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EQUITA'SION is an ethological riding school in Sion-les-Mines, Loire-Atlantique. It offers riding lessons on foot and mounted, for adults and young people from 16 years old. Courses cover equifeel, levels 1 to 5 and horse education. The school also runs thematic stages and offers lessons at home and by video.
Cheval Espérance is a riding centre in Bois-Guillaume near Rouen with a therapeutic focus. It offers riding lessons in groups or privately, from initiation to advanced levels. Adapted riding is designed for riders with disabilities, with goals set for each person's progress and wellbeing. The centre also offers carriage driving as an alternative to riding and equine-assisted therapy.
Les écuries de Manaurer is an equestrian centre in the Herbignac area, present since 2014. Its qualified instructors and professional riders offer riding lessons in a family, professional and friendly setting. The centre also takes in horses and ponies for breaking-in (débourrage), training and enhancement for leisure or competition. It organises internal and external competitions from pony club level to amateur level and offers a consignment sale option for horses.
Les Écuries de Bel Air is a horse establishment in Muzillac, Morbihan. It offers guided horse rides for riders of different levels, including half-day outings and picnic rides. It also provides full boarding for clients' horses and ponies, with pasture, stabling, a paddock and daily supervision. Private riding lessons are available for riders and their horses.
Elevage du Brana is a horse and pony breeding operation with a riding centre near Pau. The stud keeps mares and stallions and has ponies for sale. The riding centre offers riding lessons and boarding, with open days in September. The business also runs professional training courses.
The Ferme Équestre des Albizias is a riding centre in Sévérac that offers riding lessons, courses, rides out in the countryside and mountain trail sessions. It is led by a qualified instructor with BPJEPS and BFEE1 diplomas and follows an ethological approach to riding. The centre also offers horse livery, with horses kept at pasture or in boxes. It welcomes riders of all levels, from beginners to confirmed riders.
Terres Alezanes is an equestrian centre in Loire-Atlantique, between Nantes and Vannes, on a 30-hectare estate. It offers boarding for horses in an active-stable system, with individual boxes that have south-facing terraces. It also provides Western riding instruction for beginners and experienced riders, and a Mountain Trail park for developing the bond between rider and horse.
Tryano Poney is a pony club founded by its owner, who holds a Brevet d'Etat teaching qualification. The club focuses on teaching riding with respect for ponies and their needs. Before creating her own club, the founder taught at larger riding clubs. The excerpts do not give further details of the club's disciplines or facilities.
Ecuries du Petit Manoir is a family-run equestrian yard in Allaire, France. It offers horse boarding, riding lessons and rides throughout the year. Lessons and rides are open to beginner and experienced riders. The yard emphasises respect for the horse and the natural environment.
Equit'anime is a riding farm near Rochefort en Terre in Morbihan, France, offering pony activities mainly for young children. Initiation sessions of one hour teach children the basics of riding alongside their pony. The farm also runs school-holiday courses, pony rides on booking, and animations for schools and leisure centres. Its Shetland ponies are kept at pasture and chosen for their temperament.
Ecurie des Vanneaux is a horse boarding yard in Caloyau, near Montoir-de-Bretagne. Horses are kept in groups of 4 to 8 with access to forage at all times and space to move between paddocks and shelters. The yard also offers riding instruction, including regular lessons and themed courses. The approach focuses on riding that listens to both horse and rider.
Écuries de Kerbotin is a family equestrian centre in Saint-Avé, near Vannes. It offers riding lessons for all ages and levels, taught by qualified instructors. Horses can be boarded in stables with pension and demi-pension formulas, including daily paddock and walker access. The centre also organises rides and accompanies riders to competitions.
The Domaine de Quérélo is an equestrian centre near Guérande in Loire-Atlantique. It offers riding lessons for beginners and experienced riders, individual and group, along with a pony club and pony rides for children. Riding holidays during school breaks are also on offer. The centre provides full-service horse boarding, with box stabling and paddock turnout for owners' horses and ponies.
Centre Équestre de Botségalo is a riding centre in Grand-Champ, Morbihan, France. It offers riding lessons for riders from young beginners to confirmed adults, along with forest rides and work on foot with horses. The centre provides horse boarding, including pasture, box with daily turnout, and half-board on club horses. It also runs holiday courses, internal competitions and themed days with horses.
Les Écuries du Bono is an equestrian yard in Le Bono, Morbihan, Brittany, run by Alix de Hercé, a eventing rider. It offers horse boarding in stables or at pasture, with daily turnout and health monitoring. The yard also breeds sport horses, including broodmares and young horses, and sells horses. Lessons, courses and training in dressage and eventing are also offered.
Poney Club des Lauriers is a family riding club near Merlevenez in Brittany. It welcomes riders from age three and offers riding for all levels, from leisure to competition. Riders train in dressage, show jumping (CSO) and TREC. The club works with horses ranging from Shetland ponies to full-size horses.
Centre Hippique Brambis is an equestrian centre in Riantec, Morbihan, Brittany. It offers full board and livery for horses and ponies in boxes or on pasture, with paddocks and a riding area. It also provides riding instruction for children, adolescents and adults, along with rides and competition opportunities. The centre has an owner's stable for horse owners who want to keep and ride their own horses.
Kerian Equitation is a riding centre near Kerian that offers riding courses for beginner and intermediate riders. Its courses prepare riders for galop exams, with morning and afternoon sessions during the school holidays. The centre also offers short led walks, called promenades en main, lasting about 40 minutes. Activities are booked online through the club's activity calendar.
Erdeven Équitation is a riding centre and pony club near Carnac, Plouharnel, Etel and Auray in Brittany. It offers riding lessons for horses and ponies, initiation and training courses, and outings in the countryside and on the beach. Horses can be kept in a loose box or at pasture, with monthly or overnight boarding available. The centre has a covered arena of 800 m², a 3,200 m² arena and 11 hectares of paddocks, and it also takes horses to competitions.
La Grande Randonnée is an equestrian tourism centre located on the Côte Sauvage in Saint Pierre Quiberon. It offers rides on horseback through the typical landscapes of the Presqu'île. Formulas are available for riders from beginner to advanced level, for children and seniors, families and groups of friends. Visits are by appointment and the centre is open from April to September.
Les Prés Heyd is an equestrian centre located at the foot of the Ballon d'Alsace in Giromagny, about 10 km from Belfort. It welcomes both beginners and competitors in show jumping (CSO) and dressage. The centre describes itself as a family-run structure where people can share their passion for horses.
La Ferme des Montots is a small family riding stable in Ecot, in the Doubs department near the Haut Doubs. It is run by Marie-Laure Cailliau and takes beginner and experienced riders as well as horses belonging to owners. The stable offers lessons, courses and rides on horseback or pony across several disciplines, including dressage, hunter, CCE, TREC and pony games. It also prepares riders for federal riding exams.
Les Écuries d’Aphrodite is a horse establishment in a natural setting whose main activity is riding instruction, with collective and individual lessons for children and adults. The yard also offers livery for horses, including field, individual box with paddock, and training or youngstock livery. It also breeds horses and focuses on the physical and mental wellbeing of the horses in its care. Riding in dressage, endurance, trail riding and carriage driving is named as the main disciplines.
Ferme Equestre de Valbertier is a riding centre offering classical and school riding, along with rides and hacks for adults and children. The centre keeps more than 60 horses and ponies. Lessons range from baby pony to adult level, including training and federal riding exams. The farm also offers boarding for horses at pasture, with paddocks, stables, an arena and a lunge ring. It runs mini camps and youth holiday camps with guided forest expeditions.
