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Haras de Champcueil in the Essonne is a dressage owners' stable created in 1988 by Marina Caplain Saint André. Riders are coached from amateur level to top-level dressage competition, with trainer Rodolpho Riskalla. It operates as an association and runs competitions.
Haras de Vézu at Boissy-aux-Cailles near Fontainebleau is an active stable specialising in ethological riding and equestrian sports. It offers active-stable and field boarding, backing and rehabilitation programmes, lessons, video coaching, courses and Galop exams, plus an ethological riding shop.
Haras du Blanmatin, run by Sandrine Clément near Laval, teaches and trains dressage horses and breeds dressage horses and Pura Raza Española. It offers boarding, training sessions, individual dressage lessons and horse development for competition, and lists horses for sale. The farm moved from Louvigné-de-Bais to L'Huisserie.
Haras du Buisson is a riding centre and pony club in Tauxigny near Tours, open since 2012 and run by Elise Canet and Henri Germain. It offers lessons for all ages, courses, competition outings, livery and half-livery, and a section for sale and breeding.
Haras de la Majorie at Saint-Alban-d'Ay in the Ardeche is a family riding centre, owners' stable and breeder of endurance purebred Arabians since 2008. It offers lessons for all ages, livery, courses and pony rides, and about fifteen foals are born each year, some of which are for sale.
Haras du Valentier is a riding centre and pony club at Bonnefamille in the North Isere, near Lyon. It offers lessons for beginners to experienced riders, livery with full, half and working options, courses, competitions and events, and a breeding section.
Les Randos d'Alex at Haras de Saint Vivien is an equestrian tourism centre in the Medoc offering trail rides, teen outdoor stays and professional training courses in equestrian tourism. The centre is affiliated to the French equestrian federation.
Haras de Silver is a riding centre at Soulac-sur-Mer offering a riding school, owners' stable and half livery during the year, plus holiday courses for children, beach and forest rides, baby lessons and night rides in summer.
Haras de Valy is a riding centre at Chimilin in the Isere, near the A43 motorway between Lyon and Chambery. It offers lessons on horses and ponies from age four, galop exams, pony walks and trail rides by appointment, and is affiliated to the French equestrian federation.
Poney-Club de Villedieu, listed as Haras de Villedieu, is a riding centre and owners' stable near Lyon, open since 1998. It offers pony club and riding school lessons, tailor-made activities and livery in large boxes, and holds the federation Ecole Francaise d'Equitation and animal welfare labels.
Haras de Villechétive is an FFE equestrian centre for horses and ponies in the Yonne. It offers discovery sessions, private lessons, rides, picnic treks, training courses, club subscriptions and boarding, from field and box accommodation to rest and development boarding.
Haras du Petit Gâtinais at Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours is an owners' stable and riding school managed by coach Matthieu Laury-Quelin. It offers collective lessons, horse boarding, courses, exam sessions, competition outings and rides, on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest.
Écurie Caroline Dieudonné, also called Haras de Launay, is a boarding stable run by professional rider Caroline Dieudonné near Fontainebleau. It offers horse and pony boarding, training and development of sport horses and ponies, private lessons and personalised coaching, and sells equestrian products.
Haras de la Chechiniere is a French Equestrian Federation riding centre in Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, with 43 hectares of pasture, 30 boxes, two indoor schools and a walker. It offers lessons, competition preparation, courses, trail rides, box and field livery, breeding and the sale of horses and ponies.
Haras de Merindol is an equestrian complex in Mornas on 20 hectares. It offers an owners stable, teaching, coaching and competition, breeding and development, equestrian tourism and a club. Facilities include a dressage arena, a Derby-type jumping arena, a multi-use arena and a round pen. The owner also breeds Giant Black Schnauzers.
Haras du Val de Galilee is an equestrian centre in Neuvillers-sur-Fave near Saint-Die-des-Vosges. The site is a stub with only its title available.
Ecurie du Domaine de la Forge in Falck, Moselle, was a riding centre since 1971 and since 2016 is a riding school directed by Marie Schaefer and an owners stable directed by professional show jumper Romain Schaefer. Prices cover basic, sport and development livery.
Haras de Braquemine is a riding club in Eulmont, Meurthe-et-Moselle, run by a state-qualified instructor. It offers lessons on horses and ponies for all ages, livery, courses and an association, and the site has breeding and classified ads sections.
William Haar Performance operates the Haras de Pfaffenhoffen in Alsace, a former national stud on 5 hectares with XL boxes, an indoor school and an outdoor arena. Ex triple European champion William Haar teaches lessons and courses and trains reining horses. The site offers training, livery and horse sales, with online masterclasses.
Haras de l Olympe is a riding centre and pony club in Aspiran in the Herault, between Pezenas and Clermont-l Herault. It offers lessons from pony introduction to Galop 7, courses, competition, livery in fields or boxes and development of sport horses, with the French Equestrian Federation animal welfare label.
Haras de la Bourdonnaye at Carentoir in Morbihan is a riding club opened in 2007, affiliated to the FFE and labelled Ecole Française d'Equitation. It offers lessons for all levels, holiday courses, rides, boarding, group visits and competitions, and is run by Christophe and Stéphanie Mallet.
EARL Haras del Paradiso at Boitron in the Orne is an owners' stable offering box and field boarding and working boarding for competition, leisure, retired or convalescent horses. It also gives riding lessons for all levels by appointment and rents a few gites.
Haras d'Hurl'Vent at Montrigaud in the Drôme is a horse development and competition stable. It builds on classical riding to train riders and horses, and offers working boarding, lessons, courses, competition coaching and the option to rent or take on a horse. The site belongs to Écuries Hallez Hurl Vent.
Haras de l'Écrin, also called Écurie des Colibris, at Briis-sous-Forges south of Paris is an owners' stable with 37 secure boxes. It offers sport, leisure and teaching activities and breeds and sells sport horses. Boarding comes in classic and XL box formulas.
