of equine wellbeing continues to evolve.
Connect 2026 is an open day dedicated to discovery, exchange and new ideas.
On 17 October, Haras di Saragua will bring together innovative actors from across the equine industry to showcase products, technologies, services and approaches that are challenging the way we think about the horse.
A place to see, experience, question and exchange.
Visitors will be able to discover new technologies, meet the people behind them, watch live demonstrations and explore how seemingly different innovations can contribute to the same objective:
a better understanding of the complete athlete.
Connect the dots
Throughout the day, we will explore different points of connection.
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The horseWhat can we understand when we learn to listen better?Health monitoring · Sensors · Diagnostics · Bit fitting · RehabilitationEqui-Ed · Horsecare · Pro Bitting
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The groundHow much does performance begin at the ground?New materials · Mouldable shoes · Laser-cut shoes · Farriery innovation · BiomechanicsSHS · Blueshoes
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Horse & equipmentIs equipment simply equipment — or part of the athlete?Saddles · Blankets · Bits · Materials · Fit · InteractionPariani · Spiritnova · Etereha
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Care & recoveryWhat if we knew earlier?Monitoring · Rehabilitation · Recovery · Proactive careEquine Tendon
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The humanWhat happens when we train the rider as seriously as we train the horse?Physical preparation · Mental preparation · Rider biomechanics · PartnershipEn Form’
- SeeDiscover innovative products, technologies and approaches.
- MeetMeet the people developing them.
- ExperienceGet hands-on with new ideas.
- WatchSee live demonstrations and practical applications.
- AskChallenge, question and exchange with professionals.
- ConnectLook beyond individual innovations and see the bigger picture.
- Science
- Training
- Veterinary medicine
- Farriery
- Physiology
- Psychology
- Technology
- Environment
- Equipment
- Human partnership
These are not competing disciplines. They are pieces of the same system.
And perhaps the next step in equine performance won’t come from one more innovation. It will come from connecting the innovations, knowledge and people we already have.
Programme
Join us for CONNECT 2026
Free entry — spaces are limited. Please RSVP by e-mail at haras@disaragua.com
Presentations in English or French, with translator.
UNBOUND 2026
What if nothing stood in our way?
Given everything we know today — and assuming resources, technology and established systems were no longer limitations — what would you change?
- Round table
- Cocktail dinner
- Jazz night
- Exchange
- Performance
- Health
- Welfare
- Technology
- Training
- Partnership
An evening bringing together voices from equine and human sport to challenge the conventional boundaries of performance.
What if?
- What if money wasn’t the limitation?
- What if technology could measure almost anything?
- What if we could identify problems before they appeared?
- What if veterinary medicine, physiotherapy, farriery, training and sports science worked as one system?
- What if we designed training around the long-term athlete, rather than the next competition?
- What if mental wellbeing were considered as seriously as physical performance?
- What if we could rethink the environment in which the horse lives, trains and recovers?
- What if we stopped waiting for injury before intervening?
- What if we removed the limitations?
To be unbound is not to ask the horse to go further.
It is to free our thinking.
This is the conversation behind UNBOUND 2026.
- Unbound fromtradition
- Unbound fromsilos
- Unbound fromreactive thinking
- Unbound fromoutdated training models
- Unbound fromfragmented care
- Unbound fromestablished assumptions about what a sport horse should tolerate
- Unbound fromthe idea that performance must come at a cost
One athlete. Two halves.
The evening brings together professionals from different parts of the performance ecosystem.
- Equine veterinarians
- Farriers
- Physiotherapists
- Trainers
- Course designers
- Federation representatives
- Human sports doctors
- Sports physiologists
- Technology specialists
- Performance professionals
Different disciplines. Different experiences. Different perspectives.
But two athletes at the centre of the conversation:
Because performance does not happen in isolation.
- Body
- Mind
- Movement
- Environment
- Nutrition
- Recovery
- Training
- Equipment
- Relationships
Everything interacts.
So what happens when we stop looking at these elements separately?
The evening will begin with a multidisciplinary round table designed to challenge established thinking and explore what could become possible when conventional limitations are removed.
The conversation will then continue over a cocktail dinner accompanied by live jazz — creating the opportunity for participants to exchange ideas, challenge one another and continue the conversation beyond the table.
Because the objective is not to arrive at one definitive answer. It is to ask better questions.
- →From human top tier to veterinary applicationsDr Sayegh — Swiss Olympic · Simon Barruelbelou — Chief Physiotherapist, Swiss Olympic · Marie-Aude Langella — physiotherapist and rider, paraplegic
- →From going through the motions of traditional horse training to taking horse and rider as a wholeGuy Bessat — Olympic coach
- →From training physical capabilities to integrating physical and psychological welfare as a standardSmart Horse Labs
- →From traditional care to groundbreaking methodsDr vet. Henk Offereins — Equine Tendon · Dawn Mansfield — Pro Bitfitting · Dr vet. Hildegard Setzkorn — Internal medicine
- →From reactive to proactive: what would you dream to make visible?Oleg Dyvinets — CEO Horsecare · Q&A survey
Join us for UNBOUND 2026
Join us for an evening of thinking, exchange and questioning of what could become our next reality.
Spaces are limited — registration by e-mail at haras@disaragua.com
Everything interacts. Different perspectives. One athlete. Better questions. One common goal.
By invitation — limited attendance. Cocktail dinner by invitation only. Presentations in English or French, with translator.
Full Equine DissectionPerformance Horses
A unique opportunity to see performance from the inside out.
Real Anatomy. Real Understanding.
Two days. Real anatomy. Deeper understanding.
Following exceptional demand, Equi-Ed returns to France for a second Full Equine Dissection with Becks Nairn, on 18–19 October at Haras di Saragua.
Known internationally for her engaging and practical approach to equine anatomy education, Becks bridges anatomy theory and real-life application. Over two days she takes us on a journey through the horse’s anatomy — discovering what lies within the horse and learning to tell its unique story.
- AnatomyMuscles, nerves, fascia, tendons, lymph nodes, ligaments and skeletal structures in detail.
- MovementHow anatomy influences biomechanics, performance and basic everyday functions, e.g. the stay apparatus.
- The headThe hyoid apparatus, the brain, the tongue and the facial nerves.
- Internal attachmentsThe digestive, reproductive, respiratory and circulatory systems — how they interact and where they attach.
Reserve your place
Limited spaces for optimal learning and viewing. Registration on EquiEd.com — ‘CPD Courses’ tab.
With Becks Nairn · organised by Equi-Ed