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Göttinger Birkenhof

Göttingen, Germany

Göttinger Birkenhof is a riding school and livery yard on the edge of Göttingen-Geismar in southern Lower Saxony. The yard teaches children, teenagers and adults to the German FN syllabus, from lead-rein and lunge lessons for absolute beginners through to work for advanced and returning riders. Horses are kept in open stabling and paddock boxes, with riding arenas and round pens on site. The farm also hosts childrens riding birthdays and offers guest rooms for visitors.

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Vechtehof Egbers

Gölenkamp, Germany

Vechtehof-Egbers is a training and sales yard in Gölenkamp on the Dutch border, run by Wolfgang Egbers with more than forty years in the profession. Certified trainers school horses and riders from basic work through to competition level, with individually tailored sessions. The yard keeps livery horses, markets sale horses of its own and on behalf of clients, and runs dressage clinics and seminars. It also stages its own competitions during the season.

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Pferdepension Paartz

Göhrde (gemeindefreies Gebiet), Germany

Pferdepension Paartz is a family-run horse boarding yard in Gülden in the Wendland, combined with an organic farm. Fifteen heated boxes with outside windows, daily paddock turnout, a 20 x 40 m riding hall, a lit round pen, a horse solarium and heated tack rooms with hot water make up the facility. Hay, haylage, straw and grain are grown on the farm itself, so feed quality is controlled end to end. The yard sits on more than 500 km of marked riding trails, with indoor and outdoor grooming areas and space for lungeing and groundwork.

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Pueblo-Lindo

Großenkneten, Germany

Pueblo-Lindo is a small equestrian farm run by Susanne Gläßer at Falsbult near Großenkneten, inside a protected landscape between two nature reserves. The yard boards horses and has a particular focus on retirement livery for older horses that need a quiet place to age well. Alongside boarding it offers horsemanship instruction and guided trail rides, and is registered as a Wanderreitstation for riders travelling through. Holiday programmes for foster children are also run on the farm.

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Gestüt Kastanienhof

Großenkneten, Germany

Gestüt Kastanienhof is a pony stud at Sage-Haast near Großenkneten in Lower Saxony, run by Julia and Timo Coldewey and breeding ponies since 1968. The yard combines stallion keeping, an insemination station with its own modern laboratory, a training operation and a sales business. Its stated aim is performance-ready and genuinely child-friendly ponies. Training covers lungeing, backing and competition preparation for the stud's own and for clients' horses and ponies, and livery places are available. Fresh and frozen semen from the station's stallions can be ordered online.

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Aktivstall Steinloge

Großenkneten, Germany

Aktivstall Steinloge is an open active-stable livery yard at Glane near Großenkneten in the Oldenburg region. Horses live in a mixed herd and move continuously between feeding stations, shelters and several watering points, with roughage available around the clock and computer-controlled concentrate feeders. Turnout is in mixed groups, and the yard is open to riders of every discipline and age. Shared facilities and social spaces are a deliberate part of the concept, so the yard has a strong community feel.

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Pferdepension Möwenhof

Großefehn, Germany

Pferdepension Möwenhof is a horse boarding yard in Großefehn, East Frisia, set on around seven hectares between the resorts of Timmel, Wiesmoor and Westgroßefehn. The yard runs a movement-stable concept and keeps horses in large herds with year-round turnout. Its speciality is convalescent care: the mild North Sea coastal climate and the stable layout make it a known address for horses with respiratory disease, allergies, laminitis, arthrosis, Cushing, EMS, tendon injuries or behavioural problems. Healthy horses and retirees are equally welcome, and daily medication and individual care are part of the service.

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Pferdehof TriConia

Groß Ippener, Germany

Pferdehof TriConia is a livery yard on the Birkenhof at Groß Ippener in Lower Saxony, set between wide pastures and the Siekwald forest. Horses can be kept in boxes opening directly onto the light-filled indoor arena, in paddock boxes with generous outdoor runs, or in small-group open stables. Large summer pastures and big winter paddocks support species-appropriate turnout year round. Since February 2024 the yard has operated as a self-care (Selbstversorger) stable. It is run by TriCon GmbH.

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Reitstall Siek

Groß Ippener, Germany

Reitstall Siek is a long-established livery yard run by the Tykac family at Stuhr, between Bremen and Delmenhorst on the edge of the Wildeshauser Geest. Horses are kept on full board in indoor, outdoor and paddock boxes, and the stables open directly onto the large indoor school so working-in is quick and easy. The site also has outdoor dressage and jumping arenas, a round pen, a lunging tent, a cross-country course and a gallop track, all surrounded by woods and meadows. Clinics and social fixtures such as group hacks, Kohlfahrten and Easter fires are part of yard life.

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Schlobohms-Hof

Grasberg, Germany

Schlobohms-Hof is a small breeding and youngstock farm at Grasberg in Lower Saxony run by Cord and Karina Schlobohm. The farm breeds Alt-Oldenburger horses on a deliberately small scale and publishes information on the breed and on its previous foal crops. It also takes in young horses for rearing, with places offered for yearling fillies and, seasonally, for colt foals. Horses bred on the farm are offered for sale from time to time.

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ISHOF

Grasberg, Germany

ISHOF is an Icelandic-horse yard at Huxfeld between Grasberg and Fischerhude, north of Bremen, run by the Thordarson family. It combines a riding school with boarding, schooling and horse sales, keeping its horses on large pastures and in open stables. Riding lessons, courses and holiday clinics are offered for children and adults, and trail riding through the surrounding countryside is part of the daily routine. The yard also stands breeding stallions and regularly has horses available for sale.

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Reiterhof Falada

Goslar, Germany

Reiterhof Falada is a four-sided courtyard livery yard near Goslar in the Harz foothills, run by the Stöbich-Schaller family. It keeps around 25 privately owned horses in individual boxes with year-round turnout on winter-proof paddocks and adjoining pastures, and every horse is hand-fed and checked several times a day. Riders have a 20 x 40 m indoor school, an outdoor arena of the same size, a 16 x 18 m lunging hall and direct access to the Harlyberg hacking country. Regular dressage and jumping lessons are given by visiting trainers, alongside clinics in groundwork, double lunge and equine first aid. The yard also organises its own shows, Christmas rides and social riding events.

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Meyers Pferdewelt

Gorleben, Germany

Meyers Pferdewelt, trading as Pferdezucht & Pension Meyer, is a family-run breeding and livery yard at Meetschow near Gorleben in the Wendland. The yard describes its approach as natural, appropriate to the horse and honest, with individual care for riding horses, broodmares and foals. It runs its own breeding programme and offers livery places to private owners. Horses bred on the farm are offered for sale.

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Offenstall Versteegen

Gleichen, Germany

Offenstall Versteegen is a family-run farm at Gleichen-Sattenhausen near Göttingen that keeps around thirty horses in open stabling all year round. Horses live in groups with permanent access to paddocks, out on pasture in summer and on reinforced outdoor areas with open stalls in winter. Alongside full livery the farm offers short-stay horse-hotel places, breeding and youngstock rearing, and sells horses. The yard is also available for events.

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Reitanlage Klostergut Diemarden

Gleichen, Germany

Reitanlage Klostergut Diemarden is a family-run equestrian facility that the Isenberg family has operated on the historic Klostergut estate in Diemarden, Gleichen, for more than 25 years. The yard was extended in 2019 with a 20 x 60 m indoor arena and 30 stables, of which 18 are paddock boxes and 12 are internal boxes, all let with full board. Facilities include a lunging ring, a covered lunging arena, a 35 x 50 m floodlit outdoor arena, a solarium, a large wash bay and trailer parking. Paddocks and summer pastures adjoin the yard directly, with an optional grazing service. Guest boxes are available and the surrounding countryside offers extensive hacking.

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Dr. Wolfgang Preiser

Gleichen, Germany

Fellponygestüt Elbickerode, trading as Unity Fell Ponys, breeds Fell Ponies from English bloodlines at Elbickerode in the Gleichen municipality south of Göttingen. With around twenty ponies on the farm it is one of the larger Fell Pony breeding operations in Germany. Youngstock spend four years growing up in the herd and a further year in basic training before being offered for sale as dependable leisure partners. The yard also offers riding lessons, riding shares, care-horse arrangements and livery.

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Arkusberg Dienstleistungs- GbR, Pferdepension

Gleichen, Germany

Pferde am Arkusberg is a boarding yard near Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony that keeps horses in open herd husbandry rather than in individual boxes. Two separate herds, one of geldings and one of mares, live out all year with roughly two kilometres of tracks available and about four hours of daily pasture from May to October. Feeding is managed with rationed, low-sugar hay and every horse is watched individually by the resident team. Training and lessons are available on site with resident trainer Sarah Lojewski.

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Islandpferdehof Goldgrund

Gilten, Germany

Islandpferdehof Goldgrund is a small Icelandic-horse stud and boarding yard at Gilten, roughly 30 km from Hanover on the edge of the Südheide. Michaela Laufs breeds Icelandic horses with her own breeding stallion and a group of broodmares, all kept on large, sparse sandy pastures. Alongside the breeding operation the farm offers Pferdepension boarding places for outside horses. Visits and viewings are arranged by appointment.

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HFT Hufbeschlag Fachteam

Gifhorn, Germany

Hufbeschlag Fachteam is a master farrier business (Hufschmied-Meisterbetrieb) based at Zum Luisenhof in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. The team shoes horses of every breed, from leisure horses to sport horses, fitting each shoe individually to the horse gait and hoof health after a proper assessment. Sand and grass arenas and an indoor school on site let the farrier watch a horse move before and after shoeing for a precise reading of its way of going. The business works closely with a veterinarian so that hoof problems can be addressed together with the medical side. Horses needing long-term treatment can be stabled on the premises, and the team also travels out across the wider region from Wolfsburg and Braunschweig to Hannover, Hildesheim and Northeim.

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Reitsportanlage Eichenhof

Gifhorn, Germany

Reitsportanlage Eichenhof is a family-run riding facility in the centre of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. It offers relaxed, pressure-free lessons for children from the age of six as well as lunge and group lessons for teenagers and adults. Riding holidays run during the school breaks and boxes are available for boarders. Everything sits on one compact site with stables, turnout paddocks, an indoor school and an outdoor arena, and open hacking country begins directly behind. The riding club RG Eichenhof e.V. is based at the yard.

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Gestüt Birkenheide

Gifhorn, Germany

Gestüt Birkenheide is a stud and livery yard on the edge of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony, run by Nicole and Friedrich Sievers. Horses are stabled in modern boxes with generous outdoor paddocks, and the yard emphasises species-appropriate keeping. Facilities include indoor and outdoor arenas with professional footing, lungeing circles, wash and grooming bays, a solarium and heated tack and lounge rooms. Alongside the livery business the farm keeps its own broodmares and rears the resulting youngstock. Training is offered for both horse and rider, and homebred horses are sold from the yard.

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Marschalk-Pecksen

Geestland, Germany

Reit- und Zuchtbetrieb Marschalk-Pecksen is a family-run riding and breeding yard at Elmlohe near Geestland in Lower Saxony. The yard trains both riders and horses, keeps a string of school horses and publishes a weekly lesson timetable for riders at every level. It also offers livery for privately owned horses and runs its own breeding programme, with broodmares kept in regular light work well into pregnancy. Horses bred and produced on the farm are offered for sale.

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Islandpferde-Hölterhof

Geeste, Germany

Islandpferde Hölterhof is an Icelandic-horse breeding yard and riding school at Dalum in Geeste, Emsland, run by Manfred Krüssel and in operation for more than forty years. The farm breeds from its own stallions and mares, raises youngstock and sells both trained and untrained horses. Certified instructors give riding lessons on the yard and at riders own premises, and external courses run through the year. Guided hacks through the surrounding Emsland countryside and boarding in boxes or at pasture complete the offer.

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HTA Weserlauf - Huf- & Pferdetherapiepraxis Ausbildungszentrum

Gandesbergen, Germany

HTA Weserlauf is a combined hoof and horse therapy practice and training centre in Gandesbergen, Lower Saxony, run by Bernd Bischoff and Petra Wieland. The team treats hoof disease holistically, with a focus on laminitis, navicular syndrome and hoof abscesses, and provides mobile integrative equine osteopathy. Horses needing intensive treatment can be stabled on site in the therapy barn. HTA Weserlauf also trains practitioners, running a two-year osteopathy certification, a hoof-care practitioner programme and shorter seminars.

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