Multi-discipline yards, arena hire and hacking — a base for everything you ride.
Haras de la Bouvaterie at Dissay-sous-Courcillon in the Sarthe is an owners' stable in the countryside between Le Mans and Tours, ten minutes from Château-du-Loir. It is run by Clara Riflet as an FFE-listed equestrian structure with a competitions page.
Haras de Saumelongue is a riding centre in the Drome at the gates of Provencal Drome. It offers guided rides, tailored lessons for children and adults, livery for horses in a calm setting, and equestrian arts shows by the artist Lucie Vauthier.
Haras de la Genièvre at Jarzé near Angers offers horse rides and carriage hire in the Maine-et-Loire. The farm has existed since 2018, built on more than thirty years of leisure and show riding, and also hosts events and rents sound equipment and marquees.
La Ferme équestre du Cormeray, run by Élevage du Cormeray at Daon in southern Mayenne, offers riding lessons from beginner to advanced, rides and treks, courses, and competition outings in endurance and TREC. It is an FFE club with a competitions page.
Haras des Anges at Carnières near Cambrai is a riding club welcoming riders all year, with horse and pony lessons from age three, rides and many equestrian disciplines. It runs competitions and also takes in horses and ponies for boarding.
The Haras National d'Hennebont in Brittany is a listed historic monument and one of the best-known equestrian sites in France, with a 23-hectare park and more than 120 equestrian shows and events a year. It offers guided visits, courses and training, and space hire.
Haras de la Jonchere is a riding centre in Lesigny, Seine-et-Marne, in a 14 hectare wooded park with two arenas, two indoor schools and a club house. It has a horse club, a pony club and Shetland section, livery in paddocks and boxes, competitions, equicoaching and ethology.
Haras des Peupliers is an owners stable, riding centre and pony club in Brie-Comte-Robert, 25 km from Paris. It offers livery, development, competition and trail rides, with lessons for all levels from qualified instructors.
Haras de Beautheil-Saints is a riding centre 10 minutes from Coulommiers that welcomes resident and visiting riders of all levels in a relaxed family atmosphere. It offers group lessons, courses, competitions, and equine therapy and animal-assisted mediation.
Haras des Chaises is an equestrian club and pony club in Chalautre-la-Grande, Seine-et-Marne, between Provins and Nogent-sur-Seine. It was created in 2018 by instructor Maud Van Beneden and has an indoor school with 10 boxes, an arena, and an owners stable.
Haras de Maison Blanche is a riding centre in Lesigny, Seine-et-Marne, in a fenced 18 hectare park 22 km from Paris. It has a pony club, a riding centre, 11 horses and 24 ponies, an owners section, equine therapy and classified ads, and is affiliated with the French Equestrian Federation.
Haras de Pharos is an equestrian centre in Bazemont in the Yvelines with meadows, woodland, arenas, an indoor school and gallop tracks. It offers lessons for all levels, a pony club, livery and half-livery from 540 euros a month, breeding and the sale of horses, with breeding references on the site.
Haras de Voise is an equestrian estate 50 minutes from Paris in the Eure valley, in renovated 18th century buildings. It offers high-end livery with daily outings and veterinary follow-up, training and development of sport horses with experienced riders, lessons and courses with coaching, and hosts the Jumping de Voise show.
Haras de Vézu at Boissy-aux-Cailles near Fontainebleau is an active stable specialising in ethological riding and equestrian sports. It offers active-stable and field boarding, backing and rehabilitation programmes, lessons, video coaching, courses and Galop exams, plus an ethological riding shop.
Haras du Buisson is a riding centre and pony club in Tauxigny near Tours, open since 2012 and run by Elise Canet and Henri Germain. It offers lessons for all ages, courses, competition outings, livery and half-livery, and a section for sale and breeding.
Haras de Villechétive is an FFE equestrian centre for horses and ponies in the Yonne. It offers discovery sessions, private lessons, rides, picnic treks, training courses, club subscriptions and boarding, from field and box accommodation to rest and development boarding.
Haras du Petit Gâtinais at Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours is an owners' stable and riding school managed by coach Matthieu Laury-Quelin. It offers collective lessons, horse boarding, courses, exam sessions, competition outings and rides, on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest.
Haras de la Chechiniere is a French Equestrian Federation riding centre in Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, with 43 hectares of pasture, 30 boxes, two indoor schools and a walker. It offers lessons, competition preparation, courses, trail rides, box and field livery, breeding and the sale of horses and ponies.
Haras de Merindol is an equestrian complex in Mornas on 20 hectares. It offers an owners stable, teaching, coaching and competition, breeding and development, equestrian tourism and a club. Facilities include a dressage arena, a Derby-type jumping arena, a multi-use arena and a round pen. The owner also breeds Giant Black Schnauzers.
Haras du Val de Galilee is an equestrian centre in Neuvillers-sur-Fave near Saint-Die-des-Vosges. The site is a stub with only its title available.
Haras de Braquemine is a riding club in Eulmont, Meurthe-et-Moselle, run by a state-qualified instructor. It offers lessons on horses and ponies for all ages, livery, courses and an association, and the site has breeding and classified ads sections.
Haras de l Olympe is a riding centre and pony club in Aspiran in the Herault, between Pezenas and Clermont-l Herault. It offers lessons from pony introduction to Galop 7, courses, competition, livery in fields or boxes and development of sport horses, with the French Equestrian Federation animal welfare label.
Haras des Sables is an 18 hectare equestrian property in the Chevreuse valley, 35 minutes from Paris, with 30 boxes, five paddocks and four fields, a large 50 by 70 m arena and club activities. It is a French Equestrian Federation club with livery for owners.
Haras de la Bourdonnaye at Carentoir in Morbihan is a riding club opened in 2007, affiliated to the FFE and labelled Ecole Française d'Equitation. It offers lessons for all levels, holiday courses, rides, boarding, group visits and competitions, and is run by Christophe and Stéphanie Mallet.
