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Les Ecuries de la Cavée is an equestrian centre on a 45-hectare estate in Normandy. It offers pony riding for children from age three, beginner lessons, and courses in dressage, cross-country and eventing. It also runs CSO show jumping training and competition, and beach and countryside rides. The centre takes in horses and ponies for boarding, with or without work.
The Centre équestre d'Auquainville is a riding centre near Livarot and Lisieux in Normandy. It offers riding lessons for all levels from age 3, private lessons, and stage sessions including passage of the galop exams. The centre also provides horse boarding in boxes with daily paddock turnout, and personalised work with horses by a professional rider. Its facilities include a covered arena, an outdoor arena and a clubhouse.
Les Poneys de Kathy is an equestrian centre in Épaney, Normandy. It offers riding lessons from beginner to advanced level using ponies, double-ponies and horses. Club members can take part in dressage and show jumping competition outings and exam preparation. The centre also offers livery for horses and half-board for club horses, and holiday courses during school breaks.
Ecurie Alice et Antoine Castillon is a horse yard in the Suisse Normande area of Normandy. It offers livery for horses with box and paddock options, daily turnout, and forage from the farm. It also provides training and schooling of horses, along with lessons and training courses. The yard sells Pure Spanish Horses, from young foals to trained horses.
Black Forest Equestrian Center is an equestrian centre in Aiken, South Carolina, on a 500 acre property. It offers stall and pasture boarding for horses. Training and grooming services are available for owners' horses. Riding lessons are offered for beginners to advanced riders, from children to adults, and the centre also hosts clinics led by visiting riders and trainers.
Écurie des Crêtes is an equestrian centre in the Suisse-Normande region of Normandy. It offers riding lessons for children and adults, along with competition work in show jumping, dressage and TREC. The centre also runs trail rides, holiday courses and seaside rides. It accepts horses on full or part livery, including options for training and breaking-in young horses.
Cricket Hollow Stables is a horse facility near Aiken, South Carolina, next to Long Cane National Forest. It offers horse boarding with full stall and pasture options, and horse training that includes specialty work such as colt starting and rehabilitation for retired horses. Riding lessons are available for riders of all ages and skill levels, on the stable's horses or on the rider's own horse, with a focus on western disciplines such as barrel racing, pole bending and reining. Trail rides and pony rides are also listed, although the site currently says these are unavailable.
Lakey Farm is a mountain horse farm in Mountain Rest, South Carolina. It offers riding lessons for beginner, returning and intermediate riders, covering riding, horse care and ground work. The farm also provides horse training, colt starting and training board for horses needing foundation work. Barefoot trimming and glue-on shoes are offered as well.
Penn's Woods Stable is a hunter-jumper stable in Anderson, South Carolina. It offers private and group riding lessons for all levels, along with horse training from green horses to experienced mounts. Full-care boarding is available, with the same instructor managing daily care. The stable also runs show preparation and clinics for adult and Pony Club riders.
The Centre Equestre de l'Avranchin in Le Val-Saint-Père, near the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, has been open since 2006. It offers riding for beginners and advanced riders, from initiation lessons to perfecting courses, including dressage and preparation for show jumping competitions. Horses and ponies can be boarded in the field or in a box. The centre also offers half-day riding camps during school holidays and rides in the bay area.
Les Ecuries de Saint Sébastien is an equestrian centre near Fréhel in Brittany, founded in 2012. It offers trail rides and multi-day rides, and classical, western and natural riding lessons. The yard breeds Paint horses, selected for temperament and riding ability. It also rents a horse van for transporting horses and ponies.
Les Chevaux du Belair is an equestrian centre open to all levels of riders. It offers riding lessons from baby pony riders to experienced riders, with instructors guiding progress. The centre also runs trail rides on paths and countryside around the club, using horses accustomed to going outside. It trains and schools horses, including young horses and those returning to work, using gentle and progressive methods.
Ecuries du Menhir is an equestrian centre in Kervoquin, near Yvias in Côtes-d'Armor, France. It is a riding school for ponies and horses, labelled by the FFE, with lessons for all ages and levels. The yard also offers owner boarding (pension propriétaire) in boxes and paddocks. School holiday riding courses are offered for children and adults.
Écurie Active Malouine is a horse boarding yard in Saint-Malo, Brittany, founded in 2023. Horses are kept in an active herd system with a 4,000 m² stabilised area, individual feed rations and access to the yard's facilities. A small-group pre-château pension with paddock grazing is also offered. Riding lessons, collective lessons and themed courses are available for all levels. Visits are by appointment only.
Ecuries d'Air Pur is an equestrian centre near Angers in Maine-et-Loire. It runs riding holidays and courses for children, teenagers and adults, including Galop exam preparation with FFE-qualified instructors. Its horses, including Icelandic horses, are kept on more than 40 hectares of land. The centre also offers Bébés Cavaliers sessions for young children and riding outings in the countryside.
The Centre Equestre de Pluvigner is a riding centre near Auray in Morbihan. It offers riding lessons at all levels from age 4, walks from age 2, and riding courses during school holidays. Preparation for the Galop riding exams is also offered. The centre runs two livery options for ponies and horses, a box with daily paddock turnout and a herd-living field arrangement, with or without riding lessons.
Plougastel Equitation is a family riding centre in Brittany. It offers riding lessons for all levels and holiday courses during school holidays. The centre also runs rides and offers horse boarding in boxes or paddocks. Its stated focus is the wellbeing of both horses and riders.
Mounted Ministries is a Christian equine ministry. It offers Christ Centered Riding lessons and training in several riding disciplines, including hunter/jumper, western pleasure, barrel racing, liberty and vaulting. The ministry also runs horse rescue and adoption, summer horse camps and boarding. Its website lists a show team of select students who compete in local competitions.
Eole Ranch is an equestrian farm where the welfare and respect of horses and ponies are the priority. It offers ethological riding lessons and one- or two-hour rides along the beach and countryside. Multi-day rides from half a day up to three days are also available, along with Mountain Trail and Equifeel sessions. Courses for children and adults, as well as pony rides, are offered throughout the year.
Ethoetoi is a family riding centre in Kerconan near Bénodet in Brittany. It offers classical and ethology-based riding, with disciplines including dressage, jumping, vaulting and TREC. Lessons, courses and rides are available for children and adults, including sessions adapted for people with disabilities. The centre also provides horse boarding and access to its facilities for owners and outside riders.
Écurie Anne Bouyer is a horse yard at Les Frouins in Asnières-la-Giraud, run by professional rider Anne Bouyer and her partner. It offers livery for horses, with horses kept outside in paddocks or inside boxes. The yard provides riding lessons for leisure and competition riders, along with horse training and coaching. It also offers transport of horses to competitions.
Saddle View Outfitters offers guided horse trail rides through the trails of Cliffs Keowee Vineyards. Riders can choose a one hour ride, a one and a half hour ride, or a picnic ride with lunch on the trail. The business also offers riding lessons by reservation and hand-led pony rides for young children. It is based at the Cliffs Equestrian Center, which hosts horses of private members.
Club Hippique Havre de Vie is a riding centre offering lessons and initiation or advanced training for riders of all levels, on horse or pony. It runs riding lessons, courses during school holidays, and rides in the forest and on the beach. The centre has covered arenas and jumping and dressage areas, allowing year-round riding for leisure, learning and competition. It also welcomes holiday and weekend guests as well as school groups.
Ferme Equestre de Keropartz is a riding farm near Lannion in Brittany, with about thirty horses and ponies. It offers riding lessons in the covered arena and outdoor school, grouped by level from beginner to advanced. It also runs trail rides from one-hour discovery outings to longer sports rides, plus riding courses. The farm takes a few horses and ponies on full-year livery at pasture with shelter.
