Hoofine · Directory

The equine trade, in one directory.

Stud farms, vet clinics, farriers, transporters, breeders, auction houses, insurers and legal counsel — every business behind the horse trade, searchable and verifiable.

2,641 businesses

Riding school

Pferdefreunde Brückenhof

Georgsmarienhütte, Germany

Pferdefreunde Brückenhof is a small riding yard run by Monika Werner on the Brückenhof in Georgsmarienhütte, Lower Saxony. The yard gives riding instruction and runs a vaulting group, and its horses live out on open pasture. Alongside the horses the farm keeps goats, pigs and other animals, so younger visitors get a broad introduction to farm and stable life. The business is contactable by phone or e-mail; its website is currently being rebuilt.

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Eckjans Equestrian Globe GmbH

Georgsmarienhütte, Germany

Equestrian Globe GmbH is an equestrian industry consultancy based near Osnabrück and the official representative of the German Equestrian Federation (FN) for Greater China. It delivers German training, education and certification programmes abroad, including performance medals, trainer certificates and equine management qualifications. The team also plans and runs competitions, fairs and equestrian entertainment events, and coordinates German representation at them. Further services cover horse sales and consulting on feeding, breeding, equipment and arena footing.

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Equine therapy

Praxis für Pferdeosteopathie Karsten Gemmeker

Georgsdorf, Germany

Karsten Gemmeker runs a mobile equine osteopathy practice from Georgsdorf in the Emsland, travelling to clients across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Equine osteopathy is used here to find and release movement restrictions and functional problems in the horse's body without medication. The toolkit combines osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture massage after Penzel, soft-tissue work and passive techniques, and he treats dogs as well as horses. He works in cooperation with veterinarians, farriers and trainers rather than in isolation.

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Veterinary clinic

Dr. Susanne Drögemüller

Gehrden, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Ditterke is a veterinary practice at Gehrden near Hannover, led by Dr. Susanne Drögemüller and running for more than thirty years. Horses of every type are treated, from sport and leisure horses to youngstock and seniors, alongside a small-animal caseload. The practice covers consultation, diagnostics and treatment, with appointments arranged by phone. A second veterinarian supports the team.

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Leo König Pferdehandel

Gehrde, Germany

Leo König runs a sport-horse operation at Gehrde in the Osnabrücker Land, working under the line "from foal to champion". The yard breeds and produces show jumpers, keeps its own stallions and raises youngstock through to competition age. Horses are schooled on site and offered for sale from a standing sales string. Visitors are received at the yard by arrangement.

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Riding club

Reitverein Gehrde e.V.

Gehrde, Germany

Reitverein Gehrde e.V. is a riding club based in Gehrde in the Osnabrueck district of Lower Saxony. It maintains its own indoor riding arena, used by members for riding and training. The hall is additionally offered as a venue for events and celebrations. The club website is currently being rebuilt, so a full programme of lessons and fixtures is not yet published online.

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Farrier

Hufbeschlag Felix Schönemann

Geestland, Germany

Hufbeschlag Felix Schönemann is a farrier business based in Wanna, Lower Saxony. Originally trained as a metalworker, Felix Schönemann covers barefoot trimming, classical nailed shoeing, Duplo shoes, glue-on shoes and orthopaedic shoeing. He works with horses of every size, from mini Shetlands to Shire horses, and adapts each visit to what the individual horse needs. A published price list and online booking are available on his site.

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Equine therapy

Tierheilpraxis Köhlen

Geestland, Germany

Tierheilpraxis Köhlen is run by Andrea Albers-Mittag in Geestland-Köhlen and treats horses, dogs, cats and farm livestock. Her methods include kinesiotherapy, bioresonance, phytotherapy, mycotherapy, Bach flowers, homeopathy and biochemistry, autohaemotherapy and nutritional counselling. The practice states plainly that these alternative methods are neither scientifically proven nor recognised by conventional medicine. Appointments are arranged by telephone.

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Equine therapy

Tierosteopathie, Tierphysiotherapie & Tiernaturheilkunde Julia Werwe

Geestland, Germany

Julia Werwe runs an animal osteopathy, physiotherapy and naturopathy practice in Geestland treating horses, dogs and cats. She combines osteopathy and physiotherapy with naturopathic methods including phytotherapy, acupuncture and bioresonance. The practice is equipped with a water treadmill with swimming function, bioresonance and laser devices, electrotherapy, magnetic field therapy and therapeutic ultrasound. Alongside treatment she draws up therapy and training plans, works on pain management and advises on preventive health care.

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Andreas Hinkelbein

Geestland, Germany

Andreas Hinkelbein runs a breeding and training yard at Ringstedt near Bremerhaven in Lower Saxony. The business breeds sport horses and presents its own foals, youngstock and broodmares. Alongside the breeding operation the yard schools horses and trains riders, with separate programmes for each. Horses bred and produced on the premises are offered for sale directly from the yard.

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Equine therapy

Visionäre Pferdeosteopathie (VPO) Katrin von Holten

Geestland, Germany

Visionäre Pferdeosteopathie is the equine osteopathy practice of Katrin von Holten, based in Geestland in Lower Saxony. She works hands-on with horses to release trauma-related tension held in the nervous system, fascia and organs, with the aim of bringing a horse out of survival mode and back into balance. The treatment range combines classical equine osteopathy with craniosacral therapy, energetic bodywork along meridians and chakras, and leech therapy. Treatments are carried out at the yard where the horse lives, across the Geestland and Cuxhaven region.

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Veterinary clinic

Dr. Harald Nagelfeld Tierarzt

Geestland, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Dr. Nagelfeld is a veterinary group practice with its main clinic at Geestland-Elmlohe and satellite sites at Bad Bederkesa, Langen and Bremerhaven. Around fifteen veterinarians cover cattle, equine and small-animal medicine across the four locations. Equipment includes digital radiography, ultrasound with cardiac scanning and endoscopy, backed by surgical, dental and ophthalmic facilities. Registered clients have access to a 24-hour emergency telephone service.

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Moheba-Gestüt

Geestland, Germany

Moheba-Gestüt is an Arabian horse breeding and training centre at Langen near Bremerhaven, run by Dr. med. vet. Jutta Ginsel and Willi Ewen. The stud has bred straight Egyptian Arabians for more than thirty years and has also produced Arabian-Berbers since 2003. It stands stallions at its own covering station, raises and sells young stock, and trains both horses and riders. The yard additionally sells selected riding equipment and hand-made leather goods.

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Stud farm

Gestüt Geestland

Geestland, Germany

Gestüt Geestland is a Hanoverian breeding operation at Elmlohe in the Cuxland district of Lower Saxony, run by Andrea Baumgarten. The stud keeps a band of broodmares and documents each year's foal crop, its retired broodmares and its young horses on its own pages. Youngstock is raised on the farm and brought on until it is ready to be sold. Horses connected with the stud have been presented in show-jumping, eventing and cross-country classes. The site notes that some sections are still under construction.

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Riding club

Reit- und Voltigierclub Neuenwalde von 2005 e.V.

Geestland, Germany

The Reit- und Voltigierclub Neuenwalde von 2005 e.V. is a riding and vaulting club at Neuenwalde in Geestland, north of Bremerhaven. Vaulting and riding are its two sections, each with its own instructors and training groups. The club runs a regular calendar of training dates and club events at its facility on Im Grunde. Separate contacts are published for general enquiries, the committee and the training leaders. It is represented by its chairman, Harald Ropers.

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Araber Reit- und Ausbildungszentrum

Geestland, Germany

The Araber Reit- und Ausbildungszentrum near Bremerhaven has bred straight Egyptian Arabians for more than 30 years and Arab-Barb horses since 2003. Stallions, mares and foals from the stud's own breeding programme are presented on the yard and offered for sale. The centre also schools horses and trains riders on the premises. Alongside the equestrian side it makes hand-crafted leather goods and sells a selected range of riding equipment and accessories.

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Reit- und Therapiezentrum Gaby Köser

Geestland, Germany

Reit- und Therapiezentrum Gaby Köser is an equestrian and therapy centre at Spadener Weg in the Debstedt district of Geestland, Lower Saxony. It offers hippotherapy alongside riding instruction on the centre's own horses. Gaby Köser also provides physiotherapy and osteopathy for horses and dogs at the centre. The business is run in tandem with her physiotherapy and naturopathy practice in nearby Bremerhaven.

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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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Minishetty Gestüt von Steffens

Geestland, Germany

Minishetty Gestüt von Steffens is a Mini Shetland pony stud at Geestland in the Cuxhaven district, breeding original Minishetlands under 87 cm. The stud keeps a band of registered broodmares and stands two licensed Bundesprämie stallions, Pinocchio von Kessen and Puccini von Steffens, both tested free of ACAN and skeletal atavism. A separate covering station at Fliederstraße 8 serves visiting mares. Foals, young stallions and fillies are offered for sale, and visits are arranged by telephone in advance.

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Gestüt auf dem Mühlenberge

Geestland, Germany

Gestüt auf dem Mühlenberge is a Hanoverian and Trakehner breeding operation run by Dr. Gudrun and Udo Strecker at Elmlohe, part of Geestland in the Cuxland district of Lower Saxony. The stud has been breeding and rearing sport horses for more than fifteen years and follows its youngstock from foal through to riding age. Horses are backed and schooled on site before being offered for sale. The farm has its own riding facility for the training work. Sales horses are also advertised through the e-horses marketplace.

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Reitsportverein Neuenwalde e.V.

Geestland, Germany

Reitsportverein Neuenwalde e.V. is an equestrian club in Geestland, Cuxhaven district, promoting both competitive and leisure riding. Lessons run for every age group, from preparatory courses for children to classes for older riders, and cover lunge work, dressage and jumping. The club prepares members for the German riding badges and examinations and advises on horse care and feeding. Its grounds include jumping and dressage arenas plus an indoor school, and the calendar mixes trail rides and skill competitions with barbecue evenings, Christmas celebrations and flea markets.

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Tierärztliche Praxis für Chiropraktik Carmen Spielvogel

Geeste, Germany

Carmen Spielvogel is a veterinarian running a chiropractic practice in Geeste in the Emsland, working with horses and dogs. For horses she treats blockages arising from falls and accidents, lameness, poorly fitting saddles, deficient hoof care or shoeing, the demands of competition, and age. Her veterinary training and practice experience let her judge whether chiropractic alone is the right approach or whether other treatment is needed first. She visits by appointment and is happy to advise by telephone beforehand.

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Equine therapy

Glückshufe

Geeste, Germany

Erlebnishof Glückshufe is an experiential farm in Geeste-Dalum in the Emsland, built around horses, ponies and other farm animals. Stefanie Brandenburg works with the tools of riding pedagogy, therapeutic riding and animal-assisted support to help children and adults build confidence, trust and resilience. Programmes include mother-and-child sessions, anti-bullying and resilience training, and projects for school classes and kindergarten groups. Holiday programmes and farm experience days round out the offering, and children with additional needs and adults with disabilities are explicitly welcome.

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JP Westerntraining

Geeste, Germany

JP Westerntraining is a western riding school at Dalum in the Emsland district, run by Jenny Pool, a qualified horse manager (B.Sc. agr., Pferdewirtin Haltung & Service) and EWU Trainer C. She teaches western riding to beginners and experienced riders in a deliberately relaxed setting, using the yard's school horses, and takes horses in for training. Lessons can be booked online. The business also operates a mobile salt chamber.

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