ECURIE DU PLESSIS is a horse boarding yard. It offers several boarding formats for horses, including pasture, stabulation and single-box boarding. Boarders have access to the stable's saddlery, arena, lunge circle and a weekly group lesson. The horses are fed a grain and forage diet with mineral supplements.
Centre équestre Equilibre is a riding centre in Bréman, near Sérent in Brittany. It offers riding lessons and initiation for beginners on horse or pony. It also provides performance training in dressage and jumping and preparation for riding exams. Horse rides and riding courses are offered to members, non-members and visitors.
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 Centre équestre de Lothéa has been offering horse riding for more than 60 years in the Toulfoën forest. It provides riding lessons for all ages from 3 years old, for both leisure riders and competitors. Horse boarding is available as full board, work board, and an au pair formula where the horse is ridden by the centre's riders under supervision. Guided rides in the forest along the river and on the beach are also offered.
Domaine Équestre du Plessis is a livery yard near Argentré-du-Plessis, close to Vitré, Rennes and Laval. It offers active boarding in pairs with a stabilised winter paddock, and individual box-terrace boarding with grass paddocks. The yard also provides riding instruction, with lessons adapted to each rider's level and experience. The site describes a focus on horse welfare and clear, calm communication.
The Centre Équestre de Blaru is a riding centre offering lessons for all levels, from beginners to confirmed riders, for children, teenagers and adults. Group classes are kept small, and annual, carnet and single-lesson formats are offered. The centre also runs training courses, school-holiday and Sunday activities, and riding-level tests, and organises internal and external competitions. The site describes its horses as the centre's own mounts, cared for with respect for the animal.
Ferme équestre Crinières Aux Vents is a riding centre at Le Tertre near Mouais, run by the association L’Arbre Voyageur. It offers riding lessons, both individual and group, for members and non-members, with single sessions and season packages. The site also lists adapted riding and carriage driving, riding stages, and horse riding outings. Boarding and half-board options for horses are listed among its services.
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.
Ecurie Cook is a riding centre between Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier and Gosné, about 15 minutes from Rennes in Ille et Vilaine. It offers riding lessons including dressage and show jumping, pony lessons for children, and outings on horseback. Boarding is available in boxes, at pasture, as half-board and for retirement. The centre has two arenas, a covered arena and paddocks for daily turnout.
The Centre Équestre de Verneuil-sur-Avre is a riding school and pony club for riders from beginner to confirmed level. It offers group and individual lessons, holiday riding courses during school holidays, and preparation for riding level tests. The centre also organises internal and external competitions and offers full and half boarding for horses. It runs group programmes for school groups and holiday camps.
The Centre équestre du Val Froment is a riding centre in Liffré, near Rennes, on the edge of the forest. It offers riding lessons for all ages, from baby pony to adult, including competition CSO and dressage and gallop tests. The centre also runs trail rides in the local forest and holiday courses during school holidays. Owners can keep their horses at the centre in boxes or on pasture, with riding available alongside.
Kerguelen LAE is an equestrian centre in Larmor-Plage, Morbihan, near the sea. It offers riding lessons, courses for all levels, and beach rides. It also provides horse boarding in boxes with paddock access, with horses fed three times a day. The centre runs the CQP AE training for future riding instructors.
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.
Balade à cheval Signy le petit offers guided horse rides in the woods and near the ponds of the Ardennes, around Signy le Petit. Rides range from 30 minutes to a full day, and half-day rides start at 9:30. The horses are trotters between 1.40 m and 1.80 m at the withers, and ponies are not used for rides. Rides are by reservation, with bookings preferably made one day in advance.
Les sabots du relais is an association based at a former coaching relay station in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes. It keeps Ardennais draft horses and offers carriage rides, including village, nature and farm visits. Group, family, picnic and special-event carriage outings are also offered, with driving by trained drivers. The association focuses on promoting the local rural and horse heritage.
Veterinary practice run by Célia Merino, offering osteopathy and acupuncture for animals. Treatments cover dogs and cats, horses, cattle and small ruminants. Horse consultations for osteopathy and acupuncture are offered alongside herbal remedies (phytotherapy). Travel to visits is charged per kilometre.
Les Ecuries de Macquigny is a riding centre located along the Axe Vert between Saint-Quentin and Guise. It offers riding lessons, outings and competitions. The yard provides boarding for horses and ponies, with daily supervision and personalised services. It also sells ponies and horses.
Clinique Vétérinaire Des Loges is a mixed veterinary practice caring for both companion animals and farm animals. Horses are among the species it treats, alongside donkeys, cattle, dogs and cats. The team includes four veterinarians and four veterinary assistants. The clinic has equipment for X-rays, ultrasound and blood tests, and asks clients to call before coming in for emergencies.
Poney Club des Champs Bleuets is a pony club and breeding farm in Etinehem, near Amiens in Picardie. It breeds Shetland as well as intermediate and standard ponies, with an emphasis on temperament and conformation. Riding lessons are sold in cards of 10 sessions, and a trial package of 5 sessions is available. Young ponies are handled from an early age and backed under saddle from age 3.
Les Écrins de Célénia is an equestrian centre offering leisure riding for people from age 2 to adults. Lessons are given in a natural, green setting. Riders learn on the centre's own horses as they progress. The team describes the club as a relaxed, somewhat unconventional riding facility.
The Poney Club de l'Oppidum is a riding club that welcomes children from age 3 and adults. It keeps more than 40 horses and ponies for riding in several disciplines. Courses range from leisure riding to competition. The club also offers outings in the Vermandois region and the Saint-Gobain forest, and holds federal exams during the Toussaint and Pâques holidays.
Cavalassur is an insurance broker that specialises in protecting horses, riders and equine professionals. It offers horse insurance, including cover for veterinary costs, death and transported horses, as well as rider and equipment cover. It also provides liability insurance for equine businesses, including farriers, stables and breeders, paid carriage driving and independent riding coaches. The team are riders who have become insurance brokers.
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.
O'Boo des Poils is an equine-assisted therapy practice (équithérapie) based around Arras and Lens in France. Sessions use the presence and relationship with horses to support physical, sensory, emotional and psychological wellbeing. The practice also offers animal-mediation sessions with a dog, which are separate from the equine work. Sessions are offered at two intervention locations and are arranged by appointment after a project discussion with the practitioner.
