Ernest le Comte, being passionate about horses, built the horseshoe-shaped stud farm at the end of the 19th century to house a stable dedicated to trotters

The horse "Postllo" born in 1886 wins the Rouen derby in 1889; as well as "Qui Vive" born in 1887 who won the same Rouen Derby in 1890 on a mounted trot. Currently this event is called for mounted trotting: Prix du Cornulier and Grand Prix d'Amérique for harnessed trotting. Event created in 1919

Currently the stud is operated by Mr Boittin for breeding and mounting. He produces sport horses for the cavalry fanfare of the Republican Guard as well as for hunting with hounds and draught horses, especially for ceremonies.

Ernest Le Comte died in 1911 without a successor to maintain the stable

A small corner of this prestigious complex hosts the local town hall

It dates from the construction of the stud farm. From a 100m deep borehole, water extraction is provided by a reciprocating pump driven by a gasifier engine. You can see the gas station and the single-cylinder motor driving the pump; thus the water arrived at the foot of the water tower.

This engine also produced electrical energy stored in accumulator batteries. Electric lighting thus existed at the castle and in the stables long before the public network.

The water tower built at the same time as the stables provided the horses with running water which, brought to the foot of the water tower from the borehole, was propelled upwards by a horse-drawn carousel.