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Frederic Pignon and Magali Delgado - Written in the stars

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Uploaded by on Dec 20, 2010

Dedicated to the legendary Frederic Pignon and Magali Delgado.

Magali At an age when most children are still slumbering in their carriage, Magali was attending her parents' equestrian training sessions, next to a shaded outdoor school. Before long, she joined the group of performers as a bareback rider on her little black pony Chiquito. She then began trick riding and endurance training. But dressage proved to be her passion. Training under the watchful eye of her parents, she worked the horses bred on their farm.Magali received further training in Portugal, from master horsemen like Jose Ataide and Carlos Pinto, and became a state-certified instructor.

Frédéric is also from a riding family, but his career path has been unusual. He and his brother Jean François inherited their philosophy of horses from their father. From an early age, he found analyzing and understanding animals a source of fascination. As a child, he would watch dogs, cats and ponies, and then train them and try to communicate with them. He and his brother first learned to ride on a ram! This black ram was a household mascot that even accepted the bit and shafts for hauling a cart! At the age of ten, Frédéric switched to a pony. Riding bareback, with just a rope or rough bridle as harness, he would go out every evening after school and sometimes spend the whole day in the nearby mountains.After a short spell at fine arts school, he decided to make horses his profession. A huge fan of performance, he joined the Georges Branche school and learned acrobatics and stunts. Realizing that he had to learn the fundamentals of dressage, he landed (took courses) at an equestrian centre in southern France, where he met Magali. In 2003 they were wed on horseback!

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  • So, thats where the words that teenagers in my town keep spouting to their teachers!!! We just thought they were on ecstasy or LSD or something. LMAO! Got to tell the PTA about this!!

  • He really loves his horses!!

  • whats this colour called?

  • Pignon arbeitet ohne Gebiss und in Freiheit - Delgado mit Sporen und Gerte.

    Mehr muss ich nich sagen,oder?

    Die Fotos am anfang sind wirklich schön!

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