Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Stichting Horse Sense is a foundation in Heibloem that aims to make western riding accessible to everyone. It supports people with a care or support need through riding, guidance, day activities and workshops with horses. The foundation also offers equine-assisted coaching for individuals and companies. Facilities include horse stables, an indoor riding arena and a saloon.
Landgut Ihlingshof is a family-run estate located in Oberreute, Germany. It offers riding lessons for both children and adults, including long-line instruction and group dressage and jumping classes. The facility also features a riding school with school horses available for lessons. Additionally, the estate provides a scenic environment for horse enthusiasts and families.
Inselhof is a riding school and boarding facility that offers riding lessons for both adults and children. They provide spacious indoor boxes and various types of boarding options for horses. Additionally, they offer training services for private horses, specializing in classical Spanish riding techniques.
De Hoeven Manege & Ponykamp is a riding school in Elst, Overbetuwe. It offers pony riding lessons for children aged 7 to 18 on more than 30 ponies, using a large indoor and outdoor arena. For over 40 years it has run pony camps for children aged 7 to 14. It also hosts pony-themed birthday parties and cuddle sessions for children under 7, and is home to the Elster Pony Club.
Reitstall Ehrhardt is a horse boarding facility located in Geretsried, offering a well-maintained environment for horses. They provide riding lessons for all ages, from beginners to competition riders, with qualified instructors. The facility includes spacious stables, paddocks, and a riding hall, ensuring quality care and training for both horses and riders.
WNL QuarterHorses is a western stable in Zwartewaal offering livery and breeding of Quarter Horses. It has indoor and outdoor stalls, 24/7 roughage, a roundpen, horse walker, solarium and indoor and outdoor arenas. Livery includes concentrate feed twice daily, summer grazing, daily mucking out and a private saddle locker. The yard also offers lessons and training and sells horses.
Die Ponys vom Lacherhof is a small riding school at the Lacherhof near Holzhausen am Ammersee. Its school ponies live there with a few private horses, and the yard has an arena and a covered round pen. Lessons start from the ground for children and adults with a long-term interest in horses, and courses include a small children's course. One-off pony rides are not offered.
Horse Training Center Hellmayr offers professional training and riding lessons for horses and ponies of all breeds. They focus on horse-friendly training methods and emphasize a harmonious relationship between horse and rider. The center provides a variety of training programs, including dressage, western riding, and groundwork, tailored to the needs of each horse and rider.
Lena's Reitschule provides riding lessons for children and youth, focusing on both group and individual instruction. They also offer pony rides suitable for young children and vaulting classes. The facility emphasizes a respectful relationship between humans and horses, ensuring quality and individualized teaching.
Bachmair Weissach Reiterhof offers a comprehensive range of riding experiences for both children and adults, including pony rides, private lessons, and guided family rides. The facility emphasizes the connection between horse and rider, providing personalized instruction to enhance riding skills. Located in a scenic area, it aims to create memorable equestrian experiences for all levels of riders.
Reit- und Ferienhof Weber is a riding and holiday farm in Ruderatshofen in the Allgäu. It offers riding lessons and hacks for children and adults, and riding holidays for children with daily lessons. Guests can also bring their own horse. Holiday flats are available on the farm.
Kinderponymobil offers therapeutic riding services that promote balance and muscle function. They also provide pony riding for children and organize various programs throughout the year. The facility focuses on building trust and communication with horses through groundwork courses.
Reit- und Fahrverein Markdorf e.V. is located at Reitanlage Köhl and offers dressage and jumping lessons with your own horse, training services, and horse boarding. The club promotes equestrian sports in the Markdorf area and organizes various events.
s' Ponyhöfle is a family-run riding school that offers pony rides, guided trail rides, riding courses, and boarding services. They provide holiday riding courses and organize children's birthday parties. The facility is designed to cater to both beginners and advanced riders, ensuring a fun experience for all.
Yeguada de la Montana specializes in the breeding of Pura Raza Española horses and offers riding lessons. The facility provides quality care and training for horses, with a focus on traditional breeding practices. They also offer boarding services for horses.
Penta Western Stables is a small-scale western training stable in Kleine Brogel, Peer. It gives lessons by appointment, privately or in small groups, specialising in reining, ranch trail and ranch riding, now only with the rider's own horse. The stable trains young and problem horses, starts and educates horses in western, dressage and jumping, and prepares and shows horses at western and dressage competitions. It also organises Ranch Days and the Penta Western Cup.
Equnex is the natural horsemanship practice of trainer and instructor Inge Korten. She gives lessons at the client's location within 35 km of Weert in Limburg and Brabant. Lessons cover liberty work, groundwork, lungeing without aids, double long-lining, dressage-based work and riding, based on biomechanically correct movement. A free introductory meeting is offered.
Het Paard Eerst, run by Kim in Bree, teaches people to understand, care for and handle horses safely through workshops. Modules cover the horse's basic needs, body language, grooming and hoof picking, saddling, recognising health problems and travelling with a horse. Workshops are held in small groups of up to four people and use the owner's own horses. Beginners, parents, riders and owners are all welcome.
ErgoEquina specializes in equine osteopathy and rehabilitation training for horses. The business also offers riding lessons that incorporate classical riding techniques and anatomical insights from equine therapy. Founded by Flurina Steen, it focuses on the health and fitness of both horse and rider, ensuring a holistic approach to equestrian training.
Nalini Center in Peer offers lessons and training in groundwork with horses, riding, and walks beside and on the horse. Its Aligned Horsemanship approach focuses on self-awareness, balance and partnership between rider and horse. The centre also runs personal development programmes with horses. Alongside the horse work it offers Lu Jong yoga classes and rents its facilities to guest teachers and trainers.
Natuurlijk Paardrijden teaches natural horsemanship and horse-friendly riding in Pelt. Children and young people take pony and riding lessons on regular school ponies, progressing from groundwork to riding. Owners can book private lessons and training with their own pony or horse at their location in Pelt and the surrounding area. The ponies are kept in a natural herd setting with free choice of shelter, forage and movement.
Pracht Paard by Sandra Blenckers offers horse-assisted coaching for people dealing with grief and loss in Nederweert. Sandra also gives riding lessons on clients' own horses, for recreational riders, competition riders and children. She organises small-group activities among the horses, such as high teas combined with a coaching workshop.
Equelli Dressuur is a horse trainer and coach working according to the principles of classical riding. Services include lunging, dressage in hand, ridden lessons, education of young horses and re-schooling of horses that need extra patience. It also offers mental coaching for riders dealing with fear or insecurity. Training takes place on location within about 30 minutes of Heeze, for riders of every level.
Hippo Mania teaches balanced horsemanship, a combination of classical dressage and natural horsemanship. It offers private and group lessons in straightness training, groundwork and riding, at its own location or on location. Training days, training series, a year-long horsemanship course and a horse-in-training programme are also available. The business additionally provides osteopathic treatments for horses and runs an online academy with free training videos.
