La Yeguada de la Cartuja

Following the past tribulations experienced by the stud in the previous century, at present the Carthusian horses enjoy a stable environment in the Finca Fuente del Suero Estate and form part of the State Heritage of Spain (Patrimonio del Estado), responsible for preserving and promoting the genetic heritage of these unique animals.
Following the death of Don Vicente Romero García at the beginning of this century, who consolidated the thoroughbred status of the Carthusian stock and who introduced the brand with the letter C, the stud was to pass through the hands of a multitude of owners: Doña Rosario Romero, the widow of Domínguez, Don Francisco Chica Navarro, the Viscount of Montesina, don Roberto Osborne, don Juan Pedro Domecq y Núñez de Villavicencio, don Fernando C. de Terry y del Cubillo and Doña Isabel Merello, the widow of Tery ..., all of whom coincided in their endeavours to safeguard the purity of the blood line of the Carthusian thoroughbred. In 1981, Rumasa S. A. bought the vineyard from Fernando A. Terry S. A. together with its livestock. In 1983, with the expropriation of Rumasa, the State Heritage department (Patrimonio del Estado) took charge of these assets, and in 1985 the livestock was separated from the other assets belonging to the vineyard. In 1990, the State Heritage department (Patrimonio del Estado) incorporated the stud farm into the public sector company EXPASA Agricultura y Ganadería, S. A., which was given the responsibility of maintaining and improving this unique genetic heritage.

In March 1998, the Carthusian monks ceded to EXPASA, for use in the Stud, the original branding iron in the form of a bell, with which the horses were branded in the XV century. With this act the branding irons which have distinguished the stud since its creation were brought together, that of the Yeguada de la Cartuja - Hierro del Bocado. In 2000 EXPASA bought the original branding iron in the form of a bell.
Bell shaped branding iron	Bridle shaped branding iron	Bridle shaped branding iron with the letter "C"
La Yeguada de la Cartuja - Hierro del Bocado, is in the present day, the most important reserve of Carthusian horses in the world, with over 200 horses grazing in freedom in the grasslands of the Finca Fuente del Suero Estate.