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Ecurie de Merel is an equestrian complex in Merel, near Nozay, between Nantes and Châteaubriant. It offers custom horse boarding in pasture, paddock and box options, with work sessions available on request. It runs a pony club where children and adults can discover or pursue riding from 18 months of age. It also operates a breeding centre that provides information for owners planning to foal their mares.
Poney Club des Rhodos is a riding club in Saffré, France, affiliated with the FFE. It offers riding lessons at an hourly rate, with a reduced rate for a second family member. Holiday riding courses are offered for beginners in the morning and for confirmed riders in the afternoon. Galop passage courses and FFE riding licences for children and adults are also offered.
Espace équestre La Fleuriaye is an equestrian centre near Nantes. It offers riding instruction for beginners and experienced riders, including lessons for young people, adults, students and retirees. The centre also provides pony and horse rides, including outings in carriage along the Erdre. It keeps its own horses and ponies, housed in boxes and shetland stables, with about seven hectares of pasture and two outdoor arenas plus an indoor arena.
The Poney Club de la Pierre Bleue is a riding club for children from age 3, adolescents and adults. It offers riding lessons and holiday courses during school breaks. The club also offers horse boarding in boxes, paddocks and pasture. The site presents the club as a welcoming place that respects the animals.
The Centre équestre de La Baule is a riding centre located near the Benoît beach in La Baule. It welcomes children and adults of all levels for riding lessons, courses and rides. Lessons are given by state-qualified instructors on ponies and horses from the club's own stock. The centre also runs a pony club for young riders from age four and daily beach rides.
Au Galop - Ecurie Emilie Guillon is an equestrian yard in Missillac, Loire-Atlantique, run by dressage rider Emilie Guillon. It offers boarding for horses in boxes or paddocks, with daily paddock turnout and feeding. It also provides riding lessons across disciplines, including dressage and jumping, for riders with their own horse or with a school horse. Emilie Guillon also gives training days at other yards.
Centre équestre du Bel Air is a riding centre about fifteen kilometres from La Baule, set on a 70-hectare estate of meadows and paddocks. It offers riding for beginners and experienced riders, with a pony club, rides of one and a half or two hours, and riding lessons. The centre also provides owner livery and horse and pony boarding by the day, month or year. Several outdoor arenas and a covered riding hall are available.
Harmonie Equestre is a riding and horse-training business run by Florie Dardenne in Brittany, France. It offers riding lessons, courses and private tuition, and horse education and work, including boarding with training. It also provides equine massage and bitfitting to help horses move more comfortably with well-adapted bits, bridles and nosebands. The approach is individual, based on observation and respect for each horse and rider.
Les Galopins du Sancy is an equestrian centre in Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise in the Massif du Sancy, France. It offers horse rides and pony rides for people of all levels, from first-time riders to advanced riders, and for children from age 2. The centre runs a multi-discipline riding school open all year, teaching disciplines such as dressage, show jumping, trail riding and horseball. It also offers riding courses for children and teenagers and holidays at its equestrian estate.
Equ'idée de Loisirs is a pony club and equestrian tourism centre at Le Rivaud. It offers riding lessons and level progression for riders, with a focus on dressage, show jumping, and general horsemanship. Activities also include trail rides, endurance riding, TREC, pony games, vaulting, and carriage driving. In summer the club closes for the ponies' rest, and a horse-drawn carriage tour operates in Rochefort.
Centre équestre du Moulin is an equestrian centre in Isère, France, located in a quiet valley near a river. It offers riding lessons for all levels, on horse or pony, including dressage, show jumping, cross-country and vaulting. It provides horse boarding with options such as boxes, paddock access, pasture, young horse work and convalescence. The centre also breeds dressage horses.
Les Ecuries du Lac Bleu is a riding centre and owner livery yard in Le Pin. It offers riding lessons for children, teenagers and adults, from beginners to advanced riders, during the school year and school holidays. Boarding is available in boxes or paddocks, with turnout five times a week and access to an arena and a riding ring. The yard also rents horses for leisure rides in the countryside.
The Centre Équestre de Redessan is a family riding centre in Redessan, near Nîmes. It offers riding lessons for all ages and levels, from beginners to competition preparation, on ponies and horses. The centre also takes horses in full-care boarding and provides regular training for sport horses. Horse sales and riding courses during school holidays are also offered.
Ecuries Aline Girard is a riding school and livery yard for horses and ponies. It offers riding lessons for leisure and competition, supervised by state-certified instructors. Boarding is available on a per-horse basis in a box, on a box with paddock, or at pasture, with access to the facilities. The yard is located in the countryside near Tours and Amboise, close to trekking, TREC and endurance riding routes.
Écurie de la Lizaine is an active stable near Frahier-et-Châtebier, close to Belfort in Haute-Saône. It offers horse livery in pasture, active-stable and open box-to-paddock formulas, with hay available at all times. Private and group riding lessons and holiday riding courses are offered. Training work such as breaking-in and competition outings is also available.
Les Eternelles is an equestrian business in Bresse, run by professionals in the equine and events field for more than 20 years. It offers riding lessons and custom courses for individuals and companies. It also provides training boarding (pension travail) for horses, including breaking, dressage work, show preparation and rehabilitation care. Equicoaching and seminars are offered as well, and accommodation is available on site.
ECURIE MURINGER is a riding centre in Aspach-Michelbach, at the foot of the Vosges. It offers riding lessons for all levels and a pony club for children. It also provides full-board livery for horses and ponies in large boxes, with paddocks and covered lunge rounds. Riding holiday courses are offered during school holidays.
Ecurie de Fleurey is an equestrian centre in Fleurey-sur-Ouche offering riding lessons for beginners and experienced riders, including group and individual classes, preparation for Galop exams and competition support. It also runs a livery and boarding service with daily care, and works with horses for owners, including training and getting horses back into work. The facilities include a large outdoor arena, a covered riding hall, paddocks and a walker.
Crystal Beach Adventures is a horse-based retreat in Saskatchewan offering equine-assisted learning sessions, some of which require no riding. Sessions include horsemanship and groundwork, as well as individual and group work to support emotional regulation. The business also offers riding lessons for children, teens and adults, in English or Western style. The farm keeps a herd of Welsh ponies and cobs and is also a breeding operation with some horses for sale.
Les Ecuries de Condé is an equestrian centre in Saint-Maur des Fossés, on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes. It offers riding lessons for all ages, from initiation to competition and leisure riding. Pony and horse lessons take place in the riding hall, with outdoor work in the arena from galop 3. The centre also runs school-holiday riding courses and Sunday activities for children.
Les Gambades équitation is a riding centre in the Morvan regional park in Burgundy, offering riding lessons for all levels, including pony lessons. It organises riding trips and outdoor riding courses in the Morvan countryside. The centre also offers livery for horses in individual boxes with paddock access or at pasture. It is affiliated with the French Equestrian Federation and is a member of the AREM riding trail association.
L’Étrier de Bourgogne is an equestrian centre in Dijon, set in the former Castel de la Colombière. The club was founded in 1947 as a sports association and is affiliated with the French Equestrian Federation. It provides riding instruction from age 3 to advanced adult riders, along with leisure riding for all levels. The club also runs a competition team that enters regional, national and international events, and welcomes pupils in its sports-study programme.
Praktical Equestrian is a show jumping program based in the Foothills of Alberta. It offers coaching for riders from local shows to international travel, with an Equine Canada licensed coach. It also provides training and development of young horses, including show development and rehabbing horses back to show fitness. The business helps clients buy and sell horses.
Garrett Equestrian is a horse facility near Calgary that opened a new site in August 2023. It has a heated 60x160 arena and a heated 7-stall barn with wooden turn-out pens and large pastures. The business offers indoor and outdoor boarding with group or individual turnout, as well as boarding with full training. It also provides horse riding lessons and training rides, with care tailored to each horse and rider.
