Cours, enseignement et travail à pied — un centre pour apprendre ou faire progresser un cheval.
Fénicat Equitation is an equestrian centre located about 15 minutes south of Rennes. It runs a pony club with discovery sessions for children aged 3 to 9, and riding school lessons for children aged 6 to 16. The centre also offers rides and holiday stays for children aged 6 to 13. Galop exams and birthday and works council events are also offered.
Centre équestre de Galbaux was founded in 1973 and offers riding instruction. Courses are available for children and teenagers, for beginner adults and for advanced adults. Baby pony sessions and an adapted riding workshop called EQUIT'ADAPT are also offered. The centre also rents out its facilities and sells young horses.
The Centre équestre des Monts d’or is located in Lissieu, at the foot of the Monts d’Or between Lyon and Villefranche-sur-Saône. It offers riding lessons, walks and rides on horseback, and training courses for all ages and levels. It also provides boarding for horses, either at pasture or in an active stable system. The riding instructors are qualified, and the centre is open throughout the year.
Brisac Equiteam is a riding school and equestrian centre in the Yonne department, near Sens, France. It offers group and private riding lessons for riders from age 3 and adults, as well as holiday riding courses. Trail rides on horse or pony are available, along with work on young horses and preparation for competitions. The centre also takes in horses on livery for their owners.
The Centre Equestre des Verriès is a riding centre on the edge of Montpellier, between town and garrigue. It offers riding lessons and riding courses all year round and during school holidays, as well as pony and horse rides. It also provides horse boarding in several packages, including basic, Confort, Premium and Gold, with extra services such as turnout and work under saddle. The centre runs its own club and pony competitions and takes part in the Tournée des As Poney circuit.
The Ferme Équestre de la Grésigne is an equestrian centre near Gaillac, on the edge of the Grésigne forest. It offers horse and pony boarding in stables or paddocks, with daily turnout in social groups. It runs riding lessons for all levels through its riding school, and guided rides and hacks in the forest and vineyards. The centre also offers facilities such as an arena, a jumping course and cross-country terrain.
Le Vercors à Cheval is an equestrian centre in the Vercors regional park in the Drôme department of France. It offers multi-day riding treks for teenagers and adults. It also runs riding courses and activities for young people, including ski joëring and pony courses. The centre is labelled by the French Equestrian Federation and is accredited for training tourism riding guides.
Buoniconti Stables is a licensed horseback riding facility on an 18 acre farm in Newburg, Maryland. It offers riding lessons, including therapeutic lessons designed to individual needs, taught by PATH International certified instructors. The show team competes in day, weekend, week-long and virtual shows. The farm also offers equine massage therapy and client boarding.
On Course Riding Academy is a horse riding school in the Wauconda and Grayslake, IL area. It offers riding lessons for riders of all levels, from first-time riders to those preparing for competition. The academy also runs a show program with horse showing lessons and offers professional horse boarding and stable leasing options. Monthly subscriptions are available.
Tally Ho Equestrian Centre is a private equestrian facility in Leavenworth, Kansas, with indoor and outdoor arenas and a barn of 37 stalls. It offers horse boarding and riding lessons for beginner through advanced riders, with group lessons for ages 7 and up in hunter/jumper and equitation. The centre also provides training and keeps a string of lesson horses, several of which are shown in competition. Visits are by appointment only.
Emerald Leaf Stables is a Hunter/Jumper facility in Greenville, South Carolina. It offers riding lessons for riders of all levels, including monthly group and private lesson programs. Riders can also show with the team at local schooling and rated shows, using the stable's own horses. The stable also runs horsemanship classes and holds camps and parties.
Club Hippique des 4 Fers is a riding centre in Notre-Dame-de-Mésage near Vizille and Grenoble. It is a riding school for adults, teenagers and children aged three and over. The club offers lessons for beginners through confirmed riders, including the hunter discipline and the galop diplomas 1 to 7. It also runs a baby-pony club for young children with qualified state-certified instructors. The club holds the Ecole Française d'Equitation, Poney Club de France and Cheval Club de France labels from the French Equestrian Federation.
Hidden Pond Stables is an equestrian facility on about 35 acres in Manorville, New York. It offers horse boarding with daily stall care and turnout, along with training board with onsite trainers. Riding lessons for beginner through advanced riders, pony rides for young children, and summer camp are also offered. The facility hosts its own English and Western show series and an IEA team for students.
Les Écuries de Saint Laurent is a horse yard run by professional rider Alexandre Gast near the forest of Marchenoir. It offers livery in several formats, including simple boarding, boarding with training, and retirement boarding. The yard also provides riding lessons, courses and internships, and CSO show-jumping preparation for riders. A pony club takes children in small groups.
Sophie Lély is a certified ethological riding instructor based near Aubenas in Ardèche, France. She works with horse owners on young horse education, starting under saddle and behaviour and tension issues. Lessons are offered in person at the client's yard or by video call, with video debriefs of sessions. She also offers horse training sessions and a work package for horses that can be combined with boarding at a partner yard.
Centre équestre de Bouchain is an equestrian centre that runs riding courses, called stages, for members and visitors. The courses listed on its site include show jumping (CSO) at several levels, dressage sessions, ground work and lunging, and pony games. It also offers a groom-themed course for young riders. Activities are booked through the club's online booking page.
Centre Equestre du Chêne is a riding centre in Maroilles, run by Pierre-Antoine Lebègue. It offers private and group lessons on horses and ponies for all levels, from age 3 upward. The centre also organises outings to competitions and provides livery boarding for horses and ponies in its arena, sand riding area, round pen and paddocks. It further offers breaking-in and preparation of young horses.
Marilyne Courtot is a rider, trainer and instructor based in the Côte d'Azur area. She offers individual and group coaching in show jumping and dressage. She also trains and rides clients' horses for training and competition. She sells sport horses, mainly young show jumpers.
Poney Club Le Pre Vert is a riding club in a village in the north of France, between Douai, Cambrai and Valenciennes. It takes riders from about two and a half years old to 70. Riding is taught mainly through Pony Games, a team game that teaches riding and competition. The club stresses respect for the animal and for other riders.
Poney Club des Retrouvailles is a riding club in the Sud Vienne area of France. It offers riding lessons adapted to each rider, from beginners to advanced, including children and adults. Guided rides on ponies and horses take riders through countryside, fields, rivers and forests. The club also offers pasture boarding (pension au pré) for horses and ponies, kept in small groups outdoors with daily checks.
Livery Horse Farm is a horse farm in Hinesburg, Vermont. It offers riding lessons and camps, with a focus on children of all ages learning to ride. The farm's lessons cover Hunter, Jumper and Equitation, taught by an instructor with many years of experience. The farm describes its aim as building riding skills, life skills and confidence through interactions with horses.
East Coast Classical Dressage offers horseback riding lessons for youth and adults. The lessons are taught in French Classical Dressage according to the school of Legerete, with a focus on riding in harmony with the horse. Instruction is suited to riders with different interests, including dressage, jumping, working equitation and hacking out on trails. The approach is personal, with learning methods tailored to each student's needs.
The Centre équestre de la Résilience is a riding centre in Eclassan, near Marseille, in the Ardèche region. It offers riding lessons for all levels, from galop 1 to 7, as well as pony rental and rides. It also runs horse riding trips, including trail rides and hacks through the countryside, and welcomes school groups and people with reduced mobility. Online equestrian training is also offered.
Centre Equidéal is an owner-run equestrian yard founded in 2018 and managed by a DEJEPS-qualified coach. It offers livery for horses in collective paddocks with hay and permanent grass access, and accepts horses with conditions such as navicular or arthritis. Individual and group riding lessons, courses and trail rides are offered alongside the livery. Physical preparation and targeted care sessions for horses are also listed.
