More answers to questions received in e mails.
Yes it is a horse friendly area and there are many country tracks to use. The French National stud is in Normandy.
No the hunt don't go onto the land because the land is wrapped around the farmhouse, because they cannot shoot within a certain distance of a dwelling.
Although in Rural Normandy there is swimming,golf,squash,tennis,bowling,football.fishing,dancing etc all with 20 mins distance.