Les Écuries de la Paulnière is a riding centre and club near Loches. It offers riding courses and stages for members and for riders from outside the club. Registration for lessons and stages is handled online through the club's booking system. Club clothing can also be ordered through the website.
Poney Club Annabelle is a riding centre in Sennevières, near Loches, run by a state-qualified riding instructor. It offers riding lessons for children from age three and a half up to adults, plus courses and afternoon, day or week-long internships. Horse boarding is available, from box boarding to pasture boarding. It also offers riding outings lasting an hour, an afternoon or a week.
Les Écuries du Vignoble is an equestrian centre in the Centre-Val de Loire region, near Restigné in the Bourgueil wine area. It runs a riding school with lessons and training courses, and offers boarding for horses. The centre also organises competitions and offers trail rides and hacks in the surrounding countryside. It has horses and ponies for sale.
Les Écuries de l'Hermitage is an owner's livery yard at Larçay, near Tours in Indre-et-Loire. It offers horse boarding with several pension formulas based on a base rate, with optional extras such as work, specific care and transport. Horses receive daily turnout in individual paddocks. The yard also offers riding lessons as part of some packages.
Les Écuries de Saint-Roch is a livery and breeding yard near Tours, set on an estate of about 40 hectares. The yard has 38 boxes that are checked every day, with automatic water, showers and grooming areas inside and outside. Hay and straw are produced on the farm and are available at will. Horses can be turned out in paddocks, and a shelter is provided for winter, while independent vets and farriers can be booked.
Horse Journey offers horse trekking and riding excursions from its base at a mill in Saint-Martin-le-Beau in Touraine, between the Loire and the Cher. Trips range from half-day rides to multi-day journeys of two to five days, with visits and tastings along the way. The business also offers evening rides through the vineyards and a training course on equestrian trekking techniques, including riding, horse and rider needs, and basic survival skills.
Poney Club des Morinières is a riding club in Druye, near Tours. It offers riding lessons for beginners and experienced riders, from recreational riding to competition in dressage and show jumping. The club also offers rides and equestrian sessions for all levels and ages using suitable horses and ponies. Its lesson schedule and prices are published on the website.
The Ecuries de la Vallée des Rois is a riding centre in the Val de Loire, near Tours and Amboise. It offers riding lessons from age 3, riding and hacking sessions, and training courses during school holidays. The yard also provides horse boarding in boxes or at pasture or paddock, with four turnouts per week, competition outings, horse work and coaching. The site also lists a stopover gîte on the premises, which is a secondary service.
Equine Assisted Healing offers equine assisted therapy and equine assisted learning sessions for people, based near Ballarat and Smythesdale in Victoria. Sessions are non-room based and involve safe experiences with horses, who act as co-facilitators in the therapeutic process. The practitioner is certified with the Equine Psychotherapy Institute and has training in trauma-informed equine assisted therapy. The sessions aim to support personal development, mental health and well-being.
Centre équestre L'Escapade is a riding centre offering riding lessons, rides, and riding courses during school holidays. It also offers baptism rides for ponies and horses, as well as private lessons. The centre keeps more than 30 horses and ponies, which live outdoors in pasture year-round. It trains riders who want to compete and organises official competitions and events.
Les Écuries du Bois Migné is an equestrian centre and livery yard in Druye. It offers full and part-livery boarding for horses, with indoor boxes, paddocks and pasture. Riding lessons and courses are available for club riders, and horses are prepared for club, amateur and young-horse competitions. The yard is run by an experienced riding instructor who manages the stables and horses personally.
Les Attelages de Villandry is a horse-drawn carriage ride business located at Les Petites Rivières in Villandry, near Tours in Indre-et-Loire. It offers guided carriage rides through the countryside along the Loire and through forest tracks. The business also offers group tours, accessible outings for visitors with reduced mobility, and carriage services for special events.
Domaine des A is a pony club and riding centre that welcomes riders from beginners to advanced levels. It runs riding lessons and holiday courses and animations for all ages. It also offers an owners' livery stable, where horse owners keep their own horses. The yard is set up around the wellbeing of the horses and the riders.
Cindy Dubois CHA 79 is a horse and pony yard located in Genneton, near the north of the Deux-Sèvres department. It offers boarding for horses and ponies, including pasture, pasture-and-stable and breeding-stock arrangements. The yard also breeds and sells ponies and horses. Cindy Dubois is a qualified riding instructor who gives private and semi-private lessons.
Stéphanie Gallou is an educator and practitioner in equine mediation based near Angers, France. She offers equine-assisted therapy sessions in which a horse or pony acts as a relational and physical mediator between the person and the practitioner. The sessions are aimed at therapeutic, educational and social goals and are open to a wide range of people, from young children to older adults. Individual sessions, parent-child sessions and collective sessions on quote are offered, with the horses prepared for each session.
KS COURTAGE is a horse brokerage founded in 2004 by Kamel Slimani. It specialises in racehorses, particularly trotters. The business offers advice, purchase, sale and expert appraisal services for broodmares, foals, yearlings and horses of age. It also handles stallion shares and stud covering bookings.
Attelage de l'Aubance et du Louet offers horse-drawn carriage rides with an experienced driver. Guests can book a carriage or covered wagon for leisure outings through the vineyards and along the Loire banks. The business also provides carriage services for events such as weddings, festivals and company open days. Heavy draft horses are used for forestry hauling, vineyard work and organic nursery work in rural areas.
Poney-Club "La Galopade" is a pony club in Gennes, Maine-et-Loire, on an 11-hectare site near the Loire. The club teaches riding to young children as a leisure activity rather than for competition. It offers hourly lessons, quarterly and term packages, and pony rides for children aged 3 to 6 in season. Riding packages require a federal riding licence.
The Ecuries du Pont de l’Etang is an equestrian association that welcomes both young and adult riders, from beginners to advanced riders and those who want to compete. It offers individual and group riding lessons taught by qualified instructors. Holiday courses cover discovery, improvement and preparation for riding exams, and pony rides are available. The yard also provides boarding for horses in boxes with paddock or in group pasture, with daily turnout in the boxes-and-paddock option.
Les Ecuries du Petit Chesne is a riding centre located about 10 minutes from La Rochelle. It offers lessons, courses and rides for riders from initiation to advanced level, for leisure or competition. The club has a horse section and a shetland pony section, with lesson cards, private lessons and multi-day courses. The team describes itself as qualified and focused on respect for the horse.
Ecuries des Mauges is an equestrian centre in Le Pin-en-Mauges, France. It offers year-round group and private lessons on ponies and horses for children and adults, from leisure riding to competition. Holiday and Sunday courses are open to outside riders, including show jumping, dressage and cross-country outings. The centre also offers half-board for riders' horses or ponies and has an owners' stable section.
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.
Animal Hospital P.C. is a full-service veterinary practice serving Oneonta, Alabama and surrounding areas. It provides large animal veterinary services for horses, cattle, goats, sheep and other large animals. The practice also offers small animal care for dogs, cats and other pets, including surgery, dental care and diagnostic services such as radiology and ultrasound. Pet boarding for dogs and cats is also available.
