Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Equita Passion is a riding centre at the Lac Bleu leisure base in Morillon, near Samoens in Haute-Savoie. It offers trail rides, pony walks, summer pony courses and year-round lessons from age four, with galop exams, and in winter pony sleigh rides and pony walks in the snow.
Haras des Moutonnières in the Perche is a 14-hectare FFE equestrian club run by Marie-Delphine Debacq and Victorien Besse. It has an indoor school, arenas and 12 hectares of pasture, and offers lessons, courses and a registration site for classes.
Haras de la Pelois at Saint-Martin-des-Monts in the Sarthe is a sporting equestrian complex with a riding club, pony club, sport-study programme, owners' stable and competition stable. Its pony club has an arena built for small children, and boarding comes in several packages.
Haras du Mel is a 13-hectare equestrian centre in the Sarthe offering owners' stable boarding, private lessons and coaching, western and classic riding, driving and equestrian tourism. It breeds Irish Cob horses and also keeps a herd of Chèvre des Fossés goats.
Haras du Tilleul at La Genevraie in the Orne is an equestrian centre on six hectares, run by Sylvie Robino and Thierry Gorse. It has a 1000 square metre indoor school, a panoramic club house and outdoor arenas, with services adapted to riders of each age.
Haras des Perchers is a family equestrian centre at Passais Villages in the Orne. It offers lessons from beginner to advanced, boarding, backing, courses, horse hire and sales, and competition in showjumping, dressage, vaulting and other disciplines. It is an FFE club run by Nicole D'Heur.
Haras des Erables is an equestrian centre in Vieille-Eglise-en-Yvelines near Rambouillet on 26 hectares of meadow where the horses live year-round. It offers lessons for children and adults, courses, competition and a riders association.
Haras d'Obtrée is a riding centre at La Crau near Hyeres and Toulon offering lessons, livery, events and competitions on a large green site. It has over twenty boxes, around thirty paddocks, an 80 by 45 metre arena, a lunge ring and a jumping course. Livery options include box, individual or shared paddock and shared-care.
Haras des Muriers is a family horse yard in the Normandy countryside, started in 2009. It offers box livery in rubber-floored barns, an arena and indoor school, young-horse development for sale, ethological breaking-in, courses and jumping competitions. Contact enquiries cover livery, horses for sale and investment.
Le Ty Haras is a leisure riding centre near Rennes and Lancieux that teaches riding with respect for the horse. It offers lessons, rides, treks and dressage, with an emphasis on light contact and calm. Annual fees, lesson cards, rides and boarding are listed on the site.
Haras de Kerguéral in Melgven, Finistère, opened in 2010 and is run by Antoine and Gladys Bolzer. It offers pasture and box boarding, teaching for owners and competition outings, and started a small breeding programme. The site is an FFE club site with facilities, disciplines and licence information.
Haras d'Antarès at Lesterps in the Charente is a horse breeding farm and equestrian centre. Its small blog presents the breeding section and the riding centre, together with a photo album and contact details.
Les écuries d'Oré at Saint-Thurien in Finistère is a pony club and stable. It offers leisure and competition lessons with a state-qualified instructor, horse boarding, backing and young-pony development, and breeding. Ponies are offered for sale or for rent throughout the year.
Haras d'Olympe in the Gers is a more than century-old stud specialising in breeding and preparing Anglo-Arabian sport horses. Founder Pierre de La Serve developed the best Anglo-Arabian lines pure or crossed with Norman bloodlines. The haras also offers boarding and riding lessons, and visitors can try horses they are interested in.
Haras des Suvières at Puget-sur-Argens is an equestrian stable offering horse boarding, riding lessons, courses and horse rides. Lessons start from 35 euros and rides from 45 euros, and the site includes an online booking form.
Haras de l'Aigues-Vives in Mauguio, Hérault, is a family equestrian structure founded more than twenty years ago, focused on training and performance. It is an FFE-registered club run by Alexis Roques and lists horses for sale on its website.
Haras du Knistelberg in Dorlisheim, Alsace, is an FFE-labelled equestrian centre with a pony club, lessons, courses, competitions and horse boarding in indoor and outdoor boxes. It also runs a small breeding programme under the HDK affix and lists ponies for sale.
Haras de Mai is an owners stable and riding school in Nerigean in the Entre-deux-Mers near Bordeaux. It offers livery with premium facilities and lessons on trained school horses for riders of all levels.
Ecuries de Bois Dieu is a riding centre and competition club at Lissieu near Lyon, run by Carole Lamour, a state-qualified instructor. It offers group lessons on ponies and horses for beginners to advanced riders, courses, pony games, jumping and trail rides on two arenas and a lunge ring.
Haras d'Orce at Lozanne in the Monts du Lyonnais, 20 minutes from Lyon, has run since 2013. It breeds Connemara and French Saddle sport ponies, runs an insemination centre with foaling, and offers owners' livery with 26 boxes and lessons. A For sale section lists ponies.
Haras Au Coeur des Possibles at Luzy in Burgundy offers ethological and sporting riding coaching for horse and rider, courses, professional support, a pony programme for children and field livery. The site also presents foals bred on the farm and body-care services for horses.
Haras de Valdor is a riding centre near Lake Saint-Pardoux, 15 minutes from Limoges, with new facilities. It offers lessons, courses, group visits and activities, and welcomes riders with their own horses. The club is federation-affiliated and runs competitions.
Haras de Keos is a riding centre and stable at Tauxigny in Indre-et-Loire on 20 hectares, run by two qualified professional riders in eventing, show jumping and dressage. It offers livery of many kinds, coaching, horse development and the sale of horses and ponies.
Haras du Meix is a riding centre and owners' stable near Chalon-sur-Saone, run by Christina and David Konczewski since 2007 on 13 hectares. It offers lessons, courses, trail rides, competition, backing and livery.
