Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
SJ Equestrian Riding Centre in Warsill, near Brimham Rocks in the Yorkshire Dales, offers horse riding lessons for all levels and disciplines. It has an indoor riding arena. It also runs a pony club and pony parties and offers livery.
Truemans Heath Riding School is a licensed riding school offering riding lessons. It also hosts events and birthday parties and runs a helpers scheme. The site introduces its horses and team.
Sally's Riding School operates in Bembridge and St Helens on the Isle of Wight. It offers rides including rides on the local beaches. From May to September it is based at Nodes Point Holiday Park and the rest of the year at its Bembridge stables.
Nation Valley Ranch near Ottawa specialises in equestrian performing arts and coaching. Coach Jen Byvelds offers Western riding lessons, vaulting and liberty training. Its vaulting program runs recreational and competitive classes, and a drill team performs at events. It is a member of the Ontario Equestrian Vaulting Association.
Westar Farms in Ashton, Ontario has served the Ottawa area for over 35 years. Its riding school teaches riders aged 8 and up on about 20 school horses and ponies. It offers boarding and competition training and hosts hunter, jumper and dressage shows. Sales, leases and clinics are also offered.
The Ranch in Oakville, Ontario has offered guided western trail rides since 1980. It also offers children's and adult lessons, day camps and memberships. Boarders can ride on trails and in indoor and outdoor arenas, with multi-disciplinary instruction. The ranch is owned by Cary and Vanessa Warren.
Discovering the Horse is a horsemanship facility in Springbank near Calgary, Alberta. It teaches riding to ages 3 and up through arena and field riding combined with classroom learning, starting riders bareback. Its relationship-focused approach is aimed at new and experienced riders, including those dealing with stress or trauma. The menu also lists summer programs and boarding.
Clonlara Equestrian Centre is a riding school in Clonlara, County Clare. It offers lessons for riders from age 4 at all levels, including flat work, jumping, cross-country and hacking, plus camps. The centre has an indoor arena, an outdoor all-weather arena, a cross-country course and stabling for 65 horses and ponies. Livery and trekking are listed among its services.
Roscrea Equestrian Centre is an equestrian facility in Tipperary. It offers kids lessons on Saturday mornings and adult group lessons on weekday evenings. It runs Showjumping Ireland events and is home to Golden Grove Riding Club. Arena hire and livery are also available.
Birr Equestrian Centre is on a 140-acre farm near Birr, Co. Offaly. It offers group and private riding lessons for children and adults, trekking, pony rides and pony camps. It also sells ponies and horses and caters for school tours, groups and parties. Archery and laser shooting are offered as extra activities.
Royal Canadian Riding Academy (RCRA) is an equestrian facility in Cedar Valley, Ontario. It offers riding lessons for ages 6 and up, summer camps, a show team and in-house schooling shows. Indoor board includes hay, grain feedings, turnout and night checks. The site has three indoor arenas, four outdoor rings and over 250 stalls.
Raynham Stables is an English riding school in Nobleton, King Township, Ontario, focusing on eventing and dressage. It offers group, semi-private and private lessons on more than 20 school horses. It also has a show program, boarding and training. Facilities include two indoor arenas, a dressage ring and a stadium ring. It does not offer trail riding.
Grand Oak Meadows Stables is a hunter/jumper training facility in west Winnipeg, Manitoba, opened by Ashley Buss in 2008. It offers lessons for all ages and levels on schooling horses or the rider's own horse. It provides full service boarding and takes horses in for training, from starting to show preparation. Riders compete at local Manitoba shows.
Sandhills Stable is run by the DeWitt family and offers horse programs for children and adults. Its fall programs for ages 4 to 9 cover safe handling, grooming, saddling and riding with a personal coach. Equine Encounters for ages 4 to 84 combine groundwork with basic riding. Sessions are booked by email with a deposit.
Signature Equestrian is a farm in Stayner, Ontario that breeds and trains sport horses and ponies. It offers private, semi-private and group riding lessons for riders aged 7 and up, plus a show team for hunter, jumper and equitation. Horses are offered for sale and lease. The facility has outdoor and indoor arenas, pastures and a conditioning track. It does not offer trail or recreational rides.
Park Riding School in Lincoln has been established for over 71 years. It teaches riders of all ages and abilities with over twenty horses and ponies. It is a member of the Association of British Riding Schools and licensed by the local authority.
The Chestnuts Riding School is an equestrian centre in Pyecombe near Brighton. It offers riding lessons with floodlit outdoor and indoor arenas. It also lists full, part, DIY and field-only livery.
The Barn is a non-profit equine program at Tumbling T Ranch. It offers English and Western riding lessons for traditional and adaptive riders, equine-assisted learning and camps. Lessons include grooming, tacking and horse care.
Lesley Cox Equestrian is a hunter/jumper show stable on 10 acres in Parrish, Florida. It offers full board, horse training, riding lessons and horse show preparation. It also runs a consignment sales program for horses and ponies.
Laughton Training & Sales is a riding academy in Puslinch, Ontario, owned by Tessa Laughton. It offers riding lessons and coaching from beginner to advanced in hunter/jumper, equitation and dressage, and has a show team. It also offers boarding, leases and horses for sale.
Stagecoach Stables is a 97-acre facility in Ames, Iowa. It offers horse boarding, a heated indoor arena and the Stagecoach Horsemanship Academy with small-group riding and horsemanship lessons. It also runs camps, clinics and events.
Wood 'N' Horse Training Stables in Three Rivers, California, is run by owner-trainer Christy Wood. She trains horses in English and Western disciplines and teaches riders from beginner to advanced. The site also has a shop.
KTW Dressage is a professional dressage stable run by Kate Taylor-Wheat in Glenorie, New South Wales. It trains horses and coaches riders from Preliminary to Grand Prix and prepares horses for competition and sale. It also offers lessons, clinics and agistment.
Shetland Pony Club is a children's riding school in Cobham, Surrey, specialising in first riding experiences on Shetland ponies for ages 3 to 10. It offers starter rides, own-a-pony experiences, pony share memberships, pony camps and pony parties. Adults can book pony walking and pony picnics.
