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

Stud farm

Sieberthof

Eschershausen, Germany

Sieberthof is a sport-horse stud at Eschershausen in the Ith hills of Lower Saxony, between Hameln and Göttingen. It breeds on a deliberately selective basis with the stated aim of producing horses for the top of the sport, and offers breeding stock and young horses for sale. The mare base and current foal crops are presented on the stud's website. The farm also keeps a collection of art and historical objects relating to horse breeding, and an administrative office is maintained in Berlin.

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Veterinary clinic

Dr.med.vet. Christine Redeker Tierarztpraxis Eschede

Eschede, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Eschede is a mixed large- and small-animal practice in Eschede, Lower Saxony, taken over by Dr. med. vet. Christine Irmler in January 2025 from Landolf Kothe. For horses the practice offers vaccinations, parasite prophylaxis, dental treatment including the rasping of hooks, and standing castration of stallions. Cattle and other farm animals are covered through herd and stock management, blood sampling, endoscopic abomasal surgery and caesareans. The small-animal side handles vaccinations, parasite prophylaxis, dental cleaning, castrations and soft-tissue surgery. Open and appointment-based consulting hours run Monday to Friday, with a separate out-of-hours emergency number.

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PSG Rittergut Habighorst

Eschede, Germany

Pferdesportgemeinschaft Rittergut Habighorst e.V. is an equestrian club at the Rittergut estate in Habighorst near Eschede, founded in 2001 and now around 150 members strong. It runs three sections: ridden instruction, vaulting (Volti) and therapeutic riding. The therapy work is deliberately inclusive, bringing people with and without disabilities together around the club horses. Members compete regionally and the club publishes its own fixtures and results.

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Heidegut Eschede

Eschede, Germany

Heidegut Eschede is an equestrian centre and holiday estate in the Lüneburg Heath, run by a master horsewoman who teaches classical dressage. Riders are taught in dressage and jumping, individually or in groups, with cross-country schooling over the estate own terrain and dedicated programmes for children. Regular clinics with visiting instructors supplement the in-house teaching. The yard offers livery for privately owned horses and hires out its arenas. Holiday homes on the estate let guests combine a stay in the heath with riding.

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Rittergut Lucklum

Erkerode, Germany

The equestrian yard at Rittergut Lucklum sits on a historic estate at Lucklum near Erkerode in Lower Saxony. It specialises in service-oriented livery for boarders and offers qualified instruction and schooling. A modern 20 by 60 metre indoor arena can also be booked by day riders, and a riders lounge seating about 25 is available for small gatherings. A riding school with Shetland ponies runs alongside for children and young riders.

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Huf-Reha-Team Munter Duer

Engelschoff, Germany

Huf-Reha-Team is the hoof rehabilitation practice of Esther Munter and Elmar Duer in Engelschoff, Lower Saxony, each with around thirty years of experience working on hooves. They fit and teach GluShu glue-on shoes and take on rehabilitation cases where a hoof needs rebuilding rather than routine trimming. The team runs hands-on hoof workshops and continuing-education courses for farriers and vets. They also supply hoof products, including a laminitis first-aid kit. Appointments are arranged individually.

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Stud farm

Pferdezucht Vossmann

Engelschoff, Germany

Pferdezucht Vossmann is a small sport-horse breeding operation run by Julia and Sebastian Vossmann at Engelschoff-Neuland in Lower Saxony. It breeds from a handful of registered broodmares drawn from established damlines, and the site sets out each mare family in full. Foals and young horses bred on the yard are documented year by year from 2012 onwards. Youngstock and riding horses are offered for sale directly from the breeder.

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Reitstall zum Eichenhof

Emtinghausen, Germany

Reitstall zum Eichenhof is a family-run riding stable at Emtinghausen in Lower Saxony, also known locally as Reiterhof Köhler. The yard teaches riding to children, young people and adults, with dedicated children's lessons and a "Ponyzirkel" group for the youngest riders. Holiday programmes, vouchers and on-site events run through the year. The stable's riders compete regularly and the yard maintains its own competition record. It is run directly by the Köhler family.

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Veterinary clinic

Groß- und Kleintierpraxis Rottinghaus

Emstek, Germany

Groß- und Kleintierpraxis Rottinghaus is a mixed veterinary practice in Halen near Emstek in the Oldenburger Münsterland. Alongside its small-animal work with dogs, cats, rabbits and other pets, the practice provides medical care and advice for horses. Consulting hours run on weekday mornings and most afternoons, with separate small-animal clinic slots and Saturday morning hours. The team combines modern diagnostic equipment with a calm, respectful approach to handling patients.

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Equuria GbR | Pferdepraxis

Emstek, Germany

Equuria is an equine veterinary practice in Emstek, Lower Saxony, treating horses both at its own clinic and on the road at client yards. The team covers orthopaedics, surgery and internal medicine, with a particular focus on lameness diagnostics and regenerative therapies such as PRP, BMAC and shockwave. Endoscopic work including gastroscopy and bronchoscopy is offered alongside chiropractic, osteopathy, lymph drainage and dry needling. Surgical services range from arthroscopy and suspensory ligament surgery to laser procedures and cartilage-bone transplants. An emergency service runs 365 days a year.

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Bo Max Paint Horses

Emstek, Germany

Bo Max Paint Horses is a family-run American Paint Horse breeding operation in Emstek, Lower Saxony, run by Sebastian Kostka. The stud stands the APHA stallions Bo Max and BM Lucky Joe and keeps a small band of broodmares from foundation reining and cow-horse bloodlines. Foals are raised on the farm with plenty of turnout and handled through to basic training before being offered for sale. Stud service is available to outside mares under published breeding conditions, and young horses and leisure partners are sold directly from the yard.

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Sportpferde Vaske

Emstek, Germany

Sportpferde Vaske is a competition and training stable in Halen near Emstek, in the Oldenburger Münsterland, run by Otto Vaske for more than 25 years. The yard schools horses of all ages with an emphasis on age-appropriate, horse-friendly progression, and prepares them for their first shows. Facilities include an indoor school, two large outdoor arenas at the edge of the woods, a separate lunging ring, a horse walker, and roomy boxes with paddock and pasture turnout. The team also brokers and markets horses internationally, from youngsters to top-quality sport horses.

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Zucht- und Ausbildungsstall Rump

Emstek, Germany

Zucht- und Ausbildungsstall Rump is a breeding and training yard at Drantum in the municipality of Emstek, in the Oldenburger Münsterland, run by Markus and Sarah Rump. The farm breeds its own foals and takes young horses through their education under saddle. Schooled and competition-proven horses are offered for sale directly from the yard. The successes of horses bred and trained there are documented on the site.

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Veterinary clinic

Tierarztpraxis Emsbüren

Emsbüren, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Emsbüren is a mixed practice in the Emsland district running both a small-animal clinic and a large-animal department. The equine service covers vaccinations — including the certificates required for competition entry — parasite control and treatment, clinical examinations and castrations, with referral to a specialist equine clinic for advanced imaging. The large-animal side also looks after cattle, pigs and poultry, while small animals and exotics are seen in-house with radiography, ultrasound, electrosurgery and anaesthesia. The practice keeps its own pharmacy and laboratory and operates an on-call service.

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Tack & equestrian shop

CALEVO

Emsbüren, Germany

CALEVO is an equestrian retailer based in Emsbüren in the Emsland, selling horse equipment, rider clothing and stable supplies both online and from its own store. The range spans leg protection, bridles, bits, saddles, rugs and competition gear alongside breeches, jackets, helmets, boots and safety vests, with premium European brands such as Eskadron, Pikeur and Sprenger. Grooming, leather care, hoof care, feed supplements and stable storage complete the assortment, and a small dog section is also carried. The company offers individual saddle fitting and a 14-day return policy.

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Hengststation René Tebbel

Emsbüren, Germany

Hengststation René Tebbel is a stallion station, breeding and training operation in Emsbüren in the Emsland, founded by the international show jumper René Tebbel. The station stands a collection of licensed show-jumping stallions and publishes its breeding terms, with fresh and frozen semen ordered and shipped directly from the station. Breeders and buyers also find sale horses and a dedicated foal marketplace. Alongside the breeding business the yard produces and trains sport horses. The station hosts its own RT Fohlenchampionat foal championship.

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Veterinary clinic

Tierarztpraxis Kurt Barz

Emmerthal, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Kurt Barz has treated animals in Emmerthal in the Weser uplands since the late 1980s. The practice looks after horses, farm livestock, small animals and pets of all kinds. Preventive health care and animal welfare are the focus, and the team works both from the practice and on house calls. Appointments are scheduled flexibly and the practice attends clients on their own premises where that is kinder to the animal.

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Tierärztin Julia Pöselt

Emmerthal, Germany

Julia Pöselt is a veterinarian and animal naturopath practising from the family farm Hof Pöselt at Emmerthal in Lower Saxony, having studied at the Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover. Her treatments include acupuncture, osteopathy, physiotherapeutic techniques, homoeopathy, therapeutic ultrasound and an underwater treadmill. Appointments are arranged by telephone. The farm around the practice also runs vaulting lessons, guided trail rides, overnight accommodation for travelling riders and a couple of livery boxes.

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Stud farm

Shettys vom Zaubergarten

Emmerthal, Germany

Shettys vom Zaubergarten is a small hobby Shetland pony stud in the Hameln area of Lower Saxony, run by Anja and Anna-Virginia Kühne for around twenty years. It breeds both German Partbred Shetland ponies and original Shetland ponies, and presents its mares, stallions and youngstock with pedigrees on its website. Ponies are offered for sale from time to time. The stud also runs "Mini trifft Mini", a supervised contact programme in which children from the age of three meet the miniature ponies.

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Gestüt Hämelschenburg - Beate Langels

Emmerthal, Germany

Gestüt Hämelschenburg is a Trakehner stud at Emmerthal in the Weserbergland, about 50 km south of Hannover. It was founded in the early 1960s by Otto and Jutta Langels and has been led by Beate Langels since. Breeding runs on a band of twelve to thirteen selected broodmares drawn from the strongest Trakehner mare families, among them DLG winners, elite mares and championship winners. Stallion rearing has always been a particular focus, and 65 licensed stallions have grown up on the Hämelschenburg pastures. The stud also operates an insemination station, sells breeding and riding horses, and hosts an annual foal show.

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Tierarzt Oppel

Emlichheim, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Oppel in Emlichheim has been practising since 1977 and focuses on large animals while also running a full small-animal surgery. Horses are covered through equine osteopathy alongside the practice's general large-animal work, which includes herd health monitoring, vaccination, diagnostics, obstetrics and surgery. The small-animal side offers preventive care, dentistry, orthopaedics, breeding examinations and imaging including digital radiography, ultrasound and endoscopy. The practice keeps extended weekday hours and is also open on Saturdays.

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Veterinary clinic

Tierarzt Peter Bröker

Emlichheim, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Peter Bröker is a mixed veterinary practice in Emlichheim in the Grafschaft Bentheim, close to the Dutch border. Horses are treated as part of the practice's large-animal work, which also covers cattle and pigs with herd health management, obstetrics, fertility work and surgery. The small-animal side handles dogs, cats, small pets, birds and exotics, with vaccination, surgery, dentistry, orthopaedics, allergy testing, digital radiography and ultrasound. An in-house laboratory supports blood, parasitological and bacteriological testing.

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Pferdevitaltraining

Elze, Germany

Pferdevitaltraining is the practice of Silke Eckert, a qualified holistic equine therapist based in Elze-Sorsum in Lower Saxony. She treats horses and ponies with physiotherapy, dry needling and leech therapy, combining hands-on treatment with correct gymnastic work. Her services also cover groundwork, riding lessons and rider seat training so owners can hold the results between visits. She works alongside the horse's vet, farrier, saddler and equine dentist and takes on difficult or long-standing cases.

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Hof Struß

Elze, Germany

Hof Struß is a farm and equestrian operation at Elze in the Hildesheim district of Lower Saxony, run by farmer Hartmut Struß. The business combines agriculture with horse breeding and a riding facility on the same site. Horses from the yard's own breeding programme are offered for sale. Alongside the equestrian side the farm hosts community events such as its summer festival, and horses or the facility can be viewed by arrangement.

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