Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Haras de Paroti at Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan, south of Paris, is an equestrian centre on five hectares at the edge of a forest. It runs a riding school with a teaching project, holiday courses, owners' boarding and half-boarding, and holds quality labels.
Haras du Bois Courtin at Villejust in Essonne is an equestrian centre with a pony club and owners' stable. It offers pony and horse boarding with lessons included, a competition half-boarding option, courses, events and enrolment for the 2026-2027 season.
Haras de Malvoisine in the Vallée de Chevreuse, Yvelines, is an equestrian centre and pony club with more than fifty years of history. It offers owners' boarding, horse development for showjumping competition, lessons for all levels, and organises the Jumping de Senlisse competitions.
Haras du Trèfle Blanc at Écrosnes in Eure-et-Loir is a modern equestrian structure built in 2023 by two BEES 2 riders and trainers. It offers terraced-box and active-stable boarding, teaching and competition coaching. Horses are fed hay, pellets and fibre and have access to work areas and nearby rides.
Haras d'Ecotier is a riding centre at Charette in the Isere, with lessons, courses, activities and an on-site events offer aimed at families and children discovering ponies. It is open Tuesday to Saturday.
Haras du Brin d'Amour is a riding centre at Viriville in the Isere that welcomes riders aged 4 to 77 year-round for leisure and sport riding. It offers lessons, courses, trail rides, livery and a breeding section, with wheelchair accessible facilities.
Élevage Monplaisir is a family Lusitano breeding farm at Lentilly in the Rhone, active since 2019, dedicated to selecting, foaling and developing balanced sport-oriented horses. It also offers instruction and coaching oriented to dressage and working equitation.
Haras de La Mellerie is a family horse breeding farm founded in 1984 on the Medoc peninsula by Pascal de La Mare, breeding versatile leisure horses. It offers guided trail rides, carriage driving, livery, and stays in a guest cottage, suite and guest room for riders with their horses.
Equita Passion is a riding centre at the Lac Bleu leisure base in Morillon, near Samoens in Haute-Savoie. It offers trail rides, pony walks, summer pony courses and year-round lessons from age four, with galop exams, and in winter pony sleigh rides and pony walks in the snow.
Haras des Moutonnières in the Perche is a 14-hectare FFE equestrian club run by Marie-Delphine Debacq and Victorien Besse. It has an indoor school, arenas and 12 hectares of pasture, and offers lessons, courses and a registration site for classes.
Haras de la Pelois at Saint-Martin-des-Monts in the Sarthe is a sporting equestrian complex with a riding club, pony club, sport-study programme, owners' stable and competition stable. Its pony club has an arena built for small children, and boarding comes in several packages.
Haras du Mel is a 13-hectare equestrian centre in the Sarthe offering owners' stable boarding, private lessons and coaching, western and classic riding, driving and equestrian tourism. It breeds Irish Cob horses and also keeps a herd of Chèvre des Fossés goats.
Haras du Tilleul at La Genevraie in the Orne is an equestrian centre on six hectares, run by Sylvie Robino and Thierry Gorse. It has a 1000 square metre indoor school, a panoramic club house and outdoor arenas, with services adapted to riders of each age.
Haras des Perchers is a family equestrian centre at Passais Villages in the Orne. It offers lessons from beginner to advanced, boarding, backing, courses, horse hire and sales, and competition in showjumping, dressage, vaulting and other disciplines. It is an FFE club run by Nicole D'Heur.
Haras des Erables is an equestrian centre in Vieille-Eglise-en-Yvelines near Rambouillet on 26 hectares of meadow where the horses live year-round. It offers lessons for children and adults, courses, competition and a riders association.
Haras d'Obtrée is a riding centre at La Crau near Hyeres and Toulon offering lessons, livery, events and competitions on a large green site. It has over twenty boxes, around thirty paddocks, an 80 by 45 metre arena, a lunge ring and a jumping course. Livery options include box, individual or shared paddock and shared-care.
Haras du Désert is an owner livery yard with an indoor school, set up after its founder qualified as a BPJEPS riding instructor. Three instructors support riders with their competition goals. It offers field, box and combined livery, plus part and full training livery. Foaling is also available.
Haras des Muriers is a family horse yard in the Normandy countryside, started in 2009. It offers box livery in rubber-floored barns, an arena and indoor school, young-horse development for sale, ethological breaking-in, courses and jumping competitions. Contact enquiries cover livery, horses for sale and investment.
Le Ty Haras is a leisure riding centre near Rennes and Lancieux that teaches riding with respect for the horse. It offers lessons, rides, treks and dressage, with an emphasis on light contact and calm. Annual fees, lesson cards, rides and boarding are listed on the site.
Haras de Kerguéral in Melgven, Finistère, opened in 2010 and is run by Antoine and Gladys Bolzer. It offers pasture and box boarding, teaching for owners and competition outings, and started a small breeding programme. The site is an FFE club site with facilities, disciplines and licence information.
Haras d'Antarès at Lesterps in the Charente is a horse breeding farm and equestrian centre. Its small blog presents the breeding section and the riding centre, together with a photo album and contact details.
Les écuries d'Oré at Saint-Thurien in Finistère is a pony club and stable. It offers leisure and competition lessons with a state-qualified instructor, horse boarding, backing and young-pony development, and breeding. Ponies are offered for sale or for rent throughout the year.
Haras d'Olympe in the Gers is a more than century-old stud specialising in breeding and preparing Anglo-Arabian sport horses. Founder Pierre de La Serve developed the best Anglo-Arabian lines pure or crossed with Norman bloodlines. The haras also offers boarding and riding lessons, and visitors can try horses they are interested in.
Haras des Suvières at Puget-sur-Argens is an equestrian stable offering horse boarding, riding lessons, courses and horse rides. Lessons start from 35 euros and rides from 45 euros, and the site includes an online booking form.
