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Riding clubs

Clubs, associations and pony clubs — the community side of the sport, near you.

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Rijvereniging Neta

Oldambt, Netherlands

RV NETA, short for Nuttig En Tevens Aangenaam, is one of the oldest riding clubs in the Netherlands, founded at Bellingwolde in 1923. Since 1978 it has been based at Manege de Dollard in Winschoten in the Oldambt municipality and now has around 150 members. The club exists to represent its members and to promote equestrian sport, chiefly by organising competitions. Its indoor and outdoor jumping shows, including the EDR Springconcours, draw several hundred starts.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Nordhorn

Nordhorn, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Nordhorn e.V. is a riding and driving club at Neuenhauser Straße in Nordhorn, in the Grafschaft Bentheim on the Dutch border. It teaches riders of all ages on club horses, runs a vaulting section and a pony club, and prepares members for riding badges and motivation-badge examinations. Horses can be boarded on site with full care and pasture turnout, and the indoor arena runs to a published booking schedule. The club stages its own competitions and takes part in local environmental initiatives.

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Pferde-Sport-Gemeinschaft Nienhagen e.V.

Nienhagen, Germany

Pferde-Sport-Gemeinschaft Nienhagen e.V. is a riding club in Nienhagen, Lower Saxony. The club runs riding instruction for children, young people and adults, from first lessons on its school horses through to jumping with experienced trainers. A dedicated youth section organises training and activities through the year, and the club puts on its own competitions and events. Members also maintain the grounds and facilities themselves.

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Reitsportverein Alpheide-Nienburg e.V.

Nienburg/Weser, Germany

Reitsportverein Alpheide-Nienburg e.V. is an equestrian club in the heart of Nienburg an der Weser, based on the grounds of the Zuchtgemeinschaft Rippe-Lachnit at Reiterweg 3. Children start in the lead-rein group, learning to handle and sit on a pony through play, and many go on to vaulting, which builds balance and body awareness with a partner horse. Older children and adults take riding lessons and can work towards competing. The club has been registered since 1986 and is the organiser of the Nienburger Reiterfest, a long-running show with classes up to S* level in both jumping and dressage.

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RZG Unter dem Mühlenberge e.V.

Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany

RZG Unter dem Mühlenberge e.V. is a riding club based in Schneeren, part of Neustadt am Rübenberge in Lower Saxony. Members ride recreationally and compete regularly at regional tournaments. The club reports on its riders results and organises social gatherings through the year. It also takes part in local commemorative and community events.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Schneeren v. 1925 e.V.

Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Schneeren 1925 e.V. is a riding and driving club in the Schneeren district of Neustadt am Rübenberge, north-west of Hannover. It runs riding-badge courses each year in which members are examined on groundwork, horse care and ridden dressage and jumping tests, and awards range from the Pferdeführerschein to riding badges RA10 to RA4. The club puts on additional training such as pole work and desensitisation clinics with visiting instructors. It stages its own tournaments and events, supported by a long list of local sponsors.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Dahlenburg e.V.

Nahrendorf, Germany

The Reit- und Fahrverein Dahlenburg e.V. is a riding and driving club in the heart of the Lüneburg Heath, founded in 1924 and now more than a hundred years old. It puts on a varied calendar of events for riders of every age and standard, including the Dahlenburger Reitertage dressage and jumping tournaments held on the grounds at Nahrendorf. A traditional autumn hunt ride is one of the club's best-loved fixtures. Training and further education for members run through the season.

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Reitverein Pferdefreunde Müden u. U. e.V.

Müden (Aller), Germany

Reitverein Pferdefreunde Müden u. U. e.V. is a riding club in Müden an der Aller, Lower Saxony. It maintains riding halls and outdoor arenas for its members, governed by its own hall and arena rules. The club runs clinics for members and stages the annual Reitturnier Müden/Aller. Social fixtures such as Halloween speed games sit alongside the sporting calendar.

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Reiterverein Alvern e.V.

Munster, Germany

Reiterverein Alvern e.V. is a riding club near Munster in the Lüneburg Heath, founded in 1973 after operating as a section of the neighbouring Soltau club. Its show ground at the Heidberg has hosted regional and state championships for juniors and young riders. The club expanded the site in 2002 with a purpose-built show building housing jump material, catering and the entry office, followed by a new judges' tower in 2007. Youth development is its central concern: talented riders up to the age of 16 are taken into structured development groups each year. Club riders have competed successfully in both jumping and dressage up to advanced level and at German championships.

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Reitverein Petkum-Oldersum

Moormerland, Germany

Reitverein Petkum Oldersum e.V. is an East Frisian riding club founded in 1954 and based at Oldersum in Moormerland, with around 180 members. It teaches riding on club school horses and has both indoor and outdoor arenas for lessons and training. The hall can also be hired for use by groups. Its annual tournament is one of the larger fixtures in the region, drawing roughly 800 entries.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Papenteich e.V.

Meine, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Papenteich e.V. is an equestrian club at Hauptstraße in Meine, in the Gifhorn district of Lower Saxony. It offers riding and a well-established vaulting section for members of all ages. The club runs dressage and jumping clinics with visiting professional trainers and stages its own riding tournaments. Its indoor arena is available to members on a published booking and duty schedule, and the club hosts school groups and social events through the year.

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Einemhofer Reiter e.V.

Mechtersen, Germany

Einemhofer Reiter e.V. is a riding club founded in 1979 for riders and horse owners around Mechtersen in Lower Saxony. Its focus is cross-country and hunt riding, and it maintains a network of bridleways in and around the Einemhofer forest. The club takes part in competitions and organises riding activities for its members through the year. It works alongside foresters, hunters and conservation interests to keep riding and woodland use compatible, including fire-prevention duties.

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Reitschule Mechtersen e.V.

Mechtersen, Germany

Reitschule Mechtersen e.V. is a family-run riding school and boarding yard at Mechtersen near Lüneburg, run as a registered club since 1971. It teaches riders of every level across all disciplines and schools horses alongside them. The site has an indoor school, dressage and jumping arenas, an equine solarium, paddocks, pasture and open stabling. Horses and ponies are sold from the yard, and the surrounding terrain includes a cross-country course.

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PSG der freien Voltigierer e.V.

Marxen, Germany

PSG der freien Voltigierer e.V. is an equestrian vaulting club based in Jesteburg in the Lüneburg Heath. More than ten squads train with the club, covering everything from recreational vaulting to competitive squad work, and members support each other across age groups. Individual vaulters compete at regional and national level, with several selected for state squads. The welfare of the vaulting horses is treated as the club first priority, and membership is open to newcomers as well as experienced athletes.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Maasen-Sulingen und Umgebung

Maasen, Germany

RFV Maasen-Sulingen e.V. is a riding club with its arena at Friedrich-Steuer-Weg in Maasen, in the Diepholz district of Lower Saxony. It organises equestrian competitions, including multi-day tournaments, and maintains an events calendar for members through the season. The club is affiliated to the Pferdesportverband Hannover and the Kreispferdesportverband Diepholz. Members handle facility upkeep through an organised work-duty rota.

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PSV Norderland e.V.

Lütetsburg, Germany

PSV Norderland e.V. is a small East Frisian riding club based at the Kartoffelhof Kleemann near Norden, welcoming riders from age three upwards. Instruction is given daily and covers flatwork and jumping from first lessons through to advanced level. Looking after the horses is treated as part of the lesson rather than an add-on. The club also teaches holiday visitors and offers trial lessons by appointment.

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Reitclub Hagen

Lüneburg, Germany

Reitclub Hagen e.V. is an equestrian club at Hagen near Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. It provides riding instruction and maintains its own riding facility for members. The club calendar is built around competition: a spring show, a summer jumping show, a dressage show and a youth show, alongside dedicated dressage and jumping training days. Social fixtures such as the Easter bonfire and an Advent ride round out the year.

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PSG Lähden e.V.

Lähden, Germany

Pferdesportgemeinschaft Lähden e.V. is an equestrian sports club in Lähden in the Emsland, set up to serve both riding and carriage driving. It runs separate Reitsport and Fahrsport sections, with training and competition activity for members of all ages. The club maintains its own tournament grounds at Schillerberg in Lähden and hosts regional shows there. Membership is open to riders and drivers from the surrounding villages.

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Reitclub Stotel e.V.

Loxstedt, Germany

Reitclub Stotel e.V. is a riding club at Stotel in Loxstedt, Lower Saxony, founded in 1861. It runs shows and Ringreiten (ring-riding) events for members and visiting riders. Training days and rider-badge (Reitabzeichen) courses are part of the regular programme. The annual Reiterball and other social fixtures round out the club calendar, and the club welcomes new members.

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IPRV Lingen-Emsland e.V.

Lingen (Ems), Germany

IPRV Lingen-Emsland e.V. is an Icelandic-horse riding and breeding club based in Lingen (Ems) in the Emsland region of Lower Saxony. The club stages tournaments and runs training courses and clinics that are open to members and non-members alike. It supports both the sport and the breeding side of the Icelandic horse, with a dedicated youth section and a leisure-riding programme. Social events such as scavenger hunts round out the calendar, and members contribute helper hours towards running the club.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Lingen und Umgebung e.V.

Lingen (Ems), Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Lingen und Umgebung e.V. is a riding and driving club at Auguststraße in Lingen (Ems), Lower Saxony. It runs regular jumping and dressage training, a pony league and school-horse programme for young riders, and an active vaulting section with its own training and competitions. The club has its own indoor arena and grounds and stages a full calendar of tournaments including the Lingen show week and a Hubertus hunt ride. It is celebrating a club anniversary in 2026.

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Ländl. Reit-u. Fahrverein Lindhorst u. Umgebung von 1926

Lindhorst, Germany

Founded in 1926, this is the oldest equestrian club in the Schaumburg district and today counts roughly 500 members. It runs its own facility at Eichhöfe between Lindhorst and Lüdersfeld, with a 20 x 45 m indoor school, a 20 x 50 m outdoor arena, a lungeing ring, paddocks and pasture. Certified trainers give lessons on the club's school horses as well as on members' own horses, including lungeing tuition for beginners. Twenty livery boxes are available, and the club fields riders at regional competitions.

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Reiterverein Lilienthal

Lilienthal, Germany

RV Lilienthal is a riding club just outside Bremen with more than 75 years of history. It teaches riding to beginners, returning riders and advanced riders on well-schooled club horses, and runs a dedicated children's pony hour. Vaulting is a second major discipline, with its own instruction and competition squads. The club also operates a livery yard at its site on Im Orth, with an indoor school and published stabling prices. It hosts dressage shows, WBO competitions, vaulting competitions and an end-of-indoor-season event each year.

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RFV PCH Dörnten e. V.

Liebenburg, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein PCH Dörnten e.V. is a riding and driving club in Dörnten, part of Liebenburg in Lower Saxony. It teaches riding across all age groups and also runs carriage driving. Youth work is a focus, with horse-knowledge sessions and programmes for children alongside clinics for members. An orientation ride, social events and celebrations fill out the year, and fair treatment of the horse sits at the centre of the club's work.

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