Marine Boullier is an animal osteopath who offers manual therapy for horses, cattle, dogs and cats. Equine osteopathy is aimed at detecting, treating and preventing restrictions of mobility in horses. Preventive annual follow-up consultations for horses are recommended on the site. Consultations are offered on site, with travel charged per kilometre.
Ferme Equestre du Loret is a riding farm in the Nantes area. It offers riding lessons for different ages in small groups of up to six riders. It also takes horses in for care, offering boarding (pensions) for owners' horses. The atmosphere is described as family-run.
Anaïs Blot is an independent riding instructor in France. She gives riding lessons to her riders, sharing her experience and knowledge with them. Her approach aims to combine enjoyment, performance and the wellbeing of the horse. Her work also includes breaking in young horses (débourrage).
Les Ecuries du Perray is a riding centre that offers riding lessons for adults and children at all levels. It specialises in eventing, also known as Concours Complet. The centre is accredited by the French Equestrian Federation as an Ecole française d'Equitation. It also runs riding courses during school holidays, available as day courses, half board or full board.
La Pirouette Equitation is a riding centre near Nantes offering horse riding in suitable facilities. The club runs lessons under annual enrolment and holiday courses. It also has an instructor team covering dressage, hunter and cross-country work. The centre has a partnership with UNSS that gives students at a local college the chance to ride once a week.
The Centre équestre de Thouaré is a riding centre near Thouaré-sur-Loire. It offers riding lessons for members and non-members, including individual and group lessons and single-day courses. It also provides horse boarding with daily paddock turnout and hand-led rides. The centre has a breeding section and runs competitions and examinations.
Centre équestre de Nantes La Gourmette is a riding centre near Nantes offering lessons and courses for riders of all ages and levels. It runs a pony club with shetland ponies for children from age 4. The centre also offers livery for owners' horses and half-board options. Its team takes part in club, amateur and equifun competitions in the region.
Horselib offers boarding (pension) for horses, including retirement and convalescence. Horses are kept in small groups in dormitory barns with a sand area, automatic water and year-round pasture access. The owners live on the 36-hectare property and adapt care to each horse. The business also produces natural fibre pellets for horses with dental problems or other conditions.
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.
Ecurie les sabots d'or is a family-run horse yard near the Loire that offers private livery. Horses can be kept in individual paddocks, in boxes at night, or on a paddock-and-box formula. The yard has a lit and watered arena, a lunge ring, and a set of jumping poles and dressage equipment. The yard also breeds horses and sells foals after weaning.
A veterinary clinic in the Parc de Brière area offering general consultations, vaccinations, surgery, dentistry and diagnostics. It treats dogs, cats and horses, with equine consultations and surgery available. Care is provided by appointment, with an emergency line available 24/7. The clinic has a horse box for recovery and on-site laboratory and imaging equipment.
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.
Regards Pluriels offers equicoaching, a personal development practice that uses horses to support people. Sessions are available for children and adolescents, adults, couples and families, and companies. Coaching is offered with and without horses for people going through a personal or professional life change. Group workshops and an online coaching format are also offered.
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.
Ecurie du Breil is a horse livery yard in Sion-les-Mines, Loire-Atlantique, France. It offers pasture boarding for retired, resting and sport horses, in individual or collective paddocks with shelters. Horses also have access to an arena, care rooms and boxes when needed. Horse work and private lessons are available on quote.
Les Ecuries d'Unyo is a horse boarding yard in the Lot-et-Garonne region of France, near Fumel and Villeneuve-sur-Lot. Horses are kept on pasture by day and in boxes at night, with daily turnout in small groups and organic home-grown feed. The yard also offers individual and group sessions for riders, working on the flat and on groundwork to improve the relationship with the horse, plus accompanied or unaccompanied hacks. Weekend two-day courses are available.
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.
Élevage Tobesben is an equine boarding facility in the Yonne department of France, near Charny in the Joigny area. It was founded in 2010 and occupies about ten hectares. The yard takes leisure, sport, young, breeding and retired horses, which are kept at pasture or on paddocks according to the chosen formula. Hay forms the base of the ration, with feeding adapted to each horse, and visits are arranged by appointment.
La Ferme de Quéhellec is a family farm in Brittany that offers horse and pony boarding in the countryside near Josselin, Ploërmel and Malestroit. Horses are kept in pasture, fed hay and grass, and housed in wooden shelters, with a closed tack room, a sand arena and daily checks by the owners. The farm also offers carriage and calèche services for local festivals, weddings and events, along with a hall for hire.
Centre équestre La Champagne is an equestrian centre in Saint-Molf, on a 60-hectare site in the Brière regional nature park. It offers guided rides of one to several hours, including night rides and full-day rides with lunch, for riders who can manage the three gaits. Horses can be kept on livery in shared paddocks, individual paddocks with shelter, or in boxes. The centre also rents out its sand arena and covered riding hall, and a two-place van for transport.
Ecurie de Kerdomal breeds ponies and sport horses, and also runs a yard that takes horses in livery. Boarding is offered as pension pré (horses in herds on pasture) or pension pré-box (horses in boxes at night in bad weather). The stable also offers equine therapy and animal mediation, and it lists horses for sale. The site describes the stable as putting people and horses at the centre of its project.
The business offers horse boarding (pension de chevaux) in a calm, wooded setting on the edge of a forest in southern Morbihan. Horses are kept at pasture in herds of 3 to 9, with shelters, automatic water troughs, hay in winter, a grooming area and a tack room. Supervision is on site, and riding trails start from the property. Access to an arena, a riding ring and private lessons is about 1.3 km away through the forest. The site also offers a gypsy caravan for guests.
