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Sylvia Frevert offers horse-drawn carriage driving instruction in Barntrup-Alverdissen, Germany, emphasising harmonious teamwork between driver and horse. Courses range from beginner HIPPOLINI programmes for children through to full carriage driver licences and passenger instruction. Frevert holds FN Trainerin C (Fahren Breitensport) and VFD Übungsleiterin Fahren I certifications.
Mandy Bethke is a certified equine behavior trainer based in Northeim, Lower Saxony. She specializes in improving human-horse communication through tailored training plans, behavioral therapy, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Services include children's horse handling courses and specialist trailer-loading training.
Distanzreithof Nuthetal is a boarding and training yard in Groß Kreutz (Havel)-Deetz, Brandenburg, specializing in endurance riding ("Distanzreiten") alongside general horse boarding. The facility offers stabling and training support for endurance and leisure riders in the countryside near Potsdam. Its rural Brandenburg location provides ample space for conditioning rides and long-distance training. The yard maintains a social media presence for updates on horses and events.
Fehnstall is a dressage-focused equestrian facility in Apen-Augustfehn, Lower Saxony, run by the Haussels family. It is best known for hosting regular dressage tournaments for amateur and professional riders, with classes up to Grand Prix level. Riders competing at the yard have repeatedly featured in the German national top-ten dressage rankings. Day to day it combines competition hosting with dressage training, and it is home to the affiliated Dressur-Club Fehnstall.
Reitanlage Sonnenbrink is a professionally run equestrian centre near the Deister region in Apelern, established in 2012. The facility offers full-service horse boarding, individual riding instruction and professional training (Beritt) delivered by FN-certified staff. Riders can combine partial training with lessons, and the yard also supports clients in finding and purchasing suitable sport horses. Surrounding trails provide opportunities for hacking out beyond the arena work.
LC Ranch, run by the Lo Castro family in Apelern, Lower Saxony, is a riding school specialising in Western riding instruction. It offers qualified lessons for riders of all ages on trained school horses, systematic training, and preparation for the German Western riding badges (Westernreitabzeichen III and IV). The ranch also hosts riding holidays for children, health-oriented riding programmes, and Western competitions covering disciplines such as Trail, Horsemanship, Pleasure and Reining.
Fahrstall Eichengrund (Pferde erleben) in Andervenne, Emsland, is a carriage-driving stable run by Martin Peters and Jutta Stehmeier. Martin Peters holds the Trainer A Fahren qualification, the highest German certification for carriage-driving instruction, and the yard trains both driving horses and their drivers. Services include driving lessons and courses with examinations, guided carriage tours, and accessible carriage rides for wheelchair users. The stable lies within the Emsland network of marked riding and driving trails.
Storchenhof Janssen is a family-run equestrian operation on the Alfsee near Alfhausen, Lower Saxony. It breeds and sells horses, holds regular sales days and an online foal auction, and offers riding lessons including online coaching. Run by the Janssen family, it also provides a sales-card marketing service for horses.
Susanne Buck-Wegener is a riding instructor based in Alfeld, Lower Saxony, who teaches according to the classical École de Légèreté philosophy. She offers riding lessons and seminars focused on lightness, fine aids and the horse's wellbeing. The focus is on teaching and clinics rather than a boarding yard.
Ohlly's Cow Horses is a small American Quarter Horse breeding and training operation in northern Germany, near Ahrenswohlde between Bremen and Hamburg, run by Michael "Ohlly" Ohlhoff. The ranch breeds and trains performance horses for cutting and working cow horse, aiming for Quarter Horses with a great mind, athletic ability and correct conformation. Breeding centres on proven cutting bloodlines such as Zacks Peppy Rey and Jo Jewell Lena. Michael Ohlhoff brings deep competition experience to the program as an NCHA Europe Director, an NCHA judge and an AQHA Specialized Cutting judge.
FARM-Prinzip, run by Nicole Runkel, is a mobile training service for horses and riders based in Affinghausen, Lower Saxony. Nicole works as a travelling trainer across northern Lower Saxony and gives courses throughout the German-speaking region, specializing in rider seat development and body awareness to improve the horse–human relationship.
Reitanlage & Gestüt Heseberg is a full-service equestrian center in Adenbüttel, Germany, set between Braunschweig, Gifhorn, Wolfsburg, and Peine and run by Conny Hoffmeister. It offers riding lessons in classical, Western, and recreational styles, school horses and ponies, and a Kids Club for children from age five. The yard provides boarding in individual stalls and open-shelter groups, and breeds its own Quarter Horses and Miniature Horses. As a recognized training establishment it also runs professional apprenticeships in equine care, breeding, and Western horsemanship, alongside year-round clinics and events.
Pferde-Reha Adelheidsdorf is an equine rehabilitation and training centre near Hannover run by Bettina Moser-Scheinecker. It provides post-operative and post-injury rehabilitation, treatment for illness and overuse injuries, and sport-training programmes to rebuild competitive fitness. Both inpatient (boarding) and outpatient treatment options are offered, along with health and prevention courses for horse owners and therapists.
A horse-training team based at the Hirtenhof in Aach offering professional training (Beritt), riding instruction and clinics. Specialities include young-horse education, competition preparation and mare-show (Stutenschau) preparation. It is led by Stephanie Städter and Maximilian Srdanov.
A modern sport-horse centre and stud on a roughly 25-hectare site in Aach near Lake Constance, built to high international standards with a large all-weather arena. It serves as a training base for international show jumpers and hosts competitions and clinics. The facility combines a competition yard, training stables and breeding operation.
