Clubs, associations and pony clubs — the community side of the sport, near you.
Charity founded in 1954 that represents and accredits riding schools, livery yards and equestrian centres in the UK. It runs approval schemes, training courses and a conference.
Reithallen-Genossenschaft Bühlhof is a cooperative in Wolfhausen, Switzerland, that operates an indoor riding hall for its members. The hall is located on Huebstrasse, with parking beside and in front of the building. The cooperative organises courses and events and handles membership applications and hall reservations.
Haflingerhof Halbwachs is a family-run horse yard in Kitzeck, Austria, operated as a horse club. It offers riding lessons for children and adults, rider camps with hacks and meals, half-day trail rides and full activity days. Children can also celebrate birthdays with the horses. The yard keeps ponies, Haflingers, warmbloods and a Noriker, and the family has worked with horses since 1990.
Reitschule Hoffmann was opened by Ludwig Hoffmann in 1973 in Fernitz near Graz, and the Reitclub Auhof-Fernitz followed in 1975. The riding school teaches beginners to advanced riders in groups on school horses suited to all ages and levels. Horse owners can keep their horses at livery, with schooling, lessons and competition coaching in dressage and jumping. The facility hosts dressage shows and championships in Styria.
Pferdehof Auer is a horse yard in Ponigl in the municipality of Thannhausen, about 10 minutes from Weiz. It offers riding lessons in dressage, jumping and hacking, groundwork and theory, sold as single sessions or 5- and 10-lesson courses. It provides riding pedagogy for children from age four and, since spring 2024, inclusive horse-assisted pedagogy. The yard also offers livery and is home to the Reitverein Thannhausen.
Reitgut Kronberghof is a riding facility in Kronberg near Wolkersdorf, just north of Vienna. It runs a riding school for children, young riders, returners and adults, starting on the lunge and continuing in small groups of up to five or in private lessons. Lessons take place in a 15 x 30 m indoor arena or on outdoor arenas. The yard also offers livery with well-equipped boxes and free choice of trainer for boarders, and has a riding club.
Reintal Ranch is a family-run training and boarding yard in Hart bei Graz, Austria, run by Tina and Stefan Schmid. Facilities include a 30x60m indoor arena, a 30x60m outdoor arena, a round pen, a horse walker and paddock boxes as well as open stabling. Boarders have free choice of farrier, trainer and vet, and supplementary feeding is possible. A western riding club is based at the ranch and courses and shows are announced on its social media.
Reiterhof Pichler is a riding yard in Dobl-Zwaring, Austria, run by Erika and Johann Pichler. It is home to the RFC Kainachtal riding and driving club, which promotes riding and carriage-driving sport and young riders. The yard keeps horses on its own facility. The club organises equestrian events and a popular trail ride for leisure riders.
Konjeniški klub Boni is a riding club in Vrhole pri Slovenskih Konjicah, Slovenia. Its riding school teaches beginners the basics and helps more experienced riders progress, with led riding, lunge lessons or individual riding. Riders can take the Jahač 1 and Jahač 2 exams set by the Equestrian Federation of Slovenia. In summer the club runs day care for children with daily riding and work with horses, and each September it hosts an open day with free riding.
Reitakademie Sálarhestur is a non-profit family riding association in Carinthia focused on the relationship between people and horses. It runs riding-pedagogy programmes such as a Mini Pony Club for children from age two, pony groups for older children and offers for women. Its teaching combines riding, groundwork and horse knowledge. The association also offers therapeutic riding, camps and pony birthday parties for children.
Konjeniški klub Komenda is an equestrian club in Komenda, Slovenia, with roots in horse racing going back to 1947. The club runs its own hippodrome with a trotting track and hosts trotting races, memorial races and traditional equestrian events. It has more than 300 members and over 40 horses. Alongside competitions it supports the development of young riders and organises equestrian equipment fairs, open days and educational workshops.
Konjeniški klub Park Sava is a riding club on the banks of the Sava river in Ljubljana. It runs a riding school, summer riding camps for children aged 5 to 15 and riding birthday parties. Horse boarding includes transport, starting young horses, turnout, stall cleaning and regular feeding. The centre has two large barns, a pony barn, two indoor arenas, outdoor sand arenas and a horse walker.
Konjeniški klub Giovanni is a riding club and riding school in Peč near Grosuplje, a few kilometres from Ljubljana. It offers riding lessons for children and adults every day of the week. The club runs summer riding camps, horse birthday parties, riding holidays, exam preparation, competitions and horse hire. Lessons are given by riding instructors licensed by the Slovenian Equestrian Federation.
Konjeniški klub Žiri is a riding club in Žiri, Slovenia, bringing together members who share a love of horses and nature. Each May it holds equestrian games including skill riding, barrel racing and relays, and it organises an annual equestrian event with competitions. The club also runs a traditional trail ride in September and a blessing of horses on St Stephen's Day. Members maintain the club cabin and riding arena through regular work days.
Ranč Pelance is a riding school and riding club near Most na Soči in the Soča valley, Slovenia. It runs beginner and advanced riding courses that prepare riders for the Jahač 1 exam. Children can start with short pony sessions from age three, and there are workshops, summer riding camps and birthday parties with horses. Guided trail rides lead through nearby forests and to the Soča river.
Konjeniški Klub Karlo is a riding club with a riding school above Maribor, Slovenia. It offers riding lessons for beginners and children, individual riding, show-jumping training, exams and licences, and competitions. Short pony sessions are offered for the youngest riders, along with horse hire and trail riding in nature for visitors and groups. The club has more than 100 members and runs summer riding camps.
RSC Vulkanland is a riding club in Kirchbach in Styria, founded in 2006. Its members train together and take part in competitions as a team. The club organises its own tournament and reports on its competition results. It is affiliated with the Austrian equestrian federation and the rural riders and drivers association.
Konjeniško društvo Pesnica is a riding association on a farm in Pesnica pri Mariboru, Slovenia. Its instructors give riding lessons in the arena, take experienced riders out on trail rides and run riding camps and equestrian games. Founder Jože Frajzman is a riding instructor licensed for dressage, show jumping and equitation. The farm also keeps a mini zoo with donkeys, llamas and other animals.
Konjeniški klub Strmol is a riding club in Rogatec, Slovenia, located in a landscape park near Donačka gora. The club runs a riding school, prepares riders for competition licences and offers dressage training and guided rides. It also provides therapeutic riding, summer camps, educational events and celebrations. Riding trails around the area are part of its offer.
KRV Fünfer-Dragoner is a cavalry riding club continuing the tradition of the Austro-Hungarian Dragoon Regiment No. 5. The club practises cavalry-style riding, including riding training in the campaign school style, calmness training, patrol riding and hunt riding. It organises rides and events for members and keeps an archive on the regiment's history.
Überetscher Reitverein is an amateur riding club in Eppan, South Tyrol, founded in 1983 on the edge of the Montiggler forest. Its grounds include a clubhouse, five open stables, a large and a small arena, a round pen, short-term rental boxes with paddocks, a horse wash and a mountain trail. Members ride leisure, western, dressage and endurance. The club's riding school offers individual and group lessons for children and adults, trail rides, courses and summer camps.
Reitstall Wagner is a family-run riding stable near Stegersbach in southern Burgenland and home of the 1st Burgenland Riding Club Stegersbach. It offers riding lessons all year for beginners, advanced, leisure and competition riders, plus courses leading to riding badges and summer riding camps for children and young people. Other services include boarding, horse schooling, pony rides, day rides and carriage rides. The facility has an indoor arena, a 40 x 60 m sand dressage arena and paddocks, with around 20 horses stabled.
Reithof Leitenwald is a riding club and eventing yard in Kohfidisch, southern Burgenland. It keeps horses in individual boxes with daily turnout on large meadows. Facilities include a floodlit 25 x 45 m sand dressage arena and two large jumping fields with poles and cross-country obstacles. Training is offered to its boarders and to external horse owners, and the yard also lists horses for sale.
Tannenhof is a riding, sport and breeding facility in Güssing in southern Burgenland. It offers boarding with a large indoor arena, extensive paddocks, a cross-country course and a jumping ground. The yard breeds from its own selected broodmares, sells horses and brings on young horses and competition riders. An associated regional riding club offers riding instruction for leisure and competition riders of all ages.
