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Gireg Le Coz is an equestrian yard in Feneu (49) run by an international eventing rider. The yard offers boarding for amateur and professional riders' horses, including competition, leisure, breeding and retired horses. It also develops sport horses for competition and sale. Individual lessons, courses across France and coaching at competition venues are offered as well.
Les Ecuries de Brochemerle is a horse boarding yard on a site of more than 38 hectares. It takes horses, ponies and broodmares on full pasture or box livery, with a retirement and convalescence option. A qualified instructor visits weekly to give riding lessons. The yard also organises courses, outings and competition activities throughout the year.
Erimûrânes is a non-profit association that promotes riding in the countryside and for leisure, using donkeys, mules and horses. It offers weekly group riding lessons, with a separate option for learning about equids through groundwork. Riding camps are held during school holidays for children from five years old. The association also offers short rides, donkey and horse hire for events, and birthday party activities built around the animals.
Les Ecuries des Quatre Vents is a riding centre located between Angers and Saumur, open to riders year-round. It offers riding lessons for all levels, from beginners to experienced riders, adults and children, and prepares riders for federal examinations. The club specialises in riding in the countryside, with rides ranging from one day to several days and entries in TREC and endurance competitions. Horse boarding is also offered, including pasture and box/paddock options.
The Association A Quatre Temps offers horse riding lessons for all levels, from beginners to galloping, for riders aged 7 to 99. It runs equine mediation sessions with horses for adults and children, individually or in groups of up to four, including for people with difficulties, disabilities or behavioural issues. The association also offers carriage rides and pony activities, and organises events. Its base is at Charlie la Pomme in the Mesnil-en-Vallée area.
Ecurie des Lumières is an equestrian centre located in La Haye Fouassière, near Nantes. It operates as an owners' stable and riding centre, with horses kept in pension for owners and riders. The centre runs a riding school with qualified instructors and offers personalised sporting follow-up for riders and their horses. It also trades horses and ponies.
Eric Le Guen offers personalised riding coaching in all disciplines, including dressage, show jumping, eventing and leisure riding, for riders of any level. He also works with horses on training and development, known as valorisation. Horses can be boarded at the Elevage du Croissel, a stable with six boxes, a terrace for each box, individual paddocks and an arena. The business is based in Candé and also works in Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique, travelling to clients' premises.
Ecurie Beauséjour is an equestrian centre in Vertou, near Nantes, set on a site of about 40 hectares in the forest. It offers riding lessons for children and adults, from baby pony classes from age 3 to advanced courses. Holiday riding courses, federation gallop tests and leisure and competition outings are also part of the programme. The centre also provides pasture boarding for horses, pony rides and equine therapy.
Cheval Nature de Grand Lieu is a horse boarding yard in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, near Nantes, France. Horses are kept in groups in open paddocks with shelters, with daily checks and individual care boxes for treatment or recovery. The yard has a covered, lit arena with an obstacle course and a lunging ring. Riding lessons with teachers of the client's choice are available, along with rides in the countryside and toward the sea.
Jérôme Rotard is a riding instructor (moniteur d'équitation) based in Loire-Atlantique near Nantes, France. He gives one-to-one riding lessons focused on understanding horses and riding, whatever discipline the rider practises. His services also cover getting horses to load into a van, accept care, be caught in the paddock, and be started or restarted under saddle. He travels to riders around Nantes and nearby departments and, for several riders, across France.
Les Ecuries du Beuvron is an equestrian centre in the wooded park of La Morinière in Andrezé Beaupréau en Mauges. It offers full livery and boarding for horses and ponies, with 32 straw boxes, paddocks and several floodlit arenas. The centre provides riding lessons from age 3, as well as discovery and advanced courses during school holidays. Services also include group lessons for schools and leisure centres, and competitions.
Ecrin Sauvage is an owners' horse stable in Couffé, Loire-Atlantique, run by Véronique and her husband since 2008. It offers field (pré) and box livery for horses. Riding lessons, individual or group, are available for riders. The stable also runs team building and equicoaching sessions in which people work with horses on the ground, with no prior riding knowledge needed.
Compagnie Capalle is an equestrian show company located near the Puy du Fou. It creates horse performances, including knight's tournaments, son et lumière seasons and film and photo shoots with horses. The business also offers advanced riding courses and a stable for horse owners. Horses and ponies can be rented for rides and animation events.
Ecuries de la Tour is an equestrian centre and Poney Club located in Oudon, Loire-Atlantique, on the banks of the Loire. The centre offers riding for both leisure and competition. The website describes a family atmosphere at the club.
The Espace Equestre de Mazerolles is an equestrian centre on the edge of the Mazerolles marshes near Nantes. It offers riding lessons from initiation to advanced levels, training courses during school holidays, and competitions. Horses can be boarded in box, pasture or half-board arrangements, with turnout on the paddock six days a week. The centre has two indoor arenas and a team of qualified instructors.
Domaine du Hardrais is a 28-hectare equestrian site near Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, run by Isabelle André and Denis Gilbert. It offers horse boarding, either at pasture or in stables. It runs TREC and dressage courses and organises TREC competitions regularly. The estate also breeds Irish cobs, both purebred and crossbred, along with other sport and leisure horses.
Joalland Equitation is an equestrian centre in La Plaine-sur-Mer, near Saint-Brevin-les-Pins. It offers riding lessons for children, adults and experienced riders, including a poney club for young riders. The centre also runs riding courses and offers rides out on horseback in the surrounding area. The instructors are professional riders, and the centre is open to both leisure riders and those preparing for competition.
Poney Club des Landes is a riding centre in the Parc naturel de Brière near Saint-Nazaire, operating for about 30 years. It offers riding lessons for beginners and children, including baby pony classes, and has a range of instructional ponies and horses from 85 cm to 1.57 m. Services include pony and horse boarding in paddock or box, competitions, rides, day and two-day treks, and holiday courses in pony knowledge and advanced dressage and jumping.
Écuries Roman Montfort is a horse boarding yard in Saint-Aignan-Grand-Lieu near Nantes, with 40 boxes, a covered arena, an outdoor arena, paddocks and access to trails. The yard offers livery with daily care of the horses, riding lessons, competition coaching and training courses for recreational riders and competitors. Roman, a professional show jumping rider and qualified instructor, runs the yard. The yard also handles the sale and commercial development of horses and helps buyers find a suitable horse.
Les Ecuries de Kerdando is a riding school in Guérande, Loire-Atlantique, offering riding lessons for horses and ponies. The school covers dressage, show jumping (CSO) and eventing (CCE), and runs riding courses, activities and promenades. It also provides livery boarding for horses and ponies. The site describes a breeding operation at Kergal that sells horses and ponies.
Écurie des Rosières is a riding school and equestrian centre between Guérande and La Baule in the Pays de la Loire region of France. It offers group lessons, private lessons and events throughout the year. The yard also takes horses from owners who keep their own horses there. Riding outings and rides are offered alongside the lesson programme during school holidays.
L'Etrier Montredonnais is an associative riding centre on the hill of the château in Montredon-Labessonnié, Tarn. It offers riding lessons for children and adults of all levels, taught by certified instructors. Young children can take led walks on shetland ponies or ponies, and beginners from age four can join unicorn lessons. The centre also provides livery (pension) for horses, with several formulas available.
La Chevauchée des Dunes is a riding centre in Vendée, France. It offers horse rides on the beach and in the forest, adapted to each rider's level. It also runs riding lessons on horses with a personalised teaching programme, and pony rides and pony courses for children from age 3 to 11. The centre has been open each summer since 1999 and is set to reopen in April 2026.
Les Écuries de Nucourt is an equestrian boarding yard in Nucourt, Val d'Oise, near Paris. It offers several livery formulas for horses, including pasture, paddock and full box care, with hay and feed included in the listed packages. Owners can also take half-board places for a horse, and lessons are available. The facilities include lit and watered arenas, a training arena, around 29 boxes and a heated shower.
