Le Mesnil-Simon, in the heart of the Pays d'Auge in the Calvados department, has seen, since 2015, the stable of La Chaule transformed into a thoroughbred breeding farm. Olivia Saelens, a former eventing rider, is the founder of Haras des Étincelles, where she breeds thoroughbreds for flat and obstacle races. She also has her own colors and is beginning to reap the rewards of her labor with the thoroughbred Éclair-Étincelle and its first place in the Prix de Gastines in Sablé-sur-Sarthe.