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Hugo Payne is an event rider and UKCC Level 2 coach based at Andbell Stud near Hartfield, East Sussex. He gives private lessons and runs polework, jumping and gridwork clinics. He also teaches at local Pony Clubs and Riding Clubs.
Sarah Lewis is an international show jumper and coach based at Alchornes in Nutley, East Sussex. She gives lessons online or in person, at her base or at the client’s yard.
Prestwood House Equestrian Centre is a family-run yard at Ifield Wood, West Sussex. It offers full, part and holiday livery and training or re-schooling for horses. Lessons on clients’ own horses cover dressage, show jumping, cross-country and stable management, and the centre runs clinics and shows.
Tracy Brown Equestrian is run by Tracy Brown, a British Eventing UKCC Level 3 accredited coach who has competed up to 5* level. She gives individual flatwork and showjumping lessons at Paddocksland Farm and organises showjumping, cross-country and arena eventing clinics. She also produces home-bred young horses for eventing and show jumping, and the site lists livery.
Smugglers Equestrian Centre is a BHS approved riding school, livery yard, training and events centre. It offers group and private lessons for children and adults, activity days, hacking and BHS training and assessments. It has an indoor all-weather arena viewed from a cafe, and offers horsebox and facility hire.
Druids Lodge Polo Club near Salisbury, Wiltshire has offered polo coaching and play since 2004 at a former racing stables. It runs introduction to polo lessons, private and group lessons, instructional chukkas and club and tournament polo, with ponies provided. It also offers horse training and livery and hosts the Stonehenge Polo Festival.
Alstone Court Riding Establishment near Highbridge, Somerset offers riding lessons and hacking for riders of all abilities from age four. It has a covered arena and an outdoor arena. It is a Pony Club branch centre and also offers livery.
Hooves and Happiness is a certified riding centre on the Penllyn Estate near Cowbridge, South Wales. It offers lead rein sessions, hacks, riding coaching, home education and neurodivergent sessions, and birthday parties. It also takes mini ponies to local events.
The Exmoor Pony Centre near Dulverton is the base of the Moorland Mousie Trust, a charity that promotes and protects the endangered Exmoor pony. Staff handle and train surplus foals gathered from the moor and find them new homes. The centre houses at least 20 ponies and offers riding and group activities, adoptions and equine advice.
Dartmoor Riding Holidays is run from Meldon Farm near Okehampton, Devon. It offers multi-day western riding holidays, Dartmoor crossings and trails, cattle drives and western experience days on Dartmoor.
Soft and Sound is Kate Sandel's horse training and coaching business at North Bovey, Devon. It offers an online membership, premium coaching courses, clinics and lessons built on a French classical approach and horsemanship. Courses include coaching for riders and their horses and hacking confidence.
Woollaton Equestrian Centre is a family-run riding school in North Devon run by sisters Anna and Maria. It offers riding tuition, hacking and stable management for all ages and abilities. It occasionally has space for full, part or working livery and takes horses for schooling and sale.
Warminster Saddle Club offers horse riding lessons and a livery yard. Its riding school teaches riders of all ages and abilities. It also runs holiday activities, military riding courses and camps, alternative provision through horses, events and a Pony Club branch.
Centre Equestre La Martelière is a riding centre in France offering lessons all year in show jumping, dressage, eventing, vaulting, horseback archery, trekking and doma vaquera. It also has an owners' livery where each horse has a box with an adjoining paddock. It is also involved in breeding and starting young horses.
Zone R Equitation is a pony club and livery yard in Bazas, Sud Gironde, run alongside the farm of Camille Estrade. It breeds Lusitano and cross-bred horses. Services listed include field livery, foaling livery, teaching for children and adults, hay sales and equine transport.
Carly Diane is an equine coach working from Polegate Equestrian Centre. She teaches the Jilo Grai Method, combining Romani values, biomechanics and mindful horsemanship. She offers one-to-one coaching, leadership workshops and mindfulness sessions with horses.
Mells Hill Equestrian Centre is a riding school near Halesworth, North Suffolk, run by proprietor Jill Ward BHSII. It offers group, private, jumping and cross-country lessons on its own horses, plus own-a-pony weeks and activity days. Full, DIY and holiday livery are available.
High House Farm Equestrian Services is run by Rob and Angela Haag, based at High House Farm since 1981. They break, school and train young horses and work with difficult or problem horses. They teach riders individually or in groups. The farm has 20 stables, an indoor school and a horse walker.
Conroy Polo is an independently owned polo school in the Surrey Hills. It offers group and one-to-one polo lessons and instructional chukkas taught by HPA-qualified coach Ryan Conroy. No previous riding experience is needed and all equipment is provided.
Aspect Polo is a low-goal polo club based at Hurtwood Polo Club in Ewhurst, Surrey. It offers membership, fixtures and a polo school with lessons from Tuesday to Sunday. Livery and pony hire for stick and ball, practice chukkas and match chukkas are available on site during the polo season.
Marros Riding Centre is a family-run riding centre near Pendine, Carmarthenshire, set in 140 acres including ancient woodland. It has 34 licensed horses and ponies and offers group and private lessons, treks, hacks and pony activity days. It works with riders with additional needs and also offers livery, BHS courses and on-site camping.
Colleen Hoekstra Knox is an international Grand Prix dressage rider, trainer and judge based at West Buckland near Wellington, Somerset. She gives private training sessions across the South West and Thames Valley, clinics in the UK and USA and competition coaching. Holiday livery is also offered.
Hockley Equestrian Centre is a family-run licensed riding school in Hockley, Essex, established in 1982. It offers riding lessons for children and adults with qualified tuition. Pony experiences, pony rides and pony parties are also available. Tuition is given by BHS qualified staff.
Polegate Equestrian Centre is a riding school near Eastbourne offering individual and group lessons in a purpose-built manege. It also offers escorted off-road hacks of over two hours. It provides pony parties and pony rides at events, and runs show jumping and dressage competitions.
