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Hof Rottmann is a family farm in Ostercappeln-Venne in Lower Saxony that combines horse keeping with arable and livestock farming. The yard boards more than fifteen horses and offers riding instruction on site. Alongside the equestrian side the farm sells beef from its own cattle through a local butcher. It is run as Rottmann GbR by Elisabeth Rottmann.
Carl Hanley Sporthorses is a family-run sport-horse business at Ostercappeln near Osnabrück, in the horse heartland of north-west Germany. The team sources, buys and sells show-jumping horses for clients at every level, from amateurs looking for a fun partner to professionals competing at the top. They also manage horses on owners' behalf, schooling and campaigning them in competition, and advise owners and investors on buying into jumping horses. The farm itself is set up for the care and development of talented sport horses, with well-run shows within easy reach most weekends.
RFV Osloß e.V. is a riding and driving club of around 82 members at Soolschen Weg in Osloß, in the Gifhorn district of Lower Saxony. It runs weekly dressage instruction with visiting trainers and weekly jumping lessons, plus dressage clinics through the year. The club grounds can be used on a three-month arrangement, and members have access to individual training facilities and jump material. It organises its own riding tournament and supports members competing regionally.
Annika Puur Paard is an equestrian training and coaching practice at Scheemda in the Dutch province of Groningen. It offers educational riding lessons, groundwork and long-reining, trailer loading and stress-release work, and guidance for youngsters and foals. Alongside the horse work it runs equine-assisted coaching and therapy for people, plus Neuro-Emotional Integration sessions. Rehabilitation training for horses coming back into work and general welfare advice complete the programme.
Beterdier is an animal practice for osteopathy and complementary veterinary medicine working across the northern Netherlands. Horses are treated for movement problems, back complaints, skin conditions and digestive trouble, with the practice looking for the underlying cause rather than only the visible symptom. Treatment is given at the home base in Nieuw Beerta and at partner yards including Manege HJ Cazemier in Tolbert, South Side Stables in Appelscha and Stal Oude Meerdijk in Emmen. Where it helps the case, the practice works alongside conventional vets, equine dentists, saddle fitters and behaviour therapists.
Jo.Horses is the riding-coaching and instruction business of Jolien Niehof in Heiligerlee, Groningen. She teaches children and adults in private, duo and small-group lessons, working bitless and bridleless as well as in conventional basic dressage and jumping. Lessons are built around patient, respectful handling and include groundwork, hacking out and grooming, with dedicated sessions for riders who lack confidence and for children with mild disabilities. She also takes horses in for training on natural-horsemanship principles.
Stal Vries Nieuwolda is an equestrian yard on the Hoofdstraat in Nieuwolda, in the Groningen municipality of Oldambt. The stable offers stabling and accommodation for horses alongside training, and keeps a small string of horses available for sale. It is a compact, owner-run operation serving riders in the Oldambt area.
Stal Luiten is a dressage sport stable in Winschoten, Groningen, built around the riding career of Marten Luiten. The yard trains and campaigns dressage horses through the Dutch levels, from Z2 up to Grand Prix U25, with results including a Dutch championship title. Horses stabled here belong both to the business and to outside owners who place them for training and competition. The stable documents each horse it produces and its results in a public wall of fame.
Horse In A Box is a Dutch horsemanship training business based at Winschoten in the Oldambt municipality of Groningen. Its speciality is trailer loading, taught with a method that lets the horse choose to step into the trailer so it gains confidence and travels calmly, without needing extra handlers. The team also works on behaviour problems, general training and owner coaching, and starts and backs young horses. Courses and clinics in True Horsemanship and in hoof care are run at the yard and on location, for owners at every level of experience.
Stal Concordia is a driving stable in Scheemda, Groningen, a stone's throw from the Blauwe Stad. Its speciality is work in harness, keeping alive a regional tradition that once served farming and transport. The stable keeps classic Groninger horses native to the region alongside French Comtois draught horses, and works with them in recreational driving, marathon sport and practical land management such as horse-logging and nature conservation. Alongside livery it offers carriage hire, lessons and clinics, and supplies horse-drawn transport for weddings and funerals.
De Menacademie is a Dutch driving academy founded in 2012 that trains people who work with harnessed horses across the northern Netherlands and neighbouring parts of Germany. It prepares candidates for the official Dutch driving licences for single, pair and tandem turnouts, and runs courses in carriage driving, long-lining and practical usability tests. Beyond competition, the academy promotes working and recreational uses of the harnessed horse, including forestry, log hauling and small-scale agriculture. It also offers educational programmes and assistance in sourcing suitable driving horses.
RV NETA, short for Nuttig En Tevens Aangenaam, is one of the oldest riding clubs in the Netherlands, founded at Bellingwolde in 1923. Since 1978 it has been based at Manege de Dollard in Winschoten in the Oldambt municipality and now has around 150 members. The club exists to represent its members and to promote equestrian sport, chiefly by organising competitions. Its indoor and outdoor jumping shows, including the EDR Springconcours, draw several hundred starts.
Dressuurstal Larmoyeur is an international dressage yard at Winschoten in Groningen, in operation since 2000. Christa Larmoyeur and her team train and compete around 35 horses, up to Grand Prix level. The stable gives lessons at every level from beginner through to Grand Prix and travels to clinics and demonstrations at other venues. It also backs and schools young horses, prepares them for IBOP and PAVO tests, and brokers horse sales.
Dressuurstal Cécile Smit is a dressage yard at Winschoten in the Dutch province of Groningen. Horses are taken in for training and campaigned at competitions on behalf of their owners, including preparation for KWPN IBOP tests and stallion performance evaluations. Cécile Smit gives dressage lessons and guides buyers through the purchase of a horse. Trained horses from the yard are offered for sale, and the stable is a recognised apprenticeship business for equestrian trainees.
Stal Esther is a livery yard in Midwolda near Scheemda in Groningen, run by Esther and Edwin since November 2011. The stable offers roomy, sociable stabling with the horse's welfare as its first priority, and long opening hours for owners. Liveries have free use of the yard's various training facilities. The setting suits owners with a wide range of interests, from leisure riders to those in training.
Stal Noorderzon is a small riding school in Nieuw Scheemda, Groningen, founded in 2010 and run by certified instructor Linda Perdon. It teaches dressage and groundwork to children and adults at every level, from first-time beginners to experienced riders. Lessons cover long-lining, clicker training, freestyle dressage and horse agility, alongside pony and introductory sessions for the youngest riders. The emphasis throughout is on clear communication and a harmonious partnership between horse and rider.
Nebel Performance Horses is Lars Nebel's training yard at Oetzen in the Lüneburg district, built on more than fifteen years of professional experience. The business takes horses in for schooling and starting, gives individual coaching and runs group courses, and supports riders at competitions. Livery places are available on the yard. Lars Nebel also advises clients on buying and selling horses and co-hosts the Barn Bros horsemanship podcast.
Hof Goldenstein, which trades online as Naturhof Ostfriesland, is run by Andi and Sina Goldenstein at Barkholt near Ochtersum in East Frisia. The farm rears young horses and takes in problem horses for retraining in a natural, herd-based setting. It also runs a livery yard (Pensionsstall) for private owners. Hatha yoga and Pilates classes are held on the farm alongside the equestrian side.
Hufpflege Ostfriesland is the hoof-care practice of S. Stoppock, based in Ochtersum in East Frisia. The focus is barefoot hoof care worked to current methods and standards, with continuing training a stated priority. Glue-on shoes from Goodsmith are fitted where hoof protection is needed, and a BEMER Horse-Set is available to rent. Appointments are requested by WhatsApp rather than by phone, since calls are hard to take while working on a horse.
Pferdeosteopathie Imke Klopp treats horses with movement problems and rideability issues using gentle osteopathic techniques. Every treatment starts from a gait analysis to find the source of the problem rather than the symptom. Alongside osteopathy she offers physiotherapy modalities including massage, kinesio-taping and leech therapy, and checks saddle and tack fit. She travels regularly through the Gifhorn, Uelzen, Lüneburg, Lüchow-Dannenberg and Wolfsburg districts and is available across northern Germany.
Hardenberg Reitanlage is a full-service equestrian centre on the grounds of Schloss Hardenberg in Nörten-Hardenberg, where horses have been kept and bred for centuries. The livery operation feeds concentrate three times and hay twice a day to an individual plan for every horse, mucks out through the week and offers paddock, pasture and horse-walker options. Jumping lessons are given by an experienced trainer who also competes and builds courses, while dressage instruction runs through the week up to advanced level and is arranged individually. The yard trains young and experienced horses on the principles of classical horsemanship, with full training, part training and holiday cover available. Regular jumping and dressage clinics round out the programme, and the site sits conveniently between Göttingen and Northeim.
Tierphysio Nord is an equine physiotherapy practice run by Silke Jüngling from Nottensdorf, south of the Elbe in Lower Saxony. She works with a whole-horse approach that draws on physiotherapy and osteopathy, acupuncture, laser therapy and kinesiology taping. Every treatment is tailored to the individual horse and to what its owner can realistically carry out day to day. Training advice is a core part of the service, and she also runs seminars for owners on keeping horses sound into old age.
HorsEducation is a riding and horsemanship school run by Bonnie Pülm at Northeim in Lower Saxony, teaching horse and rider as a pair. Training combines seat and balance work for the rider with gymnasticising groundwork for the horse, built around fine body-language communication. Lessons are open to beginners and experienced riders from any discipline, with horse welfare as the stated starting point. The programme also covers circus lessons, lungeing based on body language, backing and young-horse training, and safe trailer loading.
Tierheilpraxis Zelmer is an animal naturopathy practice in Nordstemmen near Hildesheim treating horses, dogs, cats and small pets. Melanie Dehne-Zelmer specialises in bioresonance therapy and allergy and intolerance testing, alongside Bach flowers, aromatherapy, mycotherapy and low-level laser therapy. Professional teeth cleaning is also offered. Appointments and questions are handled directly by phone or email.
