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Riding clubs

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

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Reit- u. Fahrverein Lengerich u. U. e.V.

Lengerich, Germany

The Reit- und Fahrverein Lengerich und Umgegend e.V. is the riding and driving club for Lengerich and the surrounding villages in the Emsland. It runs its own facility at Erlenweg and organises tournaments for members and visiting riders. Since 2024 the club has been carrying out a major refurbishment of the site, supported by local sponsors and partners. News, entry forms and event downloads are published on the club website.

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Reit- u. Fahrverein Hämelerwald

Lehrte, Germany

The Reit- und Fahrverein Hämelerwald was founded in 1972 just outside the village of Hämelerwald near Lehrte. It is mainly a leisure-riding club but brings in outside instructors for dressage and jumping lessons. The yard has 7 pony boxes and 15 horse boxes, two of them outdoor boxes, with all-day summer grazing and winter turnout on outdoor paddocks. There is a small indoor school, a 20 x 40 m arena and hacking straight from the grounds, plus the club's own school horses and ponies. Lessons run for children and young people at the weekend and for adults during the week.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Lehre u. Umgebung e.V.

Lehre, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Lehre und Umgebung e.V. is a volunteer-run riding club founded in 1987 between Braunschweig and Wolfsburg. It teaches children from the age of four upward on its own three ponies and four horses, working through a three-stage training system. Lessons cover far more than riding: members learn horse care, stable management and feeding so that they can eventually look after a horse of their own. The yard has two open stalls and paddock boxes, and members can keep and train their own horses on the facilities.

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Reitverein Siebenberger Strolche e.V.

Leer (Ostfriesland), Germany

Reitverein Siebenberger Strolche e.V. is a riding club founded in 1997 in Leer, East Frisia, with more than 200 members. Trainer-led lessons cover dressage, jumping and quadrille riding, and the club also offers equine-assisted therapy sessions. Horse sponsorships let supporters back a club horse, and hobby-horsing has been added for younger participants. Events run throughout the year and riders of all levels are welcome.

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Pferde ohne Grenzen e.V.

Lathen, Germany

Pferde ohne Grenzen e.V. is a registered non-profit riding association based in Haren in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony. It runs a riding school for children, young people and adults, working with its own school horses. Inclusion is central to how the club operates: everyone is welcome regardless of ability, and the programme is built around shared time with the horses rather than competition. The association is chaired by Martina Weller and is supported by donations, including feed for its school horses.

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Reitverein Alte Aller e.V.

Langwedel, Germany

Reitverein Alte Aller e.V. is a riding club at Moorstraße in Langwedel, in the Verden district of Lower Saxony. It welcomes riders of every age and level and describes its atmosphere as a family one. The club teaches on its own school horses and ponies and runs a horse sponsorship and care scheme for members who do not own a horse. Its grounds include dressage arenas and a jumping field, and it stages competitions and a popular summer holiday programme for children.

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Hannoverscher Rennverein e. V.

Langenhagen, Germany

Hannoverscher Rennverein e.V. is a thoroughbred racing association founded in 1867 that operates the Neue Bult racecourse at Langenhagen near Hannover. It is one of the longest-established racing clubs in Germany and stages a full calendar of flat race meetings each season. Race days are run as family events with childrens activities alongside the sport, and the totalisator handles betting on course. The site also provides training facilities for resident trainers and can be hired as an event location, with several hospitality lounges available to sponsors and corporate guests.

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Verein für Vielseitigkeitsreiterei e.V.

Langenhagen, Germany

The Verein für Vielseitigkeitsreiterei e.V. is an eventing club based at Hof Münkel in Twenge, Langenhagen, north of Hanover. Its main undertaking is the international eventing competition it stages each September, run at CIC level and now in its fifth decade. The club publishes course walks, results and stabling and accommodation information for competitors. Away from the competition it is a meeting point for the regional eventing community and is open to new members.

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Reitclub Harbarnsen e.V.

Lamspringe, Germany

Reitclub Harbarnsen e.V. has been teaching riders in the Leine valley south of Hildesheim for more than four decades. Lessons run from complete beginners through to advanced riders, and the club trains at the Rittergut Harbarnsen estate. A historic indoor school and improved outdoor terrain courses give training ground in every season. The club also runs regular clinics and hosts its own spring and summer shows.

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Reitverein Kirchwalsede u. Umg. e.V.

Kirchwalsede, Germany

Reitverein Kirchwalsede u. Umg. e.V. is a riding club at Feldstraße in Kirchwalsede, Lower Saxony. It offers riding instruction and training for members across several sections, with dressage and jumping arenas on its tournament ground. The club prepares riders for German riding badges and runs clinics through the year. It also organises its own competitions and publishes a fixture calendar for members.

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Heidberghof

Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

Heidberghof is a small private yard at Suterode in Katlenburg-Lindau, southern Lower Saxony, run by the Sauer family. The stable holds up to eight horses in large, light, divisible boxes, each with at least one window, and keeps two separate guest boxes for visiting horses. A paddock and a riding arena sit directly at the yard, and the pastures on the edge of the village are all within easy reach. The farm has hosted riding holidays for young riders through the summer break. Heidberghof is also the home of the Pferdefreunde Heidberghof e.V. riding club, which runs its own programme and dates.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Ladekop e.V.

Jork, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Ladekop e.V. is a riding and driving club founded in 1982 in Jork, in the Altes Land fruit-growing region south of Hamburg, with around 150 members. It offers riding instruction at a range of levels and vaulting lessons for children. The grounds include a 20x40m indoor arena, a 30x45m sand arena and a dedicated tournament field. The club holds an annual show each September and a Christmas riding event in December, alongside group hacks, cross-country training, clinics and social gatherings.

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Reitsportgemeinschaft Jever-Friesland e.V.

Jever, Germany

Reitsportgemeinschaft Jever Friesland e.V. is an equestrian club based at the Sandeler Mühlenweg in Jever, Friesland. Members ride their own horses or the club's school ponies, and the club organises lessons, tournament preparation with visiting trainers and support at shows. Badge courses, clinics and information evenings run through the year, alongside traditional group rides in the Upjever forest at New Year and Easter. A strong youth section covers pony games, competitions and a summer camp, and the club calendar also includes social evenings and outings.

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Grün-Weiss-Grün Husum e.V.

Jever, Germany

Reitverein Grün-Weiß-Grün Husum e.V. is an equestrian club founded in 1978 and based at Reiterhof Eggers in the Frisian countryside near Jever, Lower Saxony. Since 2003 the club has been particularly active, with work for children and young people at the centre of everything it does. Members ride and handle both ponies and horses, and the club sets out to build confidence through safe, trusting contact with the animals rather than through competitive results. A family atmosphere, club events and a regular calendar of activities keep the membership close-knit.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Isterberg e.V.

Isterberg, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Isterberg e.V. is a riding and driving club at Reiterstraße in Isterberg, on the Dutch border in the Grafschaft Bentheim. It offers training and instruction for members and manages a bookable indoor arena on its grounds. The club is active on the competition circuit in both dressage and show jumping and hosts events including district championships and the Euregio indoor tournament. Member results and club news are published on its website and Instagram.

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Peiner Reit- und Fahrverein e.V.

Ilsede, Germany

The Peiner Reit- und Fahrverein e.V. is an equestrian club based at the Ilseder Mühle in Ilsede, near Peine in Lower Saxony. It teaches dressage and jumping to riders from beginners through to competitors and runs a pony group for children. The programme includes riding-badge courses, seat and gymnastics training, working equitation and classical ground work, plus clinics with visiting trainers. Facilities include an indoor school and a jumping field, and the club hosts tournaments, summer riding camps and community events through the year.

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Donkens Holt PSV-IHLOW

Ihlow, Germany

Pferdesportverein Ihlow e.V. is an equestrian sports club in Ihlow, East Frisia, founded in 1973. The club runs its own riding facilities, including an indoor arena that members can book through a shared schedule. It organises competitions and training courses through the season and has an active youth section alongside its adult membership. Club life is carried by members' work duties, sponsors and regular social events.

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Reitverein Ihlienworth e.V.

Ihlienworth, Germany

Reitverein Ihlienworth e.V. is a riding club in Ihlienworth, Lower Saxony, founded in 1925. Its sections cover dressage, show jumping and vaulting, and it runs clinics and an annual training day for members. The club stages a May tournament and a vaulting tournament on its own grounds and uses an indoor arena through the winter. Social fixtures such as a flea market and Christmas riding round out the year.

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Reiterverein Horneburg und Umg. von 1922 e. V.

Horneburg, Germany

Reiterverein Horneburg is a riding club in the Altes Land near Stade, founded in 1922 and a member of the Kreisverband Stader Altländer Reitervereine. The club runs its own riding facility with school horses and qualified instructors, so members without their own horse can learn to ride. Its programme covers riding, vaulting, a horse-familiarisation group for newcomers and regular Reitabzeichen badge courses. An active youth team organises events and activities for younger members. The club also hosts its own summer show and a long-standing calendar of club events.

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Hoogsteder Fahr- und Reitsportgemeinschaft e.V.

Hoogstede, Germany

The Hoogsteder Fahr- und Reitsportgemeinschaft e.V. is a registered riding and carriage-driving club at Hoogstede in the Grafschaft Bentheim district of Lower Saxony, close to the Dutch border. As the name says, the club covers both ridden and driven disciplines for its members. It runs a calendar of club dates and competitions, publishes results and downloadable entry forms, and is backed by a roster of local sponsors. The club is represented by its committee and is entered in the register of associations at Amtsgericht Osnabrück.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Lauenburg/Elbe e.V.

Hohnstorf (Elbe), Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Lauenburg/Elbe e.V. was founded in 1984 in Lauenburg on the Elbe and is now based at Hohnstorf on the Lower Saxon bank of the river. The club puts youth development at the centre of its work, introducing children and young people to horses in a responsible, structured way. Instruction runs from complete beginners through to advanced riders, and members are taught horse care and horsemanship alongside riding. The club works from several training bases across southern Schleswig-Holstein and northern Lower Saxony.

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Reitgemeinschaft Ahlden e.V.

Hodenhagen, Germany

Reitgemeinschaft Ahlden e.V. is a riding club in the Aller valley of Lower Saxony. It offers riding instruction to its members and runs a programme of dates and events through the year. The club stages its own annual show, supported by a network of local sponsors. Membership forms and club documents are published for download on its website. Enquiries are handled by the club's contact person and through its Instagram channel.

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Pferdezucht-AG Lüchow-Dannenberg-Gartow

Hitzacker (Elbe), Germany

Pferdezucht-AG Lüchow-Dannenberg-Gartow is the joint working group of the horse-breeding associations of Lüchow, Dannenberg and Gartow in the Wendland region of Lower Saxony. It runs the district breeding calendar: mare inspections and performance tests, foal shows, free-running and free-jumping competitions, and an annual horse sales day. A young-breeders programme gives the next generation training days and its own competitions. The association publishes results, dates and horses offered for sale by its member breeders.

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Der Montagsclub e.V.

Hilgermissen, Germany

Der Montagsclub e.V. is a riding club in the Verden area of Lower Saxony whose stated purpose is the development of young horses and riders. It runs its own riding grounds and stages an annual tournament, with results archived back to 2012. The club aims to give every entrant a professional competition setting in which young riders and horses can measure and improve their performance. Its events are broadcast by livestream.

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