Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Haras de Compostela is an equestrian training centre near Santiago de Compostela offering riding lessons, clinics, a pony club, trail rides and horse care services. It also offers horse lending and breaking and starting of young horses.
Haras de Mundiel is a riding school located in Pinseque, about 20 minutes from Zaragoza, in a natural setting. It is run by Mauricio Silva Loaso, who has nearly 40 years of experience in horse riding. The centre presents its equestrian activity as more than a sport and states that it has a multidisciplinary team with highly qualified staff.
Föhrenhof offers riding lessons for children and adults, pony afternoons and box rental for boarders. The site presents the team, stable buildings and outdoor facilities.
Gestüt Kniely-Hof in Trag, Styria, breeds sport horses and keeps 38 horses and ponies with daily paddock turnout. It gives riding lessons and has a for-sale section, so horses for sale are offered.
Pferdehof Anima is a small private horse sanctuary near Bruck an der Mur, surrounded by forest and meadows. The horses live in a 24-hour open barn with a paddock trail and pasture. The yard offers boarding for private horses, horse training and schooling with a riding arena and round pen, and riding pedagogy and activities for children. It also cares for sanctuary horses.
Stadnina Koni Mistatim is a horse stud near Limanowa that breeds Małopolska horses with attention to tradition and animal welfare. The yard offers riding lessons for beginners and advanced riders, both recreational and sporting. Trainers teach riding in several styles, from classical to western. The yard also organises guided rides on trails through the hills and meadows. An indoor arena measuring 20 by 50 metres is used for training, with lighting for use at any time of day.
Stajnia u Lisków is a horse stable offering riding lessons for children and adults, from first rides on horseback to independent riding, trot, canter and jumping. The stable also runs hippotherapy sessions for children and adults and offers horse boarding for owners' horses. Guided trail rides and multi-day riding rallies through the surrounding forest and villages are part of its programme. During summer and winter holidays it hosts weekly riding workshops for children. Its own horses are used for lessons, therapy and trail riding.
Pony Klub Lisówek is a small horse stud near Grójec, Poland. It offers riding lessons for children, young people and adults, from complete beginners to more advanced riders. Lessons are held in small groups on calm, well-trained horses, with work on the lunge, in the arena and out on trails. The yard also runs riding camps and half-day camps during the holidays, along with one-day equestrian events for groups.
Stajnia Husaria is a riding school that teaches horse riding to beginners and experienced riders. Lessons include individual riding on the paddock and in the countryside, and lunging. The yard also offers boarding for horses with professional care. Children can learn to handle and ride horses, including leading children on horseback.
Stajnia Szczytno is a horse riding stable in Szczytno, Poland. It offers riding for beginners and for advanced riders. Trail rides are part of the offer. The website also lists hippotherapy.
The Haras national de Cluny, branded Equivallee, combines a national stud visitor site with a riding centre offering lessons, courses and sport-study programmes, equestrian boarding, a training centre and a competition season.
Haras de Fleyres at Bretx near Toulouse is a riding centre with lessons, holiday stays and boarding, plus a competition breeding farm with mares and foals and an insemination centre. The site has a development and sales page. Horses for sale.
Les Haras de Saint-Leu in Chatenay-Malabry is a riding centre and pony club that welcomes riders from age four and promotes competition. The site has an activity news page, a breeding page and a shop.
Centre equestre Les Joncs and Haras d'Amelone offer riding lessons from age 18 months with baby pony classes, show jumping and eventing outings, courses in horse ball and vaulting, and gallop exams.
Haras de Genainville in the Val-d'Oise has a sport stable offering boarding and horse development, a riding club with lessons, courses and birthdays, and a show jumping unit that sells horses. Horses for sale.
Haras de Saint Acaire in Houtkerque is a riding centre offering lessons for all levels, from beginner to competition, plus courses and club life.
Haras de Tilau in Bossendorf, Alsace, is a family riding centre with a pony club, lessons, holiday courses and horse boarding. It also mentions sport horse breeding.
Stajnia Rudej Wiedźmy is a horse stable in Poland that offers riding lessons on the lunge and in the arena. It runs riding workshops for girls, including summer and winter courses, which combine riding instruction with learning about horse anatomy, behaviour, breeding and care. The stable keeps Wielkopolska mares taking part in a conservation breeding programme, along with other horse breeds, ponies and donkeys. Lesson packages and vouchers are arranged by phone or email.
Stadnina Nasze Hucuły in Majdan Golczański offers covering with its Hucul stallion Finał, born in 2013, who passed the performance test, is entered in the main stud book and belongs to the genetic resources programme. It also runs riding lessons, a free-range boarding stable, carriage and sleigh rides and holiday camps.
Stajnia na Brzyzku in Poronin, near Zakopane, offers horse breeding, covering services (stanówka) and use of its facilities for training horses. It also teaches riding with experienced horses and instructors and offers guest cottages and an apartment for horse people.
Stadnina Stary Łupków is a stud on a working farm at Nowy Łupków, on the border of the Bieszczady and Beskid Niski mountains. It keeps Huzul horses that live outdoors all year round in herds. Riding is adapted to each participant's age, experience and confidence, starting with getting used to the horse before going out on trails. Trail rides and horse adventure trips cross meadows, valleys, forest paths and ridges, including bareback riding. Guests can also stay in a log cabin on the farm.
Nasko Zagroda is a recreational horse farm in a village on the bank of the Dunajec river in Poland. It offers riding for visitors, including beginners who are taught from the basics by instructors, from grooming and saddling to first steps on the farm's own horses. Guests can also take relaxed rides through the surrounding countryside. The farm hosts celebrations such as birthdays and team gatherings, with an arena and a gazebo with a grill on site.
Stadnina Koni Dworna in Rogoźnik, Podhale, opened in 2004 and offers riding lessons, hippotherapy and a horse boarding stable. Its site lists its horses and a for-sale section, so horses for sale are offered. It also offers accommodation and photo sessions.
Dzikie Ranczo in Duląbka, in the Beskid Niski about 20 km from Jasło, teaches riding in natural and western style. It offers individual lessons in the arena and outdoors and horse training, focused on trust between horse and rider.
