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Shipping a horse to Europe

Hi all,
My family and I are planning a move to Madrid next summer. Does anyone have any intel on the boarding experience there? Also, I’m considering taking my gelding with me. Yes I know it will cost an arm and a leg but we are so bonded and I don’t want to start all over with a Spanish horse. Has anyone had experience exporting a horse to the EU?

Find a professional transport company that regularly moves horses between the USA and Europe and let them, as professionals, handle the details. You pay the bills. There is a very deep horse culture in Spain so you should find a good club to join. There will be significant differences, though, in horse management. The national federation rfhe.com runs an approval scheme, I believe.

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My super amazing dressage trainer moved there in January and took several horses with her. She’s in the suburbs of Madrid. Feel free to pm me if she wants contact info to learn about the scene from somewhere who recently made the move.

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