Cours, enseignement et travail à pied — un centre pour apprendre ou faire progresser un cheval.
Le Galopin is an equestrian centre near Dijon in Brazey-en-Plaine, offering riding instruction for all levels, from beginners to professionals. It runs a pony club, provides boarding for horses and ponies, and organises equestrian competitions. The centre also hosts groups and offers training in horse-related trades. Activities include pony walks for children and outings with horses or ponies.
Spring Valley Stable is an equestrian business near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on a 40-acre property. It offers group and private riding lessons for children, junior and competitive riders. It also provides training for horses and riders, and full-service horse boarding with customizable care. The stable takes riders to shows across western Canada and the United States.
The Poney Club du Bois Rond is a riding centre on the edge of a forest near Dijon. It offers riding lessons for young riders, starting with baby pony classes from age three, and more technical pony lessons with examination preparation. The centre also runs holiday courses and offers livery for horses and ponies in individual boxes, paddocks or herd pasture. Its facilities include a covered arena and an outdoor sand arena.
Riding centre near Dijon, set in the countryside about 10 minutes from the city centre. It offers riding lessons and courses for all levels, including activities for young children. The centre keeps its own horses and ponies and offers livery (pensions). It also runs rides, competition support and the sale of horses.
L'Étrier Luganais is an equestrian centre and pony club in Lugan, in the Tarn. It offers riding lessons for beginners through to advanced riders, including group lessons on Wednesdays and Saturdays and private lessons on club horses or the rider's own horse. Pony rides on the lead rein are available for children aged 2 to 12. The centre also runs holiday riding courses, competition coaching, horse training and horse boarding, including pasture, box and working boarding.
Écurie Christel Boulard is an equestrian stable at Domaine de la Bergenne in Burgundy. It offers daily boarding for horses and ponies, including work programmes and competition preparation. It also trains and sells horses, and runs riding lessons, professional rider training and CSO show-jumping courses.
Ecurie du Désir is an equestrian centre in Lucy-sur-Cure, in the Yonne department between Auxerre, Avallon and Chablis. It offers individual boxes on litter for boarding horses, with feeding and paddock turnout included in basic livery. It breeds horses and handles the breaking-in and dressage of young horses. It also runs group and private riding lessons, competition coaching and training courses, as well as hacking and riding outings.
l'Attrape-Rêve is a riding centre in Dammarie-en-Puisaye in the Loiret, France. It offers riding lessons for beginners and riders who want to progress. It also runs riding excursions, adapted riding activities and carriage driving lessons. The horses live at pasture in a herd and many were born on the property.
The Dude Ranch is a western riding centre. It offers discovery western riding stages of 2 to 4 hours, organised throughout the year. It also provides horse boarding (pension), horse training (travail des chevaux) and the sale of horses. The centre focuses on leisure, western riding and horse behaviour (éthologie).
The Diamond Willow Vaulting Club offers recreational and competitive vaulting for ages 4 and up. Its programs include lessons, clinics, camps, demonstrations, competitions and birthday parties. Vaulting is a way to learn to work with horses without owning one. The club is a not-for-profit and trains at the Olds College or the Boyd Outdoor Arena.
Ecuries de Vienne en Val is a horse club run by its owners, aimed at both competition riders and recreational riders. It offers riding lessons with instructors, specialised courses, and riding camps during school holidays. It also provides horse boarding, including full, half and quarter board and pasture options. Its website also lists competition outings and show jumping and hunter events.
Poney Club Arc en Ciel is a riding centre and pony club with three qualified instructors. It keeps about 40 ponies of all sizes, which live outdoors on 20 hectares of pasture. The club offers riding lessons, camps and pony games, with indoor and outdoor arenas, a dressage arena and an obstacle course. Its approvals include the Ecole Française d'Equitation, Jeunesse et Sport and Education Nationale.
Ecurie LPC is an owner-run equine yard in the south of Seine-et-Marne, near Beaumont du Gâtinais. It offers horse boarding in several packages, including boxes, paddock turnout, feeding and rug changes. It also runs riding lessons with annual follow-up, and the stable says it is run by a state-qualified riding instructor.
The Cercle Hippique d'Olivet is an equestrian centre in the Loiret department, about 10 minutes from Orléans, within a sports complex. It offers riding and pony lessons for beginners through to competition riders, along with pony walks, courses and activities open to non-members. The centre also runs an owners' stable where horses and ponies can be boarded. It is described as FFE-affiliated and holds an animal welfare label.
Centre Equestre La Sauvagerie is a family riding club in the countryside. It offers riding lessons, weekends and courses, with or without accommodation. Teaching is adapted to each rider, from beginners to advanced. Riders can also bring their own horse for training in show jumping, dressage, cross initiation and groundwork.
Poney-club du fourneau is a small family horse yard in Le Fourneau, near Tours. It runs riding lessons for beginner to advanced riders, with group classes of up to nine pupils and private lessons available. The yard also offers half-board and box boarding for horses, with horses able to go out to the paddock. The site describes it as both an owner's stable and a pony club.
Salmon Valley Springs Ranch offers horse boarding with several plans, including full board, semi-full board and short-term boarding. Horses are kept in spacious treed paddocks with large shelters, and the property has a riding arena. The ranch provides a trail system through forests, ridges and open fields. Beginner lessons with personalized instruction are also offered.
Ecuries du Marais is an equestrian centre in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France. It offers riding lessons, a pony club, private lessons and coaching. It also trains dressage and show jumping riders and horses, and provides breaking-in of young horses. The centre is run by Céline and Guy de Vienne with a team of qualified instructors.
Étrier Wallon is a pony club and riding centre in Poilly-lez-Gien. It offers group riding lessons for children from age 4 and for riders from age 11, on ponies and horses. During school holidays it runs courses such as galop preparation and themed weeks. It also organises day rides out in the surrounding countryside.
Into the Elements is based in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, and offers horsemanship for the whole family. It runs horse training, horseback riding lessons, day camps, youth groups, workshops and clinics. Its therapeutic horseback riding and Hug a Horse programs are designed for people of various ability levels and needs. It also runs equine assisted learning programs in which horses teach life skills, and offers energy medicine treatments.
Ecurie de la Grange is an equestrian centre in Nibelle, a village on the edge of the Forest of Orléans, about 100 km from Paris. It offers riding instruction tailored to each rider, available all year including school holidays, for people of all ages and levels. The centre also runs a pony club and introductory western riding sessions. The site describes it as an owner's stable as well as a riding centre.
Les Trois Allures is a riding centre with a pony club, offering riding lessons for children and adults. It also runs an owners' stable where horses are kept and cared for. Pony rides are available for young children, booked in advance and accompanied by parents. The site describes a calm location set away from the road, surrounded by greenery.
Les Sabots de Mareau is a riding centre with a riding school that takes riders from beginners to advanced levels, in individual or small group classes. It runs riding courses during school holidays, including galop tests and themed courses. The centre also offers forest and countryside rides from age 12, group bookings, and livery for owners' horses.
Les écuries du P'tit Galop is a family-run equestrian centre that welcomes people of all ages to discover or improve their riding. It offers riding lessons from age three, introductory and discovery sessions, and holiday courses during school breaks. Riders who wish to compete can also get support, and trail rides in the Chambord park with a picnic near the château are available.
