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Riding schools

Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.

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Reitstall Zweidick

Lamperstätten 18, 8505 Sankt Nikolai im Sausal, Austria

Reitstall Zweidick is a riding stable in St. Nikolai im Sausal run by Carina Zweidick. It offers lunge lessons for beginners, small-group riding lessons, jumping lessons and preparation for riding badges and licences, as well as show support. As a livery yard it has paddock and indoor boxes, with daily turnout, hay three times a day and concentrate feed included. The yard also provides training and schooling of horses, riding pedagogy and pony rides for children's birthdays.

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Patricia Herzog

9212 Techelsberg am Wörther See, Austria

Patricia Herzog is a mobile horse and riding trainer based in Viktring near Klagenfurt, working in the tradition of classical riding. She gives private riding lessons on the client's own horse at their stable, or online via video call, and offers schooling of horses. Her services also include classical in-hand work, relationship work with the horse and video analysis. She is also a qualified equine physiotherapist.

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Robausch Reining Horses

Poguschstraße 19, 8642 St. Lorenzen im Mürztal, Austria

Robausch Reining Horses is a western riding ranch in St. Lorenzen im Mürztal run by Ilse and Christian Robausch. It offers riding lessons for children, teenagers and adults, preparation for riding exams up to the Western Riding Certificate, and western, groundwork and horse-care courses. It also runs young-horse training, foal training and western camps for children. The ranch breeds and sells reining horses, advises on horse purchases and has a covered arena with reining footing and a stallion station.

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DiPPids – Psychotherapie & Pferde

Hofweg 2a, 8046 Graz-Stattegg, Austria

DiPPids in Graz-Stattegg combines psychotherapy with work with horses, led by Mag. Gudrun Dietrich. It offers horse-assisted psychotherapy, systemic family therapy and psychotherapy for children. A team of instructors provides riding pedagogy, therapeutic riding, riding lessons for beginners and riding pedagogy for autistic children and young people. It also runs children's riding camps, summer animal weeks and pony-riding birthday parties.

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Reitstall Wakonig

Untertöllern 4, 9161 Maria Rain, Austria

Reitstall Wakonig is a family-run riding stable in Maria Rain, about 4 km south of Klagenfurt, managed by Markus Wakonig. It offers riding for beginners, leisure riders and ambitious competition riders, using its own school horses. Riding pedagogy is offered for young children from age 3. Markus Wakonig is also a farrier, and the stable is a training business for Pferdewirte (equine management apprentices).

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Glis Ranch

Lindenhofweg 4, 9520 Annenheim, Austria

Glis Ranch is a Western riding stable in Annenheim, Carinthia, founded in 1978. It offers Western and English riding lessons for beginners and advanced riders, individually or in groups. The instructors are recognised Western riding trainers, one of them a state-certified Western riding instructor. The ranch also keeps breeding stallions and helps riders looking for a horse.

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Western- & Wanderreithof Freisinger

Stiwoll 68, 8113 St. Oswald b. Plankenwart, Austria

Western- & Wanderreithof Freisinger is a western and trail riding yard in Stiwoll, about 20 km north-west of Graz, run by Betty Freisinger. It offers western riding lessons for beginners and riders switching style, seat training, groundwork and handling lessons. The yard starts young horses and retrains horses from other riding styles. It leads hacks, day rides and multi-day trail rides, and offers riding-education sessions for young children.

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Wellinghof

Gauitsch 1, 8442 Kitzeck im Sausal, Austria

Wellinghof is an Icelandic horse farm in Kitzeck im Sausal in the South Styria nature park, run by Anna Haerdtl and her family. It offers group and private riding lessons for beginners and advanced riders, and hacks on school horses or the rider's own horse. The farm also runs riding camp weeks and trail rides, takes boarders, and breeds and sells horses. Its horses live on large pastures in summer and in open stables in winter.

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Pferdehof Saurugg

Gniebing 57, 8330 Gniebing, Austria

Pferdehof Saurugg is a family-run horse farm in Gniebing near Feldbach, Austria, run by Nina and Markus Saurugg. Its focus is training young horses and presenting them at competitions. It offers riding instruction from beginner level up to S-class. Breeding and horse sales are a further focus, and the site lists sale horses and a boarding service.

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Ausbildungsstall Riedl

Georg Sigl-Straße 47, 3151 St.Pölten, Austria

Ausbildungsstall Riedl is a riding and training stable in St. Pölten run by Melanie Riedl, a state-certified riding instructor. It offers livery with all-day turnout, a horse solarium, treadmill and horse walker. Riding lessons in dressage and show jumping are given to leisure riders, newcomers to competition and advanced riders. The stable also schools horses, specialising in young horses and young riders, and hosts courses and events.

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Pferderanch Schrick

2191 Schrick, Austria

Pferderanch Schrick is a family farm in Schrick near Mistelbach that keeps horses. It offers riding lessons for beginners and amateurs on their own horses or on trained school horses, with western riding instruction. Young horses can be started and older horses kept in training, and courses are held regularly. The ranch also provides horse boxes and sells horse feed.

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Der Reithof

HRSZ: 099, 8788 Zalaszentlászló, Hungary

Der Reithof is a riding farm in the Zala valley at Zalaszentlászló, Hungary. It runs a riding school, the Zalai Lovas Sportklub and riding therapy with its own herd of horses. Guests can book riding lessons, guided trail rides and stays with their own horse, and the farm also takes in boarders. Accommodation, meals and wellness packages are offered alongside the riding.

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DF-Riding

Pferdepromenade 4, 2483 Ebreichsdorf, Austria

DF-Riding is a dressage and show-jumping yard run by Martina Dorfinger and Jörn Friedl. It offers riding lessons, including lessons on its own competition horses, and schooling rides in dressage and jumping. Since December 2020 it has offered boarding places at the Magna Racino facility in Ebreichsdorf. The team competes regularly and also offers its own sport horses for sale.

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Claudia Kohlhammer Pferdetraining

Gemeindestraße 5, 8076 Vasoldsberg, Austria

Claudia Kohlhammer offers mobile training for horse and rider based on the old Californian western riding tradition. Services include mobile riding lessons, starting and schooling of horses, lesson horses and trailer loading training. She has 25 years of experience with horses and is a qualified western riding instructor and Centered Riding instructor (Level 1). Training follows the western riding training scale, adapted to each horse.

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Sandra Amtmann-Kern

8052 Graz, Austria

Sandra Amtmann-Kern, trading as happier animals, is a mobile riding instructor and horse trainer based in Graz. She offers riding lessons and schooling of horses tailored to each horse and rider, for leisure riders and competitors alike. She has trained her own horses in dressage up to Intermediaire level and is training as a licensed instructor of the Ecole de Legerete. She also offers animal energy work, animal massage and nutrition advice.

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Sensory Riding

8020 Graz, Austria

Sensory Riding is the horse training business of Sandra Polzer. She offers lessons, coaching and neuro-athletics for riders, both online and in person. For horses she works on sensory integration, neuro-athletics and movement, training horses in hand, on the lunge and under saddle. She has taught riders one-to-one and in courses and workshops for 25 years.

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Lehrmeister Pferd

Weidweg, 8051 Graz, Austria

Lehrmeister Pferd is the training business of Sandra Polzer in the Graz area. She gives individual lessons focused on dressage combined with in-hand, lunge and long-rein work, plus seat training and rider coaching. She also trains horses with behavioural or rideability problems, with horses staying at her home stable for intensive schooling. The site states that her offers are moving to Sensory Riding and that this website runs out at the end of 2026.

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Carina Hofmeister

Haydengasse 5, 2822 Brunn an der Pitten, Austria

Carina Hofmeister is a state-certified dressage riding trainer and Bereiterin FN based in Markt Piesting. She gives regular dressage lessons around Vienna and southern Lower Austria and multi-day courses across Austria, from basic training up to class S. She also offers schooling, correction and training of horses, either in the owner's stable or with training places on site. Competition support and lunging work are part of her services.

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Dressurtraining Wolsdorff

Wiener Neustädter Str. 62/8, 2542 Kottingbrunn, Austria

Dressurtraining Wolsdorff is a dressage training business run by Nicola Wolsdorff. It offers online riding lessons and personal coaching for riders who want to train their own horse systematically. The Start & Shine mentoring programme combines online lessons with a training plan over several months. A free initial consultation is offered.

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EQUINUM

Hans Ponstingl-Gasse 2, 8380 Jennersdorf, Austria

EQUINUM is a training and coaching business for horses and riders run by Alma Mujcinovic in Jennersdorf. It offers mobile riding lessons, schooling and corrective training, with a focus on young, sensitive and difficult horses. Lessons cover classical dressage, groundwork, in-hand work, liberty work and rider biomechanics, on site or online. Advice on horse type, keeping and feeding, as well as online courses and seminars, is also offered.

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RTH Oberbierbaum

Oberbierbaum 4, 3650 Pöggstall, Austria

RTH Oberbierbaum is a small horse yard in the southern Waldviertel with nine horses and ponies. It offers individual riding lessons and horse training in the tradition of classical horsemanship, covering dressage, small jumps, gaited riding, groundwork, lunging and trail rides. Mobile riding lessons, animal-assisted therapy and carriage rides are also offered. Dog training and dog massage are available as a side service.

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Konjeniški klub Boni

Vrhole pri Slov. Konjicah 38, 2316 Zgornja Ložnica, SI

Konjeniški klub Boni is a riding club in Vrhole pri Slovenskih Konjicah, Slovenia. Its riding school teaches beginners the basics and helps more experienced riders progress, with led riding, lunge lessons or individual riding. Riders can take the Jahač 1 and Jahač 2 exams set by the Equestrian Federation of Slovenia. In summer the club runs day care for children with daily riding and work with horses, and each September it hosts an open day with free riding.

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Zauberpferd&wunderkind

Lassein 4, 9121 Völkermarkt, Austria

Zauberpferd&wunderkind is a horse-assisted pedagogy and coaching practice run by Andrea Katholnig on a farm in Lassein. As a certified riding pedagogue and animal-assisted coach, she works with children and adults to build personality, social skills and wellbeing through contact with horses. The offer includes riding lessons, sold singly or in blocks of ten, as well as trail rides and children's birthday events. Appointments are booked online.

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Ponykerstin

Tatzerweg 5, 9400 Wolfsberg, Austria

Ponykerstin is a pony riding school for children in Wolfsberg, Carinthia, run by Kerstin. Children learn to ride on well-trained ponies sized to them, in one-to-one sessions or very small groups. Lessons include grooming, leading and getting to know the ponies as well as riding. The programme also offers a pony licence course, holiday camps, pony parties and online booking of trial lessons.

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