Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
SPH - Stuke Performance Horses specializes in horse training, offering programs for young horses and correction training. They emphasize a biomechanical approach to horse riding and provide individual training sessions. The facility also offers riding lessons and courses for various skill levels.
Reitschule auf der Markter Burg offers horse training and riding lessons, focusing on bitless horsemanship. They provide various courses and experiences related to horse riding and driving. The facility is set in a scenic location with ample space for horse activities.
Hippisch Centrum Hoeksche Waard is a riding centre and riding association in Oud-Beijerland, south of Rotterdam, run by owner Stephanie Bezemer with a team of instructors and stable staff. It offers riding lessons for children and adults, lease horses, carousel riding and children's parties. The centre trains young horses, rides and prepares horses for competition, sale or inspection under a training arrangement that includes stabling. It organises monthly KNHS and FNRS competitions and regularly has horses and ponies for sale. An on-site canteen serves coffee, lunch and dinner.
PSC De Dijkgraaf is an equestrian centre in Ouddorp on Goeree-Overflakkee with around 60 horses. It offers carriage-driving, dressage, jumping and general riding lessons given by qualified instructors, plus training for riding and driving licences. Horses can be kept in its livery, and the team trains horses in various disciplines and raises young horses. It also runs an equestrian shop and offers beach rides, pony walks and carriage rides for visitors.
Bij Kim NATUURlijk is a riding business in Oudenbosch, near the Halderberge woods, started by owner Kim in 2022. It offers riding lessons, seat and posture lessons, toddler lessons, guided forest rides, walking ponies and riding day trips and weekends. Its horses, including Fjords, live outdoors year-round as a herd on a track system. Kim trained in horse husbandry and is a qualified instructor.
Manege Balans is a riding centre on Schouwen-Duiveland. It works together with SPGSD, the foundation for riding for people with disabilities on Schouwen-Duiveland. The centre focuses on therapeutic riding and care with horses.
Manege Grol is a riding centre near Renesse on Schouwen-Duiveland, operating since 1976. It offers livery with more than 80 boxes and around 30 hectares of pasture, for permanent or holiday stays, including feed and mucking out. Riders can take lessons and private lessons and go on trail rides to the beach, dunes and woods. It has indoor and outdoor arenas and also offers walking with Shetland ponies for small children.
Manege Meiwerf is a riding school near Veere in Zeeland offering a varied lesson programme for beginner and advanced riders. It has indoor and outdoor arenas and keeps its horses and ponies in an open loose-housing barn. Besides lessons it organises day and pony camps, in-house competitions, trail rides, toddler lessons and walking-pony hire. The riding school is certified by the Manege & Ruiter Bond (M&RB).
Centre Équestre Impérial offers a range of equestrian services including horse training and riding lessons, specializing in dressage. They also have horses available for sale and provide transportation services for horses. The facility is dedicated to equestrian education and training.
Centre Équestre des Mille-Îles offers riding lessons, equestrian competitions, and a summer camp focused on equestrian activities. Established in 1977, it serves as a community for horse enthusiasts and provides a supportive environment for learning and competition.
Manège Du Centaure is an equestrian center and riding school that offers private riding lessons focused on dressage. They provide horse boarding services with a commitment to the well-being of the horses. The facility includes heated stables, paddocks, and training areas, ensuring a comfortable environment for both horses and riders.
Manege De IJslander is a riding centre in Zeeland. It offers beach rides and trail rides. The website gives little further detail about its services.
Just Watch is a horse and pony business in Vrouwenpolder run by Han Wattel. It organises activities with horses and ponies, including beach rides, riding lessons and training. It also offers stabling, a practice course and horses for sale. Its horses include an Appaloosa suited to experienced riders for hacks.
Stal Schouten is a small family-run riding school in Wemeldinge that started in 1999 with a few lessons a week on its own competition ponies and horses. It now gives riding lessons six days a week, from young beginners to experienced riders, in small groups and as private lessons. During school holidays it runs pony camps, and it also organises a pony club, children's parties and in-house dressage competitions. Since 2018 it has offered coaching programmes for children, teenagers and adults through Coachpraktijk Schouten.
MP Allround Horses is based in Vrouwenpolder and offers riding instruction. It provides pony rides for children, including with grandparents, and rents out Shetland ponies. It also trains other owners' horses and ponies.
R.S.V. de Scheldestad is a riding club with its own manege on the edge of Vlissingen. The manege holds a safety certificate, which includes qualified instructors and mandatory helmets. The club organises competitions and events such as dressage tests and show jumping under KNHS rules, and has its own horses.
Sophie's Choice Horse & Holiday is a riding business in Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, run by qualified riding instructors. It offers private and group riding lessons, outdoor rides on the beach and through the woods, pony camps and covered-wagon trips. It also keeps stallions and has a breeding section. Lessons and rides are run in small groups.
Manege Molenzicht is a riding school in the woods of Bergen op Zoom with direct access to bridle paths. It offers riding lessons for children from age 5 and for adults from beginner to advanced. The yard has an indoor arena, an outdoor dressage ring and turnout in paddocks and fields. It also runs a livery stable and offers care-horse (verzorgpaard) arrangements.
Natuurlijk met je paard is a horse business founded in 2012 that focuses on keeping, handling and riding horses in a natural way. It offers all-in livery, training of horses including breaking young horses to saddle and solving problems such as mounting issues. Lessons are given on its own school horses and ponies, and it runs pony camps. Horses are also offered for lease and for sale.
Zarafa is a small-scale livery yard in the Flemish Ardennes near Oudenaarde. Horses are kept in spacious boxes with daily straw and hay, and have turnout in the fields. The yard has a lit indoor arena of 20 x 40 m and an outdoor arena of 20 x 50 m. It offers full care with training as well as basic stabling, horse training, lessons, a pony club and film and show horse wrangling.
Riedmühl-Ranch offers riding lessons and courses in Cowboy Dressage and Western riding. They provide a variety of services including training, holiday riding courses, and have school horses available for lessons. Located in Bavaria, they also organize events and competitions.
HC Horse Coaching offers riding lessons for beginners and advanced riders, focusing on individual needs and goals. The business also provides training for horses to establish a trusting relationship between horse and rider. Additionally, they offer boarding services with spacious stalls and outdoor access for the horses.
LaThera is an experiential educational riding school located in Landensberg, Germany. They offer riding lessons for children and adults, including long-line lessons and secure riding in the countryside. The facility also provides therapeutic riding, vaulting, and various outdoor activities, emphasizing a friendly relationship with horses and their well-being.
SportpferdeBayern Schönauhof Verwaltungs GmbH is located in Gundelfingen and offers a range of equestrian services. They provide professional training for young and talented horses, boarding facilities, and tournament management. The facility includes multiple riding arenas and paddocks for optimal training conditions.
