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Haras de la Canteraine is an equestrian centre founded over thirty years ago by Marc Defives near Lille. It offers riding lessons and disciplines including horse ball, show jumping, dressage and pony games. The site covers 18 hectares beside a protected park.
Élevage de Caoimhe's is an owners' stable at Claira near Perpignan. It offers livery in paddocks and boxes, private lessons, courses, riding grade exams and competitions with a qualified instructor. Short stays and overnight transit stays for horses are also available.
Haras del Vives is an owners' stable in Perpignan run by Valerie and Olivier Cerandon since 2025. It offers livery, lessons, horse development, schooling and backing with a floodlit arena and a round pen. The site also has a Horses for sale section.
Haras de Fantilhou is a stud and riding centre in Saint-Ybars, Ariege, run by Myriam and Ines Roussel. It breeds Merens horses and offers lessons through its riding centre. The website lists Merens breeding, a club news section and a local horse fete.
Haras d Ors is a riding school and boarding stable in Espaly-Saint-Marcel near Le Puy-en-Velay, open since 2014 on 14 hectares. It offers lessons, improvement courses, exams and box livery with three feeds a day.
Haras de Freval is an equestrian business in the Cotentin on the Val de Saire coast road. It offers year-round riding lessons for all levels, ethological riding, animal-assisted mediation sessions and horse boarding.
Haras des Myosotis is an equestrian yard in the Eure, near Pacy-sur-Eure. It runs a pony club, an owners stable and young-horse development with show jumping competitions. Facilities include a large arena, an indoor school, a lunge ring and grass paddocks.
Haras de Bel Air is an equestrian centre and pony club near Tours in Pernay. It offers lessons for all levels, horse boarding in boxes and a competition stable for amateur and pro riders. The professional riders work horses, train young sport horses and market quality horses. Horses for sale are part of the offer.
Haras des Vignes is an equestrian centre, pony club and owners stable in Tacoignieres in the Yvelines. It has around 40 years of experience and offers lessons, courses, equicoaching and boarding for all levels in a family atmosphere.
Haras du Manoir near Deauville is a riding centre on over 30 hectares with experienced instructors led by high level rider Samuel Catel. It offers lessons, courses, beach and forest rides, half-board horses and ponies, owner boarding and competitions.
The Ferme equestre de Morlay in the Baie de Somme breeds Henson horses and runs a riding centre with trail rides and horse boarding. The site has pages on stallions and coverings, young horses and breeding visits.
Haras du Turel at Daux near Toulouse is a 40 hectare domain breeding coloured horses, running a riding centre with a mini farm and offering pasture boarding. Horses are unshod and ridden bitless, and the site lists horses for sale and a stallion. Horses for sale.
Haras des Evieres is a riding centre at Le Bois-Plage on the Ile de Ré offering horse and pony rides, lessons and courses, accompanied forest rides and club activities.
Haras des Sources at Conches-sur-Gondoire in Seine-et-Marne is a riding centre, pony club and owners' stable with spacious boxes, paddocks, two arenas and two indoor schools, offering initiation and advanced riding for all levels.
Haras des Lacs near Saint Ferréol is a riding centre and pony club open all year, with lessons, stages, trail rides, competitions, boarding and a breeding section.
Cla'Haras in Tournay is an equestrian centre with horse boarding, a mindful riding school and horse-assisted therapeutic support. It also rents out its facilities.
Haras du Val in Saint-Prix is an equestrian centre with a riding school, school riding programmes and an owners' stable.
Haras de Marangis in Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine is an equestrian centre run by Nathalie and Olivier Gouere for 35 years. It offers a riding school, horse boarding and half-boarding, private lessons, show jumping competition and equestrian shows.
Haras de la Fontaine in Vaugrigneuse, in the Chevreuse valley 35 km from Paris, offers boarding, teaching, horse development and breeding on 100 hectares. The site lists horses for sale aged 5, 6 and 7 and over.
Haras de Bellevue is an equestrian centre with a riding school (Ecole d'Equitation) and a club that organises pony and show jumping competitions. It offers boarding (pensions) for horses, including owners' stables and half-board places. The site also lists breeding activities and horses and ponies for sale.
Haras de Botozel in the Avant-Pays Savoyard offers horse boarding, horse work and endurance training, horse rental, hoof trimming and a guest house. It also runs guided day and multi-day horse treks along the Rhône.
Haras d'Eloge in Les Loges-en-Josas is a stable for owners with boarding, a riding school and pony club, competition team and events. The site has a sales section with horses for sale and ponies for rent.
Haras du Buot is a family riding centre in Saint-Meloir-des-Ondes on the Brittany coast. It offers riding lessons and courses for both leisure and competition riders. Guided rides on the beach and in the countryside are also part of the offering. The centre provides horse boarding, both in boxes and on pasture, with access to the arena, riding hall and treatment room.
Haras de la Cense is described as the first training centre for ethological horsemanship in France. It offers initiations, rides and training with experienced rider-teachers and has an endowment fund supporting better human-horse relations.
