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Pferdezucht Peter Mahler

Neuhaus, Germany

Pferdezucht Peter Mahler is a Hanoverian breeding operation run by the Mahler family at Neuhaus in Lower Saxony. The stud keeps a band of state-premium broodmares and has bred licensed stallions and successful Verden auction horses. Alongside its own breeding it raises foals and youngstock for other breeders, with group housing over winter and large marsh pastures from late April to early November, and it also takes horses in for summer grazing. Daughter Kerstin Mahler, trained at the Hanoverian Verband in Verden, handles backing and schooling and presents horses at mare shows, mare performance tests, auctions and stallion licensings.

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Riding school

Reiterhof Maack

Neuharlingersiel, Germany

Reit- und Ferienhof Maack is a working farm at Ostbense near the North Sea spa town of Neuharlingersiel in East Frisia, close to the dyke and the Wadden Sea national park. The Maack family keeps a large number of horses and ponies and runs riding holidays for guests of every level. Riding instructors lead beginner hacks, led hacks for small children and daily rides for experienced riders along the dyke and the field tracks, plus pony leading sessions each afternoon. Riding lessons are bookable individually and the farm has its own Reiterstübchen for riders. Holiday apartments on the farm allow guests to stay on site for a riding holiday by the sea.

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Reit- und Ferienhof Maack

Neuharlingersiel, Germany

Reit- und Ferienhof Maack is a riding and holiday farm at Ostbense near Neuharlingersiel, a short distance from the North Sea coast in East Frisia. Riding tuition is given at every level from first lessons to advanced work, using three large outdoor arenas and an indoor school. Guided hacks and led rides take groups out into the surrounding marshland, and there is daily pony handling and a short pony ride for younger children. Twelve holiday apartments named after the East Frisian islands accommodate guests, and the family farms alongside to grow its own forage.

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pferdisch.me

Neuenkirchen-Vörden, Germany

pferdisch.me is the equine training and behaviour practice of Dr Christine Pohl, based at Melle in Lower Saxony. She works with problem horses and their owners through behaviour analysis, groundwork, liberty work, loading training, competition preparation and ridden lessons. Alongside training she offers energetic equine massage, barefoot hoof trimming and saddle-fit checks. The business also runs certification courses for people who want to work professionally with horses, as groundwork trainers, riding instructors, equine masseurs or health trainers.

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Stud farm

Sportpferdezucht Kuhlmann

Neuenkirchen-Vörden, Germany

Sportpferdezucht Kuhlmann is a family breeding operation in the Dammer Berge near Neuenkirchen, in the heart of the Oldenburg horse country. Founded by Josef Kuhlmann and continued by his son Friedrich with wife Annelie and their children, the farm breeds Oldenburg dressage and jumping horses from nine home-bred broodmares whose lines have been kept in the family for up to four generations. Youngsters are raised on the farm's 30 hectares of grassland and offered for sale from weanling age through to ridden competition horses. The yard has an indoor school, dressage arena and jumping course, and has produced Grand Prix horses such as Don Lucca and international jumpers including Silvio and Galan.

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Dres. Buntenkötter

Neuenkirchen, Germany

Tierärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis Buntenkötter is a veterinary group practice at Neuenkirchen near Bramsche, run by Dr. Vitus Buntenkötter and equine specialist Dr. Kathrin Buntenkötter. Equine services cover pre-purchase examinations, lameness diagnostics, digital radiography, ultrasound and endoscopy, dentistry, surgery, ophthalmology, gynaecology and foal medicine. The practice also looks after stallion stations, handles herd management and supports clients at competitions. Small animals are seen at the same premises for internal medicine, orthopaedics, imaging, surgery, dentistry and breeding consultation. A 24-hour emergency service is available.

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Veterinary clinic

Tierärztliche Praxis Dr. Gerdemann

Neuenkirchen, Germany

Tierärztliche Praxis Dr. Richard Gerdemann is a mixed veterinary practice in Neuenkirchen in the Emsland, treating horses alongside farm livestock and small animals. Equine work is carried out both on ambulatory yard visits and at the surgery, and includes vaccination programmes, dental care and general medicine. The practice also offers acupuncture and autologous blood products as complementary treatments. Consultations run on weekdays with weekend availability, and an emergency service is provided for existing clients.

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Pferdeosteopathie und -Therapie Sarah Grunwald

Neuenkirchen, Germany

Sarah Grunwald offers equine osteopathy and physiotherapy across the Harburg district and neighbouring areas of Lower Saxony, working from Tostedt. Her treatments target movement restrictions with individually planned, holistic care, and include dry needling and leech therapy for inflammatory complaints. She also gives riding instruction, so training and therapy can be dealt with together. Riders of varying levels are taught.

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Hartungshof UG

Neuenkirchen, Germany

Hartungshof is a family farm near the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony that specialises in breeding Mangalarga Marchadores, the Brazilian gaited breed known for its smooth marcha. Around 60 hectares of pasture support the herd, which is bred for strong natural gaits and an even temperament suitable for riders of many abilities. The farm sells young stock from foals up to five-year-olds as well as made riding horses, and offers stud service from its own stallion Excalibur vom Kreiswald. Alongside the horses the farm keeps Limousin cattle, sheep and donkeys. Sale horses are also listed publicly on ehorses.

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Stud farm

Schnieder-Hoff

Neuenkirchen, Germany

Schnieder-Hoff is a small Hanoverian breeding operation at Neuenkirchen in Lower Saxony, run by Catharina and Timo Meins on a family farm. Breeding is built around a handful of mares from long-established Hanoverian lines, chosen for soundness, temperament and rideability. Foals and young horses raised on the farm are offered for sale as riding and competition prospects. The buildings were converted to a movement-rich, paddock-trail style of keeping, and the herd lives out with plenty of turnout.

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Tack & equestrian shop

MEINSattel

Neuenkirchen, Germany

MEINSattel is a saddle-fitting business run by Catharina Meins from Neuenkirchen in Lower Saxony. She measures both horse and rider on site, analyses the saddle already in use and adjusts or reflocks it so that it clears the horse back and suits the rider seat. New saddles are sold and fitted to the pair, and a stock of test and second-hand saddles is available to try before buying. The whole service is built around the welfare of the horse, with follow-up checks as its shape changes.

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Isländerhof Rutenmühle

Neuenkirchen, Germany

Isländerhof Rutenmühle is a family-run Icelandic-horse farm in the Lüneburg Heath at Neuenkirchen, operated by Johann and Juliane Kath. The yard has an indoor school, a dressage arena, an oval track and a round pen, and runs holiday riding courses on its own Icelandic horses as well as taking guests who bring their own horse. It breeds and sells Icelandic horses and takes in young stock for rearing. Accommodation in three tiny houses on the farm lets riders stay on site for the length of a course.

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Training barn

Pferdeausbildung Susanne Anger

Neuenkirchen, Germany

Pferdeausbildung Susanne Anger is a horse-training business at Zur Brandheide in Neuenkirchen, Lower Saxony. The work centres on backing young horses and schooling them into reliable riding horses, from first handling through to being ridden out on the arena. Horses are taken in for training at the yard. The business keeps only a minimal website, and day-to-day updates are posted on its Facebook page.

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Feed & supplies

Pure Horse Paradise

Neubörger, Germany

Pure Horse Paradise is a family business at Neubörger in the Emsland built around species-appropriate horse keeping and the Paddock Paradise track system. It plans and builds track systems for private yards and runs its own demonstration paddock on site, which visitors can tour. The business also weighs horses and works out feed rations to match, and sells feed supplements, herbs and care products through its online shop. A companion app helps owners keep track of weight, feeding and care.

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Pure Horse Training

Neubörger, Germany

Pure Horse Training is the natural-horsemanship practice of Melissa Moens at Neubörger in the Emsland. She teaches horse-and-rider pairs from the ground and under saddle, with an emphasis on clear communication, trust and refinement rather than pressure. Services include individual lessons, courses, online seminars, trailer-loading training and problem-solving for horses that have become difficult to handle. She also starts and schools young horses and advises on Paddock Paradise track systems.

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Tierarztpraxis für Rehabilitation und Physiotherapie für Tiere

Neu Wulmstorf, Germany

Dr. Anne Menzel runs a veterinary practice for rehabilitation and animal physiotherapy at Schwarzenberg in Schwiederstorf, Neu Wulmstorf. The treatment range covers physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, neural therapy, laser and electrotherapy, kinesio taping, leech therapy, therapeutic and orthopaedic ultrasound, an underwater treadmill and pain management. Horses are treated chiropractically alongside dogs and cats, although the practice notes it is currently not taking on new equine chiropractic clients. General veterinary work such as health checks, vaccinations, blood sampling, dental cleaning, parasite prophylaxis and minor surgical procedures is also offered.

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Veterinary clinic

Jens Potrebny

Neu Wulmstorf, Germany

Pferdepraxis Neu Wulmstorf is an ambulatory equine veterinary practice south-west of Hamburg, led by veterinarian Jens Potrebny. The practice treats horses across orthopaedics, reproduction, internal medicine, ophthalmology and preventive care, and handles surgery and emergency work. Most care is delivered at the client yard, with consulting hours at the practice on Mondays and Thursdays. An emergency number is available outside normal hours.

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Reitanlage Bösch

Neu Wulmstorf, Germany

Reitanlage Bösch is a large livery and riding facility at Neu Wulmstorf, just south of Hamburg, run by Mareike Hoops. The yard offers 63 paddock boxes, two indoor schools, a horse solarium, a horse walker and around ten hectares of pasture. The scale and equipment suit leisure riders and horses in regular work alike. The surrounding countryside gives direct access to hacking.

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Reitstall Hinze

Neu Wulmstorf, Germany

Reitstall Hinze is a livery yard set inside the Regionalpark Rosengarten at Neu Wulmstorf, south-west of Hamburg. The yard keeps a family atmosphere and welcomes competition riders and leisure riders alike. Dressage and show-jumping instruction is available on site, and horses are boarded with individual care. Its position gives riders direct access to an extensive network of bridle paths through the regional park.

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Fjordpferde-Centrum

Neu Wulmstorf, Germany

Fjordpferde-Centrum is a riding school in Neu Wulmstorf near Hamburg, run by Peter Meyer. It teaches riders from the age of six in small groups matched by ability and age, following classical principles across dressage, jumping and cross-country riding. Theory lessons on horses and horsemanship accompany the practical work in the saddle. The site has two indoor arenas, an outdoor arena and direct access to open riding country. The centre also keeps and helps preserve endangered horse and livestock breeds.

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Boarding facility

Pferdepension Nenndorf

Nenndorf, Germany

Pferdepension Nenndorf is a horse boarding yard on a traditional farm in Nenndorf, part of the Samtgemeinde Holtriem in East Frisia, run by its current owners since August 2018. Horses are kept in bright, airy boxes or in an open stable, with sand and hardstanding paddocks, large pastures and small settled groups. The yard has a floodlit 40 x 20 m sand arena, a solarium, a tack room and a riders lounge, and feeds premium hay and straw around the clock. It is run alongside the owners main occupations, with a transparent boarding contract for every horse.

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Tack & equestrian shop

Sattlerei Groothoff

Neetze, Germany

Sattlerei Groothoff is a master saddler's business at Neetze in Lower Saxony that works on a mobile basis across the north of the country. Jann Groothoff inspects and adjusts saddles, corrects and renews wool flocking, alters gullet plates hot or cold and fits velcro panels. Further work includes repositioning and renewing billets, Y- and V-girth configurations and general equipment repair. Customers can try different saddles on their own horse, and accessories are sold alongside the fitting service.

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Rabea-Maria Ahlert

Neetze, Germany

Rabea-Maria Ahlert trains horses and coaches their people under the name "it works by nature", east of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. Her work pairs behaviour science with the emotional side of the horse-human partnership, covering everything from starting young horses fairly to correcting horses that have stopped cooperating. She takes horses in for Beritt and correction training, gives individual lessons, and runs courses and retreats for owners. Western riding is her main discipline.

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Hof Brummelbach

Neetze, Germany

Hof Brummelbach in Neetze is run by Stephanie Timmer, a qualified riding instructor with a background in special education. The yard gives riding lessons shaped around each rider and offers equine-assisted therapy aimed at development of the whole person. Programmes run for children with and without disabilities, including work with the horses from the ground rather than in the saddle. The youngest children start in the "Ponyzwerge" group, and lessons are kept to small groups of two or three.

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