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Equestrian centres

Multi-discipline yards, arena hire and hacking — a base for everything you ride.

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Scuderia Hanstedt GmbH&Co.KG

Hanstedt, Germany

Scuderia Hanstedt is a family-run equestrian centre in the Lüneburg Heath at Hanstedt, Lower Saxony. It offers full livery in several box types, with feeding, bedding and daily care handled by qualified staff. Riding instruction covers dressage and jumping, and a riding school with school horses serves children and adults. Horses are also taken in for professional training and coaching, clinics and events are held on site, and hacking country is directly accessible from the yard.

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Hof Buschbur

Handeloh, Germany

Buschburs Ferien- und Reiterhof at Höckel near Handeloh in the Lüneburger Heide keeps liveries in a range of box types and runs its own riding facility. The indoor school measures 60 × 20 m, and there is an outdoor arena, a horse walker for up to four horses at a time, a securely fenced round pen with AS Ground and a height-adjustable horse solarium. Large pastures and individual paddocks are available, and riding trails lined with old oaks lead off the yard. Riding courses in a variety of disciplines are held on site, and there is a heated riders' lounge.

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Jobenshof

Handeloh, Germany

Jobenshof is a livery yard at Inzmühlen near Handeloh, on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath, run by Ralph Kröger for around 25 years. It specialises in species-appropriate group housing and offers three formats: an active movement barn, a standard open stable and an Offenstall Deluxe, with managed feeding and pasture rotation. On-site facilities include an indoor school, a covered lunging hall and an outdoor arena, and hacking routes lead straight from the yard into the surrounding heath. The yard caters mainly to leisure riders who want their horses kept in a herd.

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Palomino-Farm Gestüt Köhn

Hagen im Bremischen, Germany

Palomino-Farm is a western riding centre and Quarter Horse stud between Bremen and Bremerhaven, in operation for more than forty years and one of the longest-established western yards in Germany. Owner and trainer Torsten Köhn, who trained in the United States, breeds and schools Quarter Horses and Paint Horses that have made a name for themselves in Germany and across Europe. The farm trains client horses in all western disciplines and teaches riders from beginners and leisure riders through to competitors. Facilities include a 20 x 40 m indoor school, a 40 x 60 m outdoor arena, a covered round pen, fifty boxes, a treatment room, large turnout areas and fifteen hectares of adjoining pasture, and full-service livery is offered.

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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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Reit- u. Fahrverein Westerende

Großheide, Germany

The Reit- und Fahrverein Westerende is a riding and driving club at Großheide in East Frisia. Its grounds hold indoor schools, a horse walker and a competition arena, together with a clubhouse canteen for members. Riding takes place across vaulting, show jumping and dressage under the club's own riding and vaulting instructors. The club keeps its own horses and publishes an arena timetable, an event calendar and a picture gallery for members.

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PIANOVA Reitakademie

Großefehn, Germany

PIANOVA Reitakademie is a riding academy in the Großefehn moorland of East Frisia, run by Michael Sund. It offers riding courses and training for horse and rider, with an arena on site and long trails through the surrounding countryside for hacking out. A breeding stallion stands at the yard. Riders can stay on the premises in one of the holiday apartments or houses, and the academy runs parallel programmes for musicians, particularly pianists.

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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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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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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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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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Gut Rethorn

Ganderkesee, Germany

Gut Rethorn is a livery yard and riding facility at Ganderkesee in the Oldenburg region, run by owner Christina Pilger. Horses are kept on an all-inclusive package with an emphasis on welfare, individual care and a family atmosphere. The facility offers an indoor school plus several fenced outdoor arenas, including a 40 by 80 metre jumping arena convertible to a 20 by 60 dressage court and two 20 by 40 arenas on joint-friendly surfaces, one of which stays rideable down to minus 15 degrees. Floodlighting covers the jumping arena and one of the smaller arenas, and the yard hosts visiting dressage clinics.

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Schulreitsportzentrum Fürstenau

Fürstenau, Germany

The Schulreitsportzentrum Fürstenau is a riding centre for school classes and youth groups operated by the Reit- und Fahrverein Fürstenau e.V. in the Osnabrück district. It combines group accommodation of 34 beds with riding instruction on the club's own horses and ponies. Visiting group leaders who hold a valid trainer licence may teach their own lessons on the premises. Alongside riding the club offers vaulting, carriage driving and pony games, and the house can also be booked for club weekends, family celebrations and cycling or trekking groups.

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Reiterhof Schmiemann

Friesoythe, Germany

Reiterhof Schmiemann is a family farm at Friesoythe in the Oldenburger Münsterland that has been running since 1940 and today concentrates on livery horses and suckler cows. The yard offers 43 large, bright boxes, a 20x40 m indoor school, a large dressage and jumping arena, and several pastures and paddocks. The facility is usable all day and open to every riding style, from dressage and showjumping to western and leisure riding. The Reit- und Fahrverein St. Georg Altenoythe-Kampe is also based here, and the two jointly run shows (WBO and LPO), clinics across a range of disciplines, and group hacks.

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Sportpferde Wolke

Essen (Oldenburg), Germany

Sportpferde Wolke is an equestrian centre in Essen in the southern Oldenburg Münsterland, run by Daniel Wolke. The yard trains both horse and rider, with a particular focus on producing young show jumpers and marketing them. Modern stabling and a generous outdoor complex support schooling from the first backing through to competition. Alongside horse and rider training the business runs clinics and offers mental coaching for riders, tailored to each client on request.

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Reitanlage Essel

Essel, Germany

Reitanlage Essel is a full-service equestrian yard in Essel near Schwarmstedt in Lower Saxony, run by Svenja Rittmeyer and Jürgen Oltrogge. It combines livery stabling with riding instruction, training placements for horses in work, and outdoor arenas for schooling. Riders based at the yard compete on the regional show circuit, and leisure riding activities are organised alongside the sport. Its position just off the A7 makes it easy to reach from Mellendorf, Winsen, Wietze and Walsrode.

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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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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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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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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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Team Ixes

Ehra-Lessien, Germany

Team Ixes is a training and sales yard on the Hauptstraße in Ehra-Lessien, Lower Saxony, run by Henrike and Birgita Habermann. Horses are schooled for dressage and show jumping, and dressage horses, jumpers and ponies from the yard are offered for sale. Physiotherapy and dental correction are provided for the horses in its care. The site is a full livery facility with an indoor school, outdoor arena, solarium, wash box and turnout paddocks.

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Heinshof

Egestorf, Germany

Heinshof is a riding school and equestrian resort in Egestorf in the Lüneburg Heath, on an estate first documented in 1540 and within easy reach of Hamburg. Certified trainers teach group and private lessons, childrens classes, dressage and jumping, from complete beginners through to advanced competitors, on a string of quality school and sport horses. Riding holiday packages run for adults, families, couples and weekend guests, alongside guided hacks and hands-on stable days. The yard also sells and leases horses, arranges riding shares and advises clients buying a horse. Six holiday properties, a pro shop and event hosting complete the offering.

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Manege Biessum V.O.F.

Eemsdelta, Netherlands

Manege Biessum is an FNRS-affiliated riding centre on the edge of the historic terp village of Biessum at Delfzijl in Groningen. It teaches horse and pony riding in group lessons and gives private tuition in jumping and dressage, as well as carriage-driving lessons. The facility has two indoor schools, two floodlit outdoor arenas, stabling for around seventy horses and ponies, a wash bay, a solarium and some thirteen hectares of grazing, and it takes livery horses. The yard breaks horses to saddle and to harness, guides buyers through purchases, and runs a pony team playing horseball. Its stalhouderij hires out carriages, wedding coaches and a horse tram.

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