Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Pegasus Horse Care is a horse yard in the forests of Limburg, Belgium, started in 2010. It offers riding lessons on its own horses or the rider's horse, covering walk, trot, jumping and dressage, as well as guided forest rides. Horses can be kept in full livery with daily turnout in a herd. The team also starts and trains young horses and has horses for sale.
Energetic Horse in Hoek, Zeeland, gives riding lessons to children and adults, from beginners to advanced riders. Every summer holiday it organises a riding camp of a week or half a week centred on the horses. It also offers on-site saddle fitting, measuring the horse's back to check whether the saddle fits. Nano Equicare therapy and osteopathy are offered as well.
Dressuurstal Femke de Laat is a dressage training stable founded in 2010 and based at Stal Rozenven in Schijf, Netherlands. Its main activities are developing talented young dressage horses to a higher level, starting young horses and giving dressage instruction. Horses can be presented at young-horse competitions such as the Pavo Cup and Subli Cup, as well as in regular sport up to Prix St. Georges. Owners can also have their horse trained and sold through the stable.
Dressuurstal Schellekens is a dressage yard in Best founded and run by Miranka. It offers private lessons on the client's own horse or pony, private lessons on trained dressage horses, and training of clients' horses, including during holidays. The yard also offers livery, para-dressage coaching and dressage lessons for expats. A vet, osteopath and farrier work with the yard on a regular basis.
Stoeterij de Breidablik is an Icelandic horse stud in Oirschot, founded in 1971. It runs a year-round programme of weekend and week-long riding courses for adults and youth, some with guest instructor Siggi Marinusson. The stud also hosts competitions and breeds Icelandic horses. Riders can ride out on the nearby Oirschot heath. Daily management is in the hands of Carla van Nunen.
Marieke's PaardenZorg offers osteopathy, rehabilitation, training and instruction focused on horse welfare. Training of horses is done in hand or under saddle to maintain or improve their usability, for example during injury or the owner's absence. Through Marieke Dierenosteopathie she also treats dogs, cats and other pets. The training location is in Aalst-Waalre, with a practice room in Valkenswaard.
Equinova is a dressage yard and horse boarding facility in Hoeven, active since 2008. The yard offers riding instruction, training, livery (pension), horse leasing and an academy, alongside a kids programme. It places horse welfare alongside performance and aims to give riders a calm, judgement-free environment.
Stal de Vossenberg is a horse stable run by Simone and Kristel Verbakel. They give show jumping and dressage instruction taught by qualified instructors, using a 20x40m indoor arena and an outdoor arena. The stable also breeds horses, mainly show jumpers, and trains young horses and ponies. Facilities include spacious straw-bedded stables.
De Kempenhoeve in Balen is a sport stable, horse stud, approved AI centre and riding school. It offers livery for horses and ponies, group and private lessons in dressage and jumping, training of dressage horses and breaking of young horses. The yard always has dressage and show jumping horses for sale and runs pony camps. Facilities include three arenas, a wash bay, solarium and several hectares of pasture.
Dressuurstal Petra van Esch is a family-run dressage stable in Gemonde. It offers livery in thirty individual stables, dressage instruction by Petra and Paulien van Esch, and clinics from Klasse B to Grand Prix. The stable also trains young dressage horses and sells horses and ponies. Facilities include an indoor arena of 20 x 40 m, an outdoor arena of 20 x 60 m, a covered horse walker, lunging ring and grazing.
Horse For Life is a small-scale horse breeding and training business in Helchteren run by Natalie Vaneerdewegh. It offers basic obedience training, help with problem behaviour such as trailer loading, and trail and competition training. Lessons are available for leisure and competition riders. It also breeds young sport horses and sells selected horses and ponies.
Dressuurstal Heeswijk is a dressage yard in Heeswijk-Dinther led by founder Bill de Vet. It offers dressage schooling, breaking-in and preparing horses for studbook inspections. The yard buys and sells horses and ponies, with young and ridden horses regularly for sale. It also gives training and instruction and keeps breeding mares and stallions.
Pension & Dressuurstal 't Wit Paardje is a small family-run yard in Haghorst, active since 1974. It offers full livery including feed, straw, mucking out and turnout, with indoor and outdoor arenas, a horse walker and access to nearby woodland. The yard provides dressage schooling, training, instruction and competition coaching. Together with Stal Lars op 't Hoog it also sells horses and ponies and breeds.
J2L Dressage Horses is a dressage horse breeding and training yard in Hoogstraten with a focus on young horses. It breaks in and trains client horses, including for competition. It gives dressage lessons from beginner to small tour level and sells dressage horses. The yard also buys young dressage horses.
Stal De Merlenberg is a small breeding yard for Welsh ponies in Deurne, founded in the 1990s. It stands Section A stallions and offers young mares and ponies for sale. Children can take pony riding lessons, on their own pony or one of the yard's ponies. The yard also breaks in ponies and offers livery.
VDB Stables in Someren is a training stable for driving horses and ponies run by Berry and Claudia. It gives carriage driving lessons and breaks in horses and ponies to harness. The stable also offers training and correction for driving problems. Temporary stabling is available, including overnight stays for travelling horses.
Between The Ears is a horsemanship trainer near Tilburg working with horses without force. Horses can stay temporarily for training within a guidance programme in which the owner takes part. Lessons range from groundwork and riding to trailer loading, on site or at the client's location, along with training weekends for small groups. The business also runs a mini pony club for children, offers Equissage Pulse massage, Healing Horsefulness sessions, remote advice, and help with buying or selling horses.
EquiRehab, run by Sandra van Berkel, rehabilitates and retrains horses and ponies through groundwork, natural horsemanship and classical gymnastic training. Rehabilitation follows a phased plan, if needed with an osteopath and vet, and includes stabling and training four times a week before the horse is handed back to its owner. Private lessons in groundwork and riding are offered. The business also provides horse-assisted coaching, individual support and day activities for people.
BE THE LIGHT in Deurne-Diest trains horses with behaviour and fear problems, with a specialty in trailer loading. Services include groundwork, liberty work, starting young horses and full training of horses brought to its yard or collected by the team. It offers private and group lessons across Belgium and the Netherlands, demonstrations and workshops, and a loading and emergency horse transport service. It also runs horse camps and riding holidays and sells training equipment.
Stal Krol in Handel, North Brabant, is a family horse business run by Nelleke Krol and founded by her father Nico Krol. Horses for sale: selling horses is its core, along with guidance for clients buying and selling horses. It also breeds, raises and trains dressage and show jumping horses, and Nelleke gives lessons up to Grand Prix level.
Hermes Paardenfysiotherapie is the horse physiotherapy practice of Dieuwertje Hermes in Scharmer, near Groningen. She offers physiotherapy for horses, dry needling, medical taping and high power laser therapy. Riders can also take dressage lessons, and horses can be trained by her either on location or at her home arena with an ebb-and-flow surface. Horses can be stabled with her for training by arrangement, and she has experience bringing young horses up to ZZL level.
Equine Lymfedrainage is run by Barbara Born, who has worked professionally with horses for more than 25 years. She treats horses with manual lymph drainage, a gentle massage technique, along with taping, Lecher antenna work and other therapies. She also helps owners of Frisian horses dealing with conditions such as mok and mites. In addition, she offers dressage instruction and training for recreational and competition riders.
Dressuurstal Adri van Erp is a dressage yard and stallion station in Heesch, North Brabant. It starts young horses under saddle, prepares stallions and mares for inspections, and trains and competes clients' horses, with private lessons at every level. The yard trades in dressage horses of various ages and levels, often from its own breeding, and stands stallions such as Lord Romantic and Singapore AVE at stud. Facilities include an indoor and outdoor arena, a covered lunging ring, a horse walker and paddocks.
Van den Heuvel Dressage is a dressage and sales yard in Berlicum, founded in 2008 by Roy van den Heuvel. It trains young dressage horses, typically aged three to seven, toward higher-level sport and sells them to riders with competition ambitions. Buyers are supported before, during and after purchase, including trial rides and continued training. The yard also offers instruction for motivated riders.
