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Aux Sabots de Vent is an equestrian pedagogic eco-farm in Hameau de Roche, Chuffilly-Roche. It keeps around twenty horses and ponies alongside other farm animals. The farm offers riding lessons, livery (prise en pension), horse training and horse trekking. Visits to the pedagogic farm and camping on the farm are also offered.
Les Ecuries Du Moulin Vacquet is a livery yard in Honguemare-Guénouville, near Bourg-Achard in Normandy. It offers pasture and box boarding for horses and ponies, with half-day or full-day paddock turnout. Riding lessons are given in small groups of up to three owners, and stage courses for passage galops and advanced work run through the year. The yard also provides training and débourage of horses and ponies.
Tim Donworth Racing is a racehorse trainer based in Chantilly, France. Tim has been training racehorses there since September 2021, after earlier work with trainers in Newmarket and several French training centres. The yard sits within the Chantilly training centre, with access to its gallops and training tracks. The business trains horses for racing and is run by Tim Donworth.
Picardie attelage offers recreational carriage driving with horses. Guests can book guided carriage rides, including family outings and nature trips. The business also runs carriage driving courses and work-in-training boarding where owners drive their own horses. Harness, bridles and saddles are made in-house by the owner, who is a harness maker. Horses and equipment are also offered for sale.
Ecurie Lacroix is an owner-livery equestrian centre in the Yvelines, France. It offers horse boarding in boxes and paddocks, including convalescence boarding, along with an indoor riding arena and an outdoor arena. Riding lessons and training are given by qualified instructors, including support for competition in show jumping and eventing. The yard also offers the development of young horses and trail rides through plains and forests.
Écurie 2G is an equestrian yard in Normandy run by Jordan Gennaro and Charlotte Gasnier. It offers horse boarding with a choice of packages, including full training and paddock options. It also runs riding lessons, a pony club and introductory sessions for children and adults. Training of young horses and competition riding are part of the yard's activities.
Ecurie de la Seigneurie is a family horse yard in La Neuville-en-Hez, set in countryside next to the Forêt de Hez. It offers horse pensions with paddock turnout, daily feeding and rug management. It also runs technical courses and training for riders, including outings to pony and amateur competitions. The yard is run by a riding instructor with the BEES 1 qualification.
Big Pine Ranch is a horsemanship ranch in the Pleasant Valley meadows near Rogue River, Oregon. It runs Wrangler Smart Horsemanship riding lessons and coaching for people with horses. The ranch also trains horses, including horses in training for sale. Its stated focus is building trust, confidence and healthy horse and rider partnerships.
Écurie Initial is a racehorse operation that offers ownership of racehorses through shares. It buys horses, either privately or at sales, and places them with trainers in Normandy, the South-East and the South-West of France. Share holders pay a fixed monthly fee that covers training, board, farrier work, veterinary care and dental care. Owners can visit the trainers to follow their horses' progress.
François Andrieu breeds, breaks in, pre-trains and trains trotting horses. He offers a group ownership model that lets new owners share in racehorse ownership. Owners can watch training sessions at the training site or at the Cabourg racecourse. Owners receive regular updates on their horses' progress, health and upcoming races, and videos and photos of exercises are posted online.
Ecurie Hériveaux is a sport-horse yard in Normandy. It offers boarding for show-jumping horses, with the horses prepared and shown in competition by a professional rider. It also works with young horses and offers sport horses for sale. The yard's news shows horses competing in events across France.
Easy Horse is a riding venue near Rennes run by Tiphaine Le Corre-Louise, who works as trainer, teacher and coach in Western riding. The stable specialises in Western performance disciplines such as Trail, Showmanship and Longeline. Lessons teach ethological horsemanship, which focuses on clear communication with the horse and the horse's point of view. The site also prepares horses for cowless training.
Les Écuries de Bellevue is an equine boarding facility in Cantenay-Épinard near Angers, on a 15-hectare estate. It offers livery for horses in boxes or at pasture, with daily care and individual paddock turnout. The yard also provides training for horses and riding lessons for all levels, given by a professional rider who is a state-qualified instructor. Owners can book technical services for their horses.
MyMono is an independent riding instructor based in Brittany, working in the Ille-et-Vilaine area and nearby. The offer covers individual riding lessons and custom equestrian coaching, in the saddle or during work on the ground. Horse work is also offered for owners who want to delegate or be supported in the training of their horse. Programmes focused on equine welfare and an ethological approach to riding are part of the offer.
Elevage du Bois-Richard is a horse breeding and boarding yard in Le Bois-Richard near Allaire, France. It offers box and paddock boarding with daily turnout, pasture boarding, and work boarding with a training schedule set with the owner. It also provides breaking-in of young horses over about a month, and other services on request such as supervision, temporary lodging and arena rental.
Les Écuries Theixoises is an equestrian centre in Theix-Noyalo, near Vannes, with a pony club and riding courses for beginner and experienced riders. The yard offers horse boarding with indoor and outdoor boxes, paddocks and arenas, and training for horses. Lessons are led by state-qualified instructors. The centre also offers a shetland pony ride for young children.
The Écuries de la Montglonnière is an equestrian centre in Segré en Anjou Bleu, Maine-et-Loire, on a 10-hectare site. It offers riding lessons for beginners to advanced riders, for leisure and competition. It specialises in breaking in and training horses and ponies, and also breeds sport horses and ponies. It offers boarding for owners' horses in single boxes or on pasture.
Club Hippique de Granville is a riding centre in Bréville-sur-mer, near Granville, on the Normandy coast. It offers private riding lessons, courses for all levels, baby-pony sessions from age two, and coaching for competition. The yard also handles training and breaking-in of young horses. Horses can be kept in boxes or paddocks, and the facilities include an indoor arena, an obstacle arena, a dressage arena and stabling for Shetland ponies.
Les Ecuries de l'Abby is an equestrian yard near Ville sur Ancre, presented as a calm, quiet place for horses and their riders. It offers private boarding, described as a new facility still in development. Riding lessons are given by a state-qualified instructor and professional rider. The yard also supports training and placing of young horses on young-horse and national and international competition circuits. Facilities listed include boxes, sand and grass paddocks, a lit and drained sand arena, a solarium, a treatment room and a shower.
Commecy Comme ça Équitation is run by Bastien Commecy, a professional riding instructor and rider. The business offers riding lessons at the client's stables or at their home. It also trains horses in C.C.E and C.S.O. and handles the breaking-in of young and sensitive horses.
Les Écuries Des Pâtures is an equestrian centre in Réalcamp, near Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. It offers full-board livery for horses, with work at the yard and young horse breaking (débourrage). The yard also provides custom equestrian shows and performances for events and film. Its approach focuses on the horse's wellbeing, balance and progress.
Centre équestre Lerat is a riding centre in Pommeréval, Seine-Maritime, on a large estate bordered by the Forêt d'Eawy. It offers riding lessons for all levels, group and private rides, and courses and events. Horses can be kept on livery in individual boxes or at pasture. The centre also offers training work for horses and holds labels from the French equestrian federation, including Centre de Tourisme Équestre.
Ecurie des Loups is a family riding stable at the edge of the Bernouville wood, about 20 minutes' ride from the beach. It has 15 boxes, a 25x65 arena, a 20x10 manège, a tack room, a club house and six paddocks where horses go out individually. The stable offers riding lessons adapted to each rider and horse, and can work clients' horses, including starting young horses. It also takes part in show jumping (CSO) and hunter competitions.
Ecurie des Freneaux is a riding establishment on a 15-hectare site between Dieppe and Le Tréport, near forest and beach. It offers riding lessons for children from age two and a half, taught by qualified instructors, along with competition outings, holiday courses and trail rides. The yard also provides horse boarding in several formulas, including box, paddock and stabling options. Professional rider Julien Fromentin offers training of horses from breaking in to competition, and pre-training for racing.
