Breeding operations and stallion stations — find a farm to stand your mare or shop the next generation.
Stal Holthausen specializes in breeding New Forest ponies and operates a stallion station. The business has a long history dating back to the 1960s and focuses on producing high-quality ponies for various equestrian disciplines. They also provide information and support for owners of Holthausen ponies.
Stal Blanken is a family horse breeding and training yard in Hasselt run by Willemien Blanken-Van der Scheer and her daughter Micky. Horses for sale: foals, young horses, sport horses and broodmares, all from their own breeding with 2 to 5 foals a year. They also school horses daily and give dressage lessons, using an indoor arena and two outdoor arenas.
Hesta Gard Hekla is an Icelandic horse centre in Ottersum, the Netherlands. It runs a riding school with lessons, trail rides, courses, workshops and camps. The stud stands Icelandic stallions and sells foals, yearlings and ridden horses, and also imports and exports Icelandic horses. It offers horse transport and has a rider shop, alongside holiday accommodation.
Irish Tinker Stable is a Tinker horse breeder in the Netherlands. It breeds foals from its own stallions and mares and offers foals and Tinkers for sale. The website lists foals with their sire, dam and colour. Visits at weekends are by telephone appointment only.
The Kossack Stud is an Arabian horse stud in the Beemster polder in the Netherlands, active in breeding and sale of Arabian horses since 1966. It specializes in Arabian show horses, race horses and sport horses. The stud offers Arabian stallions for outside mares, drawing on Russian and French bloodlines. Mares, foals and horses for sale are presented on its website.
Keystud is a stud farm in Roggel, Limburg, breeding sport horses for show jumping. It offers foals, broodmares and young horses for sport and breeding from selected dam lines. Mares and youngsters are raised in groups on pasture with attention to feeding, exercise and social development. The stud works closely with its veterinarian and farrier and is run by owners Josje and Erik Sleutels.
Stal Kramer is a family breeding and training yard in Oud-Beijerland that started in 1976 with a single broodmare. It bred the stallions Kannan and Kannan JR and offers show jumping and dressage horses for sale. The yard also prepares dressage horses for competitions and inspections, gives lessons and supervises broodmares. Facilities include a 20x45 indoor hall, a 35x60 ebb-and-flow outdoor arena, a horse walker and grass paddocks.
Maverick Stables is a horse breeding and youngstock development stable located in Lelystad, Netherlands. They specialize in breeding, mare care, and foaling, providing dedicated care for mares and foals. The facility focuses on long-term health and quality of horses, ensuring that each horse's individual needs are met throughout their development.
Stoeterij De Ierse Tinker in Oirsbeek, South Limburg, breeds Tinker / Irish Cob horses. The stud keeps stallions, broodmares, young horses and foals, and has Tinkers for sale. It also offers riding lessons and hacks on its Tinkers. Facilities include renovated stables, a lunging ring, an outdoor arena and pastures.
Stal Veldhof in Hilvarenbeek breeds and raises dressage-oriented sport horse foals. After more than 25 years as a livery yard, it was relaunched in 2019 by Ria and Jo van den Broek as a breeding and rearing yard. It works with elite-predicate broodmares and produces about four foals a year. The mares are also ridden and trained between pregnancies, and foals and young horses are offered for sale.
Ton Duivenvoorden offers training and instruction for both horses and riders, specializing in classical dressage and working equitation. The services include breaking in young horses, rehabilitation, and competition training. Additionally, Ton provides clinics and educational programs for aspiring trainers and coaches.
Stal de Esdoorn is an equestrian yard in Mariaheide near Veghel. It offers riding instruction, horse training and breeding. Horses have year-round turnout on four hectares of pasture. Facilities include a 20 x 60 m and a 20 x 40 m indoor arena, two lit outdoor arenas and a covered horse walker.
Stiphoutse Hoeve is a livery yard and stud in a rural setting just outside Helmond. It offers stabling for horses and ponies, including daily care and turnout. Riders can use an indoor arena, an outdoor arena and a lunging ring. The yard borders a riding area with several bridle routes, and it also offers holidays with your own horse.
El Castillo Sporthorses is a breeding stable of PRE (Pura Raza Española) sport horses in Rijkevorsel, Belgium. It keeps a small number of selected PRE mares and stallions, and its stallions are available to cover outside mares. It regularly has PRE dressage horses for sale at different ages and levels. It also takes horses into dressage training up to the highest level and offers dressage lessons and courses.
Springflower Stables is a livery yard in Hulten offering stabling with personal attention for horses and their riders. Facilities include sand paddocks, a lunging ring, a horse walker, a solarium, grooming areas and an outdoor competition arena. The yard offers instruction, has a breeding side, and hosts dressage competitions including para-dressage events. Guests describe spacious straw-bedded boxes and daily turnout in individual paddocks.
Begijnhoeve is a dressage breeding and training yard in Mol (Postel), Belgium, run by Rob and Tommie. Horses are developed from a young age up to international Grand Prix level. The yard runs a selective breeding programme and stands the BWP-approved stallion Velvet Begijnhoeve, with fresh and frozen semen available and shipping within the EU. Visits are by appointment only.
Stoeterij van 't Gelutt is a family stud farm in Assent, Belgium, founded about 25 years ago by Geert and Lutgarde Somers-Demeer. It breeds and trains show jumping horses, with son Jonas also involved. The stud has bred approved breeding stallions and sport horses competing up to 1.55 m. Alongside the horses, the family also grows apples, pears and flowers.
Beek Ranch is a breeder of Foundation Quarter Horses in Almkerk, the Netherlands, started in 2019. It aims to breed reining horses that are also suitable for leisure riders. The ranch keeps mares, foals and its own stallions, and offers horses for sale and lease. It also offers a limited number of stables for livery horses.
Kinskystable is a stud farm in Ulicoten, the Netherlands, breeding palomino and cremello warmblood sport horses. Its breeding focuses on dressage, selecting horses for character, balance and hindleg power from several studbooks. The farm has about 35 stables across a stallion barn, a mare barn and a youngster barn with group housing. It expects around 10 foals a year, some of which are for sale, and several approved stallions are available for breeding.
Jadem Arabians is an Arabian horse stud farm in Balen, Belgium, founded and owned by Christine Jamar - Demeersseman. The stud keeps stallions, mares and foals and offers horses and embryo rights for sale. Its services include an AI laboratory, an embryo transfer centre, training, foaling and boarding. Visitors can view the horses by appointment and the stud hosts events such as open days and stallion parades.
Stal Bleijkmeer is a small-scale boarding and breeding facility located near Holysloot, Amsterdam. They offer spacious stables for various horse breeds and provide full boarding services. The facility includes outdoor riding areas and opportunities for dressage and jumping, catering to both competitive and recreational riders.
Sterrebornehof in Boutersem is a mixed farm centred on horses, run with a specialist equine vet. It offers veterinary care for horses and inseminations, and breeds coloured show jumpers, Trakehners and ponies from its own stallions. Its private livery keeps horses in small groups on pasture around the clock, with care from a vet experienced in natural horsemanship. The farm also sells horses, mare's milk and orchard fruit.
Manege De Gulle Ruif is a dressage yard in Heukelom, near Tilburg. Marieke Pijnenburg trains horses in dressage and gives private lessons up to Grand Prix level. The yard has dressage horses for sale, from young horses to trained ones, including horses from its own breeding. The breeding programme has been run for almost 40 years with the aim of producing broodmares that are also good sport horses.
't Phenahof is a show-jumping horse breeding and rearing operation in Belgium run by rider Phebe Nicodeme. It offers breeding and rearing services, with youngsters kept at pasture until breaking-in age. Its breeding programme focuses on horse welfare and proven sport bloodlines. The associated Phena Stables sport stable develops talented young horses up to international level.
