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” Mellby Free distinguished herself even as a foal. It was immediately obvious that she was out of the ordinary. Although we never dared hope, things would go quite so well.
“It’s too early to say whether Mellby Free’s success is confirmation that the restructuring process has been fruitful. It will take many years before we can say with certainty that we have an arrangement that works. But we can see signs that things are moving in the right direction”, says Jan-Olov Alfredsson.
In total Mellby Gård has about 100 horses, including 20 breeding mares and 15 foals. Several horses are stabled with elite trainers around Sweden and abroad.
Petter Beckman, Inspector
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 2018/2019
» Mellby Free wins numerous races.
» Parts of the forestry stocks were affected by European
Spruce Bark Beetle attacks.
FACTS
The Mellby Gård farm is located just south of Hässleholm
in the southernmost Swedish province of Skåne. The farm conducts modern, large-scale farming operations focusing primarily on pig and cattle farming, forestry and horse breeding. The farm is one of the largest pig farms in Skåne and annually produces some 17,000 pigs for slaughter.
The total area is a little more than 8,000 hectares, divided between about 80 percent forest, 15 percent arable land and 5 percent pasture. The land is rich in game, offering hunting for elk, red deer, wild boar and roe deer.
The Mellby Gård farm is a sister company of Mellby Gård. Mellby Gård’s representative on the Board of Directors: Rune Andersson (Chairman).
Jan-Olov Alfredsson, Trotting trainer
MELLBY GÅRD – YEARBOOK 2018 / 2019
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