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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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Der Bellershof

Ganderkesee, Germany

Bellershof is a family-run Icelandic and gaited horse yard in Bürstel, part of Ganderkesee in the Oldenburger Land. Horses are boarded either in an open stable or in boxes, with heated drinkers, timed feeders, hay and haylage groups and individual mineral supplementation. The facilities include a lit indoor school with sound system, an oval track, a dressage arena, a round pen and open country for hacking, plus a tack room with personal lockers. Optional extras such as eczema care, administering medication and a sick or emergency box are available, and the yard runs a programme of courses through the year.

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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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Reithalle Dörpen

Dörpen, Germany

Reithalle Dörpen is the riding hall and grounds of the Reit- und Fahrverein Dörpen und Umgebung e.V., an equestrian club in Dörpen, Lower Saxony. The club maintains an indoor riding hall and outdoor facilities for its members, hosting regular training sessions and carriage-driving events. It has a long-standing local history and organizes tournaments, including driving competitions, throughout the year. Members range from young riders to experienced competitors in both riding and driving disciplines.

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Hof Franke

Duderstadt, Germany

Hof Franke is a family-run equestrian centre in Duderstadt, Lower Saxony, founded in 2025 around the philosophy that horse and rider grow together. The yard offers well-kept boarding with daily turnout, a modern round pen for groundwork and training, and children's riding lessons that build foundational riding skills and horse care knowledge. It also runs multi-day summer camps combining groundwork, riding, and stable management, plus birthday parties with pony rides, and gives riders the chance to compete at tournaments on the yard own horses. Set amid varied forests, meadows, and farm tracks, Hof Franke offers direct access to excellent hacking country.

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Herzensritt

Drochtersen, Germany

Herzensritt is a riding instruction and horse-training business based in Schenefeld near Hamburg, run by trainer Jana Pavlovic. It offers biomechanically informed riding lessons, a signature seat-correction program called "Reitersitz Reset," and groundwork and lungeing to build a horse's foundation at any level. The business also teaches children and young riders from age three and provides conditioning work and holiday care for horses whose owners are away. Herzensritt's approach centers on mindful, horse-appropriate training that balances technical skill with a genuine bond between horse and rider.

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Pferde Varelmann - Johannes Varelmann

Dohren, Germany

Pferde Varelmann is a full-service equestrian centre in Dohren in the Emsland region of Lower Saxony, run by Johannes Varelmann and team. The yard trades and sources horses and ponies to match a buyer's needs, offers riding lessons for complete beginners through returning riders, and provides Beritt (professional schooling/training) to correct problem horses. It also rents boarding boxes for guest horses and offers feeding consultation, plus its own horse transport service for clients. Visitors are welcome to view the horses and facilities in person or by phone.

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Reitsportanlage am Selter

Delligsen, Germany

Reitsportanlage am Selter is an FN five-star rated equestrian boarding facility located in Varrigsen, a district of Delligsen in Lower Saxony. The yard offers indoor, outdoor, and paddock boxes for horses in a modern, well-ventilated stable block. Riders have access to a 20x60m indoor arena, private pastures directly adjoining the stables, a round pen, a solarium, and both indoor and outdoor wash stalls. A heated clubhouse with a wood-burning stove and drinks vending machine gives boarders a comfortable space to relax between rides.

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Reitanlage Schieferberg *****

Dassel, Germany

Reitanlage Schieferberg is an equestrian training and boarding facility in Amelsen near Dassel, Lower Saxony. The yard offers riding instruction up to advanced (S) level, with dressage arenas, a longeing circle, an indoor riding hall, and a new automated horse walker. Horses are boarded in a variety of setups, including windowed boxes, paddock boxes, and open stalls, with roughly 12 hours of daily turnout on extensive pastures. The facility also provides equine therapy services such as a vibration band and horse scale, plus horse transport and blanket-cleaning services.

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Nordwind Horsecenter

Cuxhaven, Germany

Nordwind Horsecenter in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, is run by Thomas Blaß and veterinarian Stefanie Hachenberg-Blaß, combining more than 50 years of combined experience in breeding, training, sport and veterinary care. The centre offers equine rehabilitation, breeding, training and dressage and show-jumping instruction, plus sales of dressage and jumping horses. Stefanie provides mobile and stationary equine veterinary practice alongside stationary rehabilitation and works as an IAVC-certified equine chiropractor. This blend of breeding, training and veterinary expertise under one roof makes Nordwind Horsecenter a distinctive full-service address for sport horse owners in the Cuxhaven area.

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