Tenuta San Carlo breeds Maremmian horses, which guests may pet and feed and sometimes ride when group horseback riding events are planned.

Five fouls are born per year and are kept in the wild three years until they are of the age to be tamed and trained as show horses. Tenuta San Carlo’s horses are certified under l’associazione Allevatori Cavalli Maremmani and compete in regional and national shows. Over twenty acres of Tenuta San Carlo’s land is dedicated to the breeding of the horses. Within that space there are the horse stables that comfortably accommodate twenty one horses, a training field and ring, and ample grazing space for the horses’ salutary relaxation after training.

Valentina Pettini is San Carlo’s longstanding horse trainer. She takes care of the taming and training of Tenuta San Carlo’s horses as well as of the horses of other breeders in the area. She is a first level federal instructor certified to train horses in their youth up through lower and intermediate level competitions. Under her instruction, San Carlo’s stallion, Felix (born 1996), successfully made it to the 2nd level of the Test del Sella Italiano in 1999, placing seventh among the nine stallions chosen over all from the twenty one stallions candidates qualified for the competition. Many more horses from Tenuta San Carlo under her instruction have gone on to prove themselves in nation-wide competitions all over Italy.

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• Horse pension
  
• Horse taming and training from youth
  

For inquiry into the purchasing of one of San Carlo’s horses, please contact Tiziano Montorsi at (011-39) 348/0160782.

For inquiry into prices for English or German speakers, please contact Bianca Orland0 at (001)212-561-6436.

For further more general information about horses at San Carlo please e-mail us at Sancarlo@tenutasancarlo.com

The land of Tenuta San Carlo, before the creation of national park l’Uccellina, was used for agriculture and as hunting grounds. Now much of it lies untouched in order to help preserve the wildlife of the area. The land that is still cultivated is divided equally into crops of wheat and alfalfa. The products of the land go toward the maintenance of the horses.

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Wildlife is abundant at Tenuta San Carlo. Most predominantly wild boar, deer, miniature deer (called daini), and pheasants populate the open fields. But the diversity of wildlife only begins there. There are over fifty species of birds in the park as well as porcupines, foxes, hares, turtles, a wide range of insects, and many more creatures. Many of these animals can be seen during the day while taking a walk or a bike ride toward the beach. The best hours of the day in which to go looking for wildlife are either during the early morning hours or around dusk right before dinner. Most of these animals take refuge in the intense midday heat.

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