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Cavalerie du Moulin is an equestrian centre at Le Moulin near Usseau, France. It offers horse trekking rides, both hourly and full-day, and pony-free riding lessons on horseback. It also runs carriage driving lessons, introductory driving days and intensive driving courses. The centre has a programme of local rides and offers a horse-keeper certification course.
The Centre équestre du Bosquet is a riding centre offering lessons for all levels, from age 4 to adults, including leisure riding, improvement and competition preparation. It offers boarding (pension) for horses. The centre also runs training courses during school holidays and hosts group visits, birthday and discovery events. It offers equine-assisted therapy (équithérapie).
Poney Club de la Buissonnière is a riding club set in the Forêt de Scévolles, on a 25-hectare site. It offers a range of equestrian activities for children from age 3 and for adults. The offer runs from leisure rides to competition, with the club introducing young riders to horses and ponies.
Écuries Roca is an equestrian centre in Beaumont-en-Véron, near Chinon and along the Loire à vélo route. It offers riding lessons and courses for beginners and experienced riders, including holiday courses in several disciplines, and admits riders from age 3. It offers livery (pension) for horses and ponies with access to the arenas and riding trails, and it sells ponies and horses. It also offers equine mediation, including programmes for people with disabilities.
ABC Poney is a pony riding school in the Tours-Druye area, run by Adriane, a qualified riding instructor. It welcomes children from the age of 2, including parents with their young children, and offers Baby Poney sessions. Lessons range from beginner level to competition, and the site also lists pony walks along the water. The teaching approach is described as playful, positive and caring.
Closson Dressage offers dressage coaching, including lessons and clinics for riders at all levels, from young riders to Grand Prix riders. The business also develops and competes horses through training. Its owner, Kristen Closson, is a Level II Dressage Specialist Coach and an A Level (Grand Prix) Dressage Judge. The site also lists judging services for young horses through to Grand Prix.
Wallaby Hill Farm is a private training facility for horses near Robertson in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. The farm offers equestrian facilities for hire, including indoor and outdoor arenas, a gallop track and cross country training. It also hosts riding lessons and clinics. A small performance horse breeding program produces young horses, some of which are offered for sale.
Norm Glenn Horsemanship offers practical horse training for owners, covering groundwork, riding, float training and problem solving. Training is available one-on-one, in group lessons and at clinics. The riding lessons teach the SRS riding system to help riders build control and confidence. The business states it works with horses that refuse to load and with a range of behavioural issues, for both adults and children.
Mortagnais Pôle Equestre is a riding centre located on a 39-hectare site in the Vendée bocage near Puy du Fou. It offers riding lessons for children and adults, with horse and pony activities from age three. It also provides boarding for owners' horses, including group pasture, individual paddock and box paddock options. Trail rides and horse and pony rental are offered as well.
The Centre Equestre des Roseaux de Goulaine is a riding centre in the Nantes wine region near Saint Julien de Concelles. It offers riding lessons for adults and children, from beginners to confirmed riders, and courses on horse or pony. The centre also runs rides on horseback, individually or as a family, and offers horse boarding in field herds with access to the facilities. The club describes itself as a family club with qualified instructors.
Poney Club des Fontaines is a riding club in Grandchamp-des-Fontaines, France, founded in 2002. It offers riding lessons, courses and competitions across many disciplines, including leisure riding, eventing, show jumping, horseball and trail rides. Riders can join for lessons or buy riding packages, and the club also offers pasture and stable boarding for horses and ponies. The club is run by Florence and Frédéric Goisbault on 16 hectares.
Bérengère Babin is a riding instructor, horse trainer and professional rider based in the Pays de la Loire region of France. She offers private lessons, day and half-day group packages, and courses across France. Horse training and work-livery arrangements are available, along with competition coaching and outings to events. Her students compete in show jumping and dressage, from pony level upward. She also works on riding biomechanics and horse locomotion.
The Village équestre de la Bazonnière in Sainte Pazanne, near Nantes, is a riding school accredited by the FFE quality label. It runs a pony club and riding centre for all levels, from children from age 2 to competition riders, with a focus on dressage and show jumping (CSO). The centre offers riding holidays during school breaks and horse boarding with individual boxes and access to the large arena. Trekking, groundwork and TREC are also part of its programme.
Julia Martinuzzi offers riding lessons in Pornic and the surrounding area in Loire-Atlantique. Lessons are offered for adults and children, with a gentle approach focused on animal welfare and the relationship between horse and rider. Support is also offered to horse owners who want to deepen their work with their horse. The business also offers Hatha yoga and yoga paddle classes.
Les Cavaliers des Granges is a riding centre that has operated since 2001 and welcomes riders from children aged three upwards, both amateur and professional, individually or in groups. It offers riding lessons and courses on ponies and horses, as well as trail rides and outings to competitions. The centre also provides horse boarding in several formats, including pasture, stabling and box options, with daily care. It describes itself as a member of the French equestrian federation (FFE).
The Centre Equestre de la Colinerie is a riding centre on about 10 hectares of grounds, less than 2 km from the centre of Pornic in Loire-Atlantique. It offers riding instruction suited to all levels, for leisure as well as competition. The centre also offers other activities such as vaulting and archery. It provides horse boarding in box or paddock (pré) arrangements, including daily turnout and a weekly lesson.
Le Poney Club du Petit Bois is a riding centre in Ayron, Vienne, offering riding lessons for all levels, including courses for children on ponies. It runs riding courses during school holidays for beginners and more experienced riders. For horse owners, it offers boarding for horses and ponies, with daily care and welfare. It also breaks in young horses and ponies so they can be ridden safely.
Equi'libre is an equestrian tourism centre in Bonifacio, Corsica, founded in 2019. It offers small-group rides on horseback to discover the area, for both experienced riders and beginners. The centre also offers pony rides, birthday afternoons with ponies and a pony camp. It provides boarding (pension) for horses and ponies in its paddocks.
The Ferme équestre du Val de Seugne is a riding centre and poney club near Montils, between Saintes, Cognac and Pons. It offers riding lessons for all levels, from baby pony sessions for children aged two and a half to three upwards, as well as day and multi-day courses. The centre also takes in horses on livery, and it runs organised horse-drawn caravan trips in the countryside.
The centre offers riding lessons on horses and ponies for people who want to start or improve their riding. It runs a poney-club in a family-friendly atmosphere. The centre is open all year and sits on the edge of a state forest near Sainte-Gemme la Plaine in southern Vendée. A holiday programme is published on the website.
The Société Hippique de Blanquefort is a sports association founded in 1985. It offers riding lessons for leisure and competition riders, from children aged two and a half upward, at all levels. Weekday sessions are available for people with disabilities, using adapted horses and qualified instructors. The club promotes respectful horsemanship and the teaching of equestrian skills.
The Centre Equestre des Egageries is a riding centre in Les Égageries, in southern Vendée, France. It offers collective riding classes sold as annual packages and private riding lessons. It also runs riding courses (stages) for members and for visiting riders. The centre additionally hosts horseback archery activities.
Poney Club de Sciez is an equestrian centre in Sciez, France, labelled by the French Equestrian Federation (FFE). It offers riding lessons, including baby pony classes for children aged 3 to 5 and courses for older riders. Horse boarding is available with stable care, hay and grain feeding, and access to an arena. The club also organises competitions, rides for children from age 2, and in-hand walks.
Ecuries Kalypso is a riding centre in Beauvoir-sur-Mer, France, which resumed activity in July 2025. It offers riding lessons for all levels in small groups of about five riders, with a focus on equine and human well-being. Pricing covers single sessions, a card of 11 sessions and private lessons. Riding licences are also offered.
