Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Feeling Herd offers equine-assisted learning and therapeutic coaching for children, young people and adults. It also hosts lessons and clinics in flatwork, polework and groundwork with UKCC Level 2 coach Ella Jordan.
Pferdebauchgefühl offers horse-assisted therapeutic interventions and horse-assisted coaching for individuals and groups, focused on self-awareness, personal development and leadership. Topics include health and burn-out prevention and presence training for actors. The owner also gives mobile riding lessons in the Berlin and Potsdam area. Horses and ponies are kept in an open stable in the Diedersdorfer Heide, with paddocks, trails and an arena. Trial lessons can be arranged.
PS Equestrian is a BHS-accredited freelance riding coach and horse trainer based in Reading. Lessons are given on the client's own horse at their yard across Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and nearby counties. Training follows the Natural Equitation System and lightness.
KK-HorseMindShip offers riding instruction based on Équitation Éthologique, a riding approach grounded in horse behaviour science. Lessons, courses and seminars focus on building trust and communication between rider and horse. Mental coaching for riders is combined with work on the horse to address fear and loss of confidence. Courses are held at a property in southern France and in Germany, France and northern Spain.
Showjumping coach David Everett has more than 45 years of experience. He runs showjumping clinics and training courses for novice to intermediate riders in and around Essex.
Beverley Polo Club was established in 2002 and is set in 110 acres of Yorkshire countryside. The club has three outdoor polo grounds and a floodlit indoor arena with a viewing area. It offers membership, lessons and polo holidays. The club hosts the Yorkshire Nations Cup, an international polo tournament held over three days.
Rahn Riding Revolution, run by Daniela Rahn, teaches Biomechanically Correct Riding (BKR) to riders of all disciplines. The work focuses on how the rider's seat affects the horse's movement, balance and long-term soundness. Offerings include riding lessons, individual training sessions, courses and seminars. The coach is a certified BKR trainer with over 30 years of riding experience.
Pferde öffnen Türen offers riding therapy and coaching for children and adults with various illnesses and disabilities. Therapy aims to improve motor skills, balance, concentration and self-confidence rather than riding sport. It also runs integrative riding therapy groups and riding lessons for children from age four.
Horse & Personal Coaching offers coaching with horses, including personality development, leadership training and communication seminars. Horse-related services include classical riding instruction, groundwork, circus lessons and young horse training. Riding lessons are offered for beginners, returning riders and advanced riders. The practice also works with problem horses and describes itself as offering horse and riding therapy alongside psychotherapy.
Steffi Parey offers horse-assisted coaching and therapeutic riding in Hamburg-Duvenstedt and Bargteheide. She is qualified to teach riding for people with disabilities and health sport with horses. Coaching uses groundwork tasks with the horse followed by guided reflection.
Carrbridge Carriage Driving offers carriage driving lessons and practical sessions from a croft near Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands. Training is led by a registered carriage driving coach. It also offers carriage rides and picnic drives.
Mundole Equestrian is a venue for equestrian events, known for dressage and showjumping. It has an all-weather arena and room for a cross-country course. It offers riding instruction for beginners to advanced riders and full and DIY livery.
Horses & Pathfinders offers equine-guided leadership and team development for businesses and individuals. Team building and leadership retreats, development days, and one-to-one business coaching are offered alongside horse-based sessions. Sessions use horses as guides for leadership, connection and communication, with lessons in horsemanship and riding for beginner and experienced riders. The business also runs youth summer camps with experiential exercises involving the horses.
Equinève in Vresse-sur-Semois offers coaching and behavioural riding lessons for horse and rider. Sessions aim to improve the rider's relationship and communication with the horse. It also offers shiatsu and Reiki sessions for horses and riders.
Torbeag Equestrian in Callander offers private, shared and group training with BHS Accredited Professional Coach Pamela Guthrie. It runs jumping and polework clinics and offers schooling and arena hire. It also supplies Pro-Equine supplements and installs arena mirrors across Scotland.
Julia Huber offers training on an interactive dressage simulator with individual seat analysis for riders of all levels. She also offers yoga for riders and DILBA therapy for people and horses.
Bell House Equestrian is a small yard in Ainstable run by Amy, a BHS accredited professional coach. It offers freelance coaching, small-group clinics, retreat stays, holiday livery and Reiki sessions. Facilities include a 60 x 30 m arena and 10 stables.
Tyszko Horses Academy teaches riding to children and adults at Stadnina Koni Widzów, between Częstochowa and Radomsko. It offers lunge lessons, group lessons and trail rides. The Widzów stud has a long history of breeding racehorses and is owned by the Tyszko family, who also breed sport horses.
Stajnia Godziemba in Kluczbork offers riding lessons for children, beginners and adults. Its instructors are also qualified hippotherapy instructors, and it offers hippotherapy sessions.
Harmony Farm is a family-run equestrian centre near Poznań in Wielkopolska, Poland. It offers riding lessons for beginners and advanced riders, as well as summer and winter riding camps. The centre also provides training for both riders and horses, and boarding for horses. The property has been owned by the Suliga family since 2004.
Klub Jeździecki Podkowa Leśna is a riding club association founded in 2017 at a stable with over 30 years of tradition. Its PZJ-certified centre offers lessons from beginner lunge work to jumping and dressage training and badge exams. It has three outdoor arenas, an indoor hall and a covered ring, and runs camps, shows and events.
Folwark Lewandów is a riding centre in Białołęka, Warsaw. It has five qualified instructors and 12 horses. It teaches riding with a natural, respectful approach to the horse.
SKJ Golden Dream is an equestrian centre focused on dressage. It offers dressage training from L level up to Grand Prix, including preparation for starts in national and international competitions. The centre also gives riding lessons to children from age seven and to adults of different levels, using club horses, and offers training for rider and horse combinations. It prepares horses for sale and mediates horse sales.
Rancho pod Olszyną is a PZJ-certified equestrian centre in Nowy Ciechocinek, near Toruń in the Kuyavia region. It offers riding lessons and riding camps for children during summer and winter holidays. Training takes place in a covered arena, and show jumping is among the activities. The centre also runs a certified educational farm for schools and kindergartens, where pupils meet and feed horses and take horse-drawn tram rides. Accommodation and full board are available for camp guests.
