Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
E(qui)motionale Balance is a mobile riding instructor in the Allgäu who comes to clients and their horses for lessons and courses. She teaches Dual-Aktivierung, Equikinetic, EquiClassicWork and other groundwork methods as well as natural horsemanship. Riding education, coaching and riding therapy take place on a private farm in Oberthingau.
EVERRIDE offers riding lessons on a dressage riding simulator at Gut Kerschlach between Lake Starnberg and Lake Ammersee. It caters for children, beginners, returning and nervous riders and advanced riders. Training focuses on seat, balance and aids.
Abenteuer Pferd offers horse-assisted coaching for children and adults, using free work (Freiarbeit) with horses to build confidence, communication and leadership skills. Clients can also learn to communicate with their own horse without halter or lead rope, and loading training is offered. Mountain rides in the Alps and pony riding experiences are available, along with regular riding lessons that combine in-hand work and riding. The business is run by Brigitte Lang.
Höchster.Team is a riding facility in Fluorn with an indoor arena, an outdoor arena, a lawn riding ground, guest boxes, a winter paddock and pasture turnout. It offers riding training for leisure and competition riders, with a focus on mental strength and confidence in the saddle. Training days called 'Reiten mit Mentaltraining' combine riding with mental training. The yard also takes a limited number of horses for training support.
P&P Ranch offers business and team coaching with or without horses, using horse-assisted coaching methods. It also provides Western riding training in a covered riding hall of 20 x 40 m and an overhead round pen. The yard has boxes with paddocks and an open barn, with surrounding pasture and turnout areas. The coaching is supported by a learning room with seminar technology.
The National Horseracing College in Doncaster trains people to work in the British horseracing industry. It runs foundation courses, apprenticeships, trainers' and assistant trainers' courses and a senior equine groom diploma.
New Leaf Triangle is an alternative education provider near Melton Mowbray. It uses horse riding, animal care, forest school and crafts to support young people with additional needs. It is BHS approved and runs holiday activity days.
EquiMotion is run by Sarah Davenport and offers HorseFirst Biomechanics rider coaching. Sessions include rider assessment, simulator work and ridden sessions with the rider's own horse. It also looks at saddle and bit fit.
Bérénice Lebreton is an equine therapist and psycho-practitioner in equine mediation in the Manche, Normandy. She offers equine therapy and teaches leisure riding and adapted riding for people with disabilities. Sessions take place at the Poney Club de Dragey.
The École d'Équitation du Boulonnais is a riding school near Boulogne-sur-Mer, close to the Boulogne state forest. It offers riding lessons from age 7, competition coaching and courses in various disciplines. It is run as an association.
Écuries Dagicour Cuvilliez is based at the Parc d'Almazan in Saint-Saëns, Normandy, since 1993. It holds the Ecole Française d'Equitation and Poney Club de France labels and welcomes children and adults. It is involved in show jumping and endurance events.
Centre Equestre de l'Orival is a riding centre at Les Grandes Ventes near Dieppe, open since 2007. It has an indoor arena, an outdoor arena and around 20 boxes. It offers lessons, holiday courses and livery. It welcomes school groups and people with disabilities.
The Centre Équestre de La Morelle is a riding centre at Manneville-la-Raoult near Honfleur, Normandy. It runs club riding activities and events. It offers box livery with grain twice a day and unlimited hay.
Écurie Leseigneur is an FFE labelled riding centre in Bolleville, Normandy. It offers riding lessons, vaulting and driving, as well as rides with horses, ponies and donkeys. Holiday camps and themed equestrian games are run in school holidays. It also has a campsite and gîte.
Les Poneys du Caté is a family pony club at Gréville-Hague, created in 2014. It teaches children aged 3 to 18 on ponies suited to all levels. Lessons run during the school term.
Cheval Roy is a riding school at Mornimont, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, in the province of Namur, Belgium. Its instructors teach arena lessons, show jumping and dressage. It offers boarding with boxes bedded daily and horses fed twice a day, and it breeds foals.
Équitation Mers-les-Bains is a riding centre by the sea in Mers-les-Bains, France. It offers riding lessons, holiday programmes and seaside rides. It offers box livery with turnout, schooling and breaking of horses.
Centre Équestre de Kervignon is a riding centre at Plobannalec-Lesconil in South Finistère. It offers riding activities and rides for beginners and experienced riders all year. It also has an owners' stable and a sales stable.
Les Écuries du Meurloir is a family-run equestrian centre in Ruminghem between Calais and Dunkirk. It runs riding lessons, holiday activities and offers horse boarding. It also has an online shop.
Les Écuries des Hauts Pays is an equestrian centre and pony club in Tangry, Pas-de-Calais. It offers riding activities for all levels, from first-timers to experienced riders. It is open every day.
Poney Club de Rombly offers riding on ponies and horses all year and during school holidays. It runs annual lessons and competitions. It also breeds ponies, with a stallion and broodmares.
Écuries de la Motte is an equestrian centre at Conteville-lès-Boulogne on 9 hectares. It has 70 boxes, two indoor arenas, two outdoor arenas and paddocks. It offers riding lessons and access to the nearby forest.
Le Domaine du Chardonant is a pony club in Renty, France. It teaches riding to children with a playful approach on ponies. It is affiliated to the French equestrian federation.
The Parc Équestre du Touquet-Paris-Plage is an equestrian centre run by Le Touquet&Co. It offers riding activities, events and box hire. It also offers year-round box livery with horses fed three times a day.
