Photos: Jon Stroud, FEI. Additional photos supplied by the Emile Faurie Foundation
He was 15, scared of no one and thought that, with enough lip, he could get away with anything,” says Emile Faurie, with much animation, about a young lad helped by one of his projects. Covid-19 has put the brakes on pretty much the entirety of the Emile Faurie Foundation’s operation, but that doesn’t stop the man himself lighting up while regaling us with tales of his charity’s success.
“But when he met the horses, he was wary for the very first time,” continues the dressage maestro, speaking about the youngster from a Hull school the Foundation worked with. “When he was handed a horse, he was respectful. He had an affinity with them, and suddenly wanted to help others in his group. And in doing so, he helped himself.”