Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Ballyrusley Stables in Portaferry offers riding sessions and a loaner and owner club. It has kids livery packages with supervised pony care and instruction. Ponies are available for loan or share.
Parbold Equestrian Centre at the foot of Parbold Hill in Lancashire is a riding school opened in 2001 by Nicola Bennett. It has 17 riding school horses and ponies and offers private and shared lessons and events. A partner charity, Stable Lives, works with veterans and emergency workers.
Eqwise Riding School is in the Yarrow Valley near Chorley, Lancashire. It offers private and group riding lessons and a riding syllabus. It also hosts schools and youth groups and runs forest school activities and apprenticeships.
Flight View Livery & Stud is a family run livery yard and stud in Preesall, Lancashire, established 45 years. It offers DIY, assisted, part and full livery and riding lessons. It breeds horses, stands stallions and delivers semen.
Holt's Equestrian Centre is a family run yard in Lancashire run by Gaynor and Marnie Holt. Marnie produces young ponies for showing, dressage and other disciplines. It offers full livery, schooling, sales and holiday livery and describes itself as a riding school.
Killegar Stables is a long-established riding school near Enniskerry on the Dublin Wicklow border. It offers riding lessons for all ages, private tuition, guided treks, pony camp and livery with grass turnout. It has indoor and outdoor arenas and an associated riding club.
Diamond Equine Training is run by professional show jumping rider Faye Malkie in Cheshire. She produces and trains horses and coaches riders from novice upwards. The site also lists livery.
The Equestrian Trainer is the coaching business of Ellen Berchner-Nolan, a British Dressage and BHS coach. She offers one-to-one, shared and group lessons in the Bristol area, online lessons and webinars. Her approach focuses on equestrian biomechanics and applied psychology.
Harrogate Riding Centre is a family-run riding centre on the outskirts of Harrogate. It offers riding lessons and coaching for all ages, horse livery and facility hire. It regularly runs affiliated and unaffiliated show jumping, dressage and eventing events.
Stewarton Polo Club is a members' polo club near Edinburgh on the edge of the Dundas Estate. It offers polo lessons with qualified instructors, pony hire for beginners and polo and full livery. Facilities include American barn stabling and a 100 x 50 metre arena.
Shieldbank Riding & Vaulting Club near Saline in Fife offers group and private riding lessons on its school horses. It has a vaulting team that competes in Scottish competitions. It runs pony days in the school holidays and has an on-site coffee shop.
Inspired Equine is run by Hannah, a BHS Stage 3 dressage coach and Intelligent Horsemanship recommended trainer, based near Denny in Scotland. It offers freelance lessons with clients' own horses, connection clinics and behavioural consultations. Its training uses force-free methods and supports riders moving to bitless bridles.
Plaited Ponies runs two yards near Avonbridge and Armadale in the Falkirk area. It offers riding lessons for all levels, pony parties and horse experiences. Its livery yard provides full, half and DIY livery.
Red Barn Training is a training program founded in 2025 by Hélène Saulue, a BHS Stage 3 coach, based at Peppertree Farms in Poway, California. It offers training in showjumping and dressage, lessons and part leases. It also runs a show team and a United States Pony Club program.
Ballawhetstone Stables is a riding school on a farm on the Isle of Man, established for 25 years. It offers group and pre-school riding lessons, holiday lessons and pony experience days. As a Pony Club Centre it enters teams in Pony Club mounted games.
Tràigh Mhòr Pony Trekking is a family-run, BHS approved trekking centre at New Tolsta on the Isle of Lewis. It offers beach rides, trail rides, treks and pony experience days for all ages and abilities. It also runs riding holidays and private beach rides.
Moorhead Performance Horses was founded by Ellie Moorhead and is based in Tottenham, NSW. It offers training and breaking with a western focus, coaching for riders, yearling handling and sale preparation. It also provides full-care agistment and sells horse handling gear online.
Johnson Equestrian Services is run by coaches Christine and George Johnson at Mangrove Mountain north of Sydney. It offers lessons on clients' own horses, coach training, clinics, agistment and training rides. It also helps with buying and selling horses and with transport.
Cloud 9 Ranch is a 77-acre property near Steinbach, Manitoba run by Tara Reimer. It offers English, western and vaulting lessons with certified instructors, and day camps. It also provides boarding and training and equine assisted therapy, plus wagon and sleigh rides.
Green Meadow Riding Centre in Dare Valley Country Park, Aberdare, has given riding lessons since 1977. It is a British Horse Society approved centre and registered with the Riding for the Disabled Association. It also offers livery, a Pony Club centre, a tack shop and a café.
Anglesey Equestrian Centre is a riding centre beside the Menai Straits on Anglesey. It offers riding lessons and hacks, booked online. It also runs a Pony Club and themed parties.
Byden Farm Equestrian Services is a training and sales centre near Ottawa, established in 1972. It specialises in training and developing young show jumping horses. It also runs a riding academy and sells hunters and jumpers.
Riverview Stables is a family-owned riding stable east of Orleans, Ontario, run for over 50 years. It offers year-round riding lessons, March Break and summer camps, and in-house horse shows. Facilities include an indoor arena, two outdoor sand rings and a viewing lounge.
Teaselwood Stables is a horse riding facility in Greely, Ontario, for all styles of riding. It has indoor and outdoor arenas, trails for hacking and renovated stables with outdoor paddocks. It offers riding and boarding.
