Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
The Ouistreham equestrian group runs a riding centre, a beach pony club and the Haras de Ouistreham, offering lessons, holiday courses, trail rides, competitions and horse and pony boarding in boxes or at pasture.
Haras de Lukos at Tournay-sur-Odon in Calvados is a dressage school and competition yard with horse boarding. The site has a horse trading section with horses for sale and a page for its broodmares. Horses for sale.
Haras de Sorne (Sorne Equitation) near Lons-le-Saunier offers fun and technical teaching in several disciplines and competition for all ages, with club life, courses and championships.
Haras des L in the Vendee is run by Ludovic Pottier, a show jumping rider and BEES instructor with 20 years of experience. It trains horses and riders for national and international competition and runs a riding school for horse and pony riders, with a stable, competitions and breeding pages.
Haras de Compostela is an equestrian training centre near Santiago de Compostela offering riding lessons, clinics, a pony club, trail rides and horse care services. It also offers horse lending and breaking and starting of young horses.
Föhrenhof offers riding lessons for children and adults, pony afternoons and box rental for boarders. The site presents the team, stable buildings and outdoor facilities.
Gestüt Kniely-Hof in Trag, Styria, breeds sport horses and keeps 38 horses and ponies with daily paddock turnout. It gives riding lessons and has a for-sale section, so horses for sale are offered.
The Haras national de Cluny, branded Equivallee, combines a national stud visitor site with a riding centre offering lessons, courses and sport-study programmes, equestrian boarding, a training centre and a competition season.
Haras de Fleyres at Bretx near Toulouse is a riding centre with lessons, holiday stays and boarding, plus a competition breeding farm with mares and foals and an insemination centre. The site has a development and sales page. Horses for sale.
Les Haras de Saint-Leu in Chatenay-Malabry is a riding centre and pony club that welcomes riders from age four and promotes competition. The site has an activity news page, a breeding page and a shop.
Centre equestre Les Joncs and Haras d'Amelone offer riding lessons from age 18 months with baby pony classes, show jumping and eventing outings, courses in horse ball and vaulting, and gallop exams.
Haras de Genainville in the Val-d'Oise has a sport stable offering boarding and horse development, a riding club with lessons, courses and birthdays, and a show jumping unit that sells horses. Horses for sale.
Haras de Saint Acaire in Houtkerque is a riding centre offering lessons for all levels, from beginner to competition, plus courses and club life.
Haras de Tilau in Bossendorf, Alsace, is a family riding centre with a pony club, lessons, holiday courses and horse boarding. It also mentions sport horse breeding.
Stadnina Nasze Hucuły in Majdan Golczański offers covering with its Hucul stallion Finał, born in 2013, who passed the performance test, is entered in the main stud book and belongs to the genetic resources programme. It also runs riding lessons, a free-range boarding stable, carriage and sleigh rides and holiday camps.
Stajnia na Brzyzku in Poronin, near Zakopane, offers horse breeding, covering services (stanówka) and use of its facilities for training horses. It also teaches riding with experienced horses and instructors and offers guest cottages and an apartment for horse people.
Stadnina Koni Dworna in Rogoźnik, Podhale, opened in 2004 and offers riding lessons, hippotherapy and a horse boarding stable. Its site lists its horses and a for-sale section, so horses for sale are offered. It also offers accommodation and photo sessions.
Dzikie Ranczo in Duląbka, in the Beskid Niski about 20 km from Jasło, teaches riding in natural and western style. It offers individual lessons in the arena and outdoors and horse training, focused on trust between horse and rider.
Fundacja Jowisz runs the Stadnina Jowisz stable and has offered hippotherapy for people with disabilities and riding lessons since December 2015. Its aim is to promote the benefits of contact with horses among people from different backgrounds. The site lists programmes, information and a price list.
Haras de la Baronnie at La Caine near Caen is a riding centre and boarding stable with 6.5 hectares of pasture, an indoor school and a lit arena. It offers three boarding formulas, lessons, courses and trail rides.
Haras des O in Saint-Etienne-sous-Bailleul is a riding centre on the edge of Normandy offering boarding in natural herd conditions, riding, holiday courses, group visits and professional training.
Haras de Jardy in Marnes-la-Coquette is a large riding school and equestrian centre with a pony club, owners' stable boarding, competitions and a work-study training programme.
Haras d'Oe, five minutes from Tours, is a riding centre, pony club and owners' stable on 15 hectares. It offers lessons, courses, competitions, birthdays and owner boarding.
Haras de la Lisiere is a family riding centre on the edge of a forest near Palaiseau, Orsay and Gif-sur-Yvette in Essonne. It offers pony and horse lessons from age three, courses, activities and horse boarding.
