Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Haras du Nizon at Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres in the Gard is a riding school run by the association Happy Horse Equitation, offering ethological, leisure and classical riding lessons for horses and ponies, special packages, livery and a riding instructor training school. It charges federation licences.
Haras de Castries near Montpellier, created more than twenty years ago and run by Caroline Grimaud on 20 hectares, breeds purebred Lusitano horses. It also offers livery in box or paddock, a riding school with galop exams and a work equitation course. The site has stallion, mare and foal sections.
Élevage Dou Pantaï at Montaren in the Gard breeds Camargue horses. It also offers trail rides all year, working equitation lessons, pony lessons from age three, livery in a shared paddock, and backing and work of horses in a calm family setting.
Haras de l'Otri at Agimont in Belgium is a riding centre that teaches children, teenagers and adults. It runs a first-approach programme for the youngest riders, holiday courses and lessons, and has an indoor arena.
Centre Haras ValPierre at Thieu in Belgium is a riding centre run by instructor Didier Gregoire on a farm that previously bred Welsh ponies. It offers group lessons, courses and activities, and saddle fitting.
Haras des Croyeux in the Alpes-Maritimes is an FFE riding club that also breeds dressage horses. Its site presents the stallion Narcisse de Suleiman, broodmares, foals and horses looking for a new home, with prices from 1000 to over 5000 euros before tax.
Haras de Cîteaux at Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux in Côte-d'Or is an equestrian centre run as EARL Haras de Cîteaux, with a riding school, enrolment for the 2026 season, birthday parties, a shop and boarders' section. It also trades as Écurie du Petit Bonheur.
Haras du Soleil at Semblançay, ten minutes from Tours, is an equestrian centre with a pony club for children from three years old and an owners' stable. It offers boarding from 155 euros, showjumping competition outings, backing and development of young horses by instructors Jessica Berger and Sébastien Fayolle.
Écurie des Chenaux is a riding stable on 15 hectares in the Drome, taking riders from age four and younger for pony rides. It offers lessons, rides, courses, competitions and livery in box or paddock, and is affiliated to the French equestrian federation.
Attelage et élevage Ar Maner at Arzano in Finistère breeds Breton draft horses and teaches carriage driving, with FFE driving courses and discovery days. It offers carriage rides, animal-traction training, a pony club and horses for sale, and moved from the Haras national d'Hennebont to Arzano.
Les Poneys du Val d'Emeraude is an educational equestrian farm near Lasalle in the Gard, on the edge of the Cevennes National Park, hosting children on holiday since 1973. It offers pony rides and treks, riding courses, vaulting and a farm cottage, and all its ponies are born on the farm.
Écuries of Joy near Auxerre in the Yonne is an owners' stable and Connemara pony breeder on a 32-hectare natural estate, run by Laetitia and Yohann Clerget. It offers boarding, backing with ethological methods, horse development, lessons and courses, and presents its breeding mares.
Haras du Cottard at Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses in the Yonne is a riding centre, pony club and owners' stable on more than 16 hectares, run since 2005 by Carole, Frédéric and Nora. It organises competitions and offers recent facilities for horses and ponies.
Haras d'Auvine at Savigny-sur-Braye in Loir-et-Cher breeds purebred Fjord horses from its own mares and stallions, imported from abroad, and prepares them for sale. It also uses the herd for riding lessons with its instructor, and boards horses, ponies and donkeys from 190 euros a month.
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.
Élevage de Milo at Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Segré-en-Anjou-Bleu, breeds ponies and sport horses and runs an equine reproduction and insemination centre. It also offers boarding, backing and development, teaching and competition, and lists mares, foals and horses for sale.
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 de Bel-Hôte at Corps-Nuds south of Rennes was set up in 2012 by Jérémy Buisson as a breeding farm and boarding stable. It offers box and field boarding, working boarding, backing, private lessons with a state-qualified instructor, and help to take a horse to sale.
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.
Écurie Baie Jump at Grand-Laviers, at the gateway to the Baie de Somme, is an owners' stable that offers lessons, coaching and competition outings. Facilities, services and prices are listed on the site, and a gite called Le Very Best is on the property.
Haras du Coussoul at Mouriès in the Alpilles has bred Lusitano and Lusitano-cross sport horses since 1987, founded by Catherine and Sauveur Vaisse. It sells horses, presents stallions and broodmares, and offers dressage courses, tailored boarding, classical lessons, rides and Crau hay. It also rents a farmhouse and rooms.
Haras Mansolein is a breeding farm at Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil in Haute-Saône in north-eastern France. It breeds dressage and showjumping horses, including offspring of its thoroughbred mares, and has a dressage instructor. The website has pages for horses for sale, stallion choice and foals.
Haras des Templiers at Maxou in the Lot is a riding centre and horse breeding farm offering lessons with limited rider numbers, livery and breeding lines. It also lists ponies for sale.
GAEC de l'Evasion Montagnarde, also known as Elevage de Besse, is a family farm at Bourg-d'Oisans in the Isere that breeds Merens horses and Limousin cattle. It offers mountain horse rides and treks with its Merens horses and sells beef directly.
