Woodlands Trail Riding offers horse riding tours across farmland near Melbourne's International Airport. It also provides riding lessons, equine assisted activities, pony rides, and group and private bookings. The site states that bookings are essential. Contact details and operating hours are listed on its contact page.
Western Poneys is a pony ranch in Murol in the Auvergne volcanoes, run as an association. It offers guided pony walks for children and adolescents, along with a short introductory pony ride. Visitors can also visit the paddocks where the ponies and other farm animals are kept. Rides are booked by phone, and the ranch opens on set seasonal schedules.
Sterntaler Equestrian Services is a riding school near Buchanan, New South Wales, welcoming riders of all ages and levels. Lessons are taught on the school's own horses and ponies, or on the rider's own horse. The school runs holiday camps for children and teenagers during school holidays. Sterntaler also breeds Warmblood horses and offers horses for sale.
Dalson Park Indoor Equestrian Centre is a riding school in Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane, offering riding lessons for children and adults. Lessons are graded from beginner to extension level and are offered in groups or privately. The centre has an indoor arena, so lessons run regardless of the weather. Its coaches and horses are described as suited to riders of all experience levels.
Riqueza Riding Academy is a hunter/jumper barn in Rocky View County, east of Calgary, Alberta. It offers riding lessons for all levels, from beginners to advanced, in private, semi-private and group formats. The barn also trains young horses and takes horses to show circuits. It has operated since 2004 under owner and trainer Danielle Pennacchietti.
Olivier Barascud is a horse behaviourist based in Lozère, France. He offers starting and education of young horses, rehabilitation of horses with difficult behaviour, and dressage refinement for horses. He also runs courses and behavioural sessions for horses, including safe handling and emotional management. His work is based on long experience living with horses.
Cheval Centaure Haute-Correze is run by Nathalie Baudry, a qualified riding instructor. It offers education and training for horses, including work in hand, lunging, long reining, ground work and preparation for competitions. It also provides riding instruction, horse boarding in pasture and equine-assisted therapy for people. The business is based in La Vaussange near Saint Frejoux in Corrèze.
Gomes Maréchalerie is a farrier based in Bersac-sur-Rivalier, near Limoges in the Haute-Vienne region. The business offers trimming, shoeing and orthopedic farrier work for horses of all breeds and disciplines. It works with private owners and riding centres and travels within about 75 km of its base. The farrier also takes part in congresses and competitions.
Le Petit Canada is a western riding centre in Corrèze, France. It offers riding lessons for ponies and teenage riders, with weekly courses held through the year. The centre also runs horse education and training courses, some led by specialist instructors. Pony outings are available and booked by separate phone line.
Géraldine Aloïsi offers equine-assisted therapy sessions, where people work on personal development with the help of horses. The sessions are led by a trained practitioner and need no riding experience. Individual sessions are offered at riding centres in Saint Jory and Bessières, near Toulouse and Montauban. The horses and ponies, equipment and workspace are included in the session price.
Bazire Elisabeth is a racing stable in Arnac-Pompadour run by Elisabeth Bazire. It offers breaking-in of young horses, pre-training and training of racehorses. It also provides horse boarding (pension équine) for owners' horses, including during injury or when the owner is away. The stable works on the physical and mental preparation of young racehorses.
Beland Stables is a family owned farm in Lakeville that has been in business since 1971. It offers horse boarding, private riding lessons on the client's own horse or on school horses, and training. The farm also hosts dressage schooling shows several times a year. According to its website, all riding disciplines are welcome.
MD Performance Horses offers horseback riding lessons for riders from beginner to advanced, including Hunt Seat and Western instruction. The farm provides boarding with stalls, indoor and outdoor arenas, and trails. It also offers individually designed training programs for horses and riders, with a focus on AQHA All Around events. The facility hosts on-site shows, gymkhanas and a 4-H club.
BellaMar Training Stables offers full and half training programs for horses, tailored to each horse's needs and ranging from seasoned show horses to young horses. The stable runs a riding school with lessons and on-the-ground educational lessons for all levels, including half lease opportunities on its school horses. It also runs a show team that attends shows along the west coast, from local schooling shows to national finals. The stable is based in Watsonville, California.
Sunny Ranch is a riding centre offering individual and group riding lessons, courses, and pony rides for children and adults. It runs a pony club and riding camps. The yard also offers equine-assisted therapy and adapted riding for people who benefit from contact with horses. It breeds and sells leisure ponies.
Le Paturon sells products for horses, including horse care products and supplements. Its range also covers saddlery and bridles, horse rugs and fly protection. Stable equipment, grooming supplies and farrier items are part of the catalogue. Products are offered through the business's website.
Les Écuries de Laubanie is a horse and pony boarding facility in the Périgord Vert. Horses and ponies are kept at grass in small groups, with hay, a salt stone, a sheltered grooming area, a tack room and an arena. The yard offers riding lessons, individual and group, and weekly two-hour Poney Passion sessions for children. Half-board (
Les Ecuries de Garat is an owners' riding yard run by Christophe Gachinois in Garat, Charente. It offers horse boarding in boxes and paddocks, including full-care packages with straw bedding, feed and turnout. The yard also works with young horses and their development and supports riders at all levels, from leisure to amateur. Competition outings for all levels are offered from the yard.
Comme les chevaux d'Ans is an equestrian farm in the Périgord Vert area of Dordogne, France. It offers riding in the countryside on horseback, by pony or in carriage, for durations from one hour to several days. It also runs weekly riding workshops, and offers starting and training of young horses as well as education for owners' horses using an ethological approach. Carriage driving is part of the offer.
Domaine des Limousines is an equestrian centre and tourism riding centre in Écuras, in the Charente region of France. It takes in horses and ponies on several boarding formats, including box with paddock, field with shelter, and short-stay or holiday boarding. The centre offers group and individual riding lessons, outings of one to several days, and courses on different themes. The site also lists competitions in various disciplines.
Ecuries Saint Méaroises is a riding centre in Saint Méard de Gurçon, France. It offers riding introductions from age 3, group and individual lessons for all levels, and school and leisure group sessions. It also runs inclusive sessions for people with disabilities and coaching for competition riders. The yard offers several pension options for horses.
Les Ecuries de Puynadal is a riding centre and pony club in Brantome, about 25 km from Perigueux. It offers riding for both beginners and experienced riders on a club string of horses and ponies. Leisure rides on local trails are available, along with competition outings in hunter and CCE. Club horses and ponies can also be taken on half-board for regular riding during the week. Riding follows an ethological approach that respects the horse.
Les Écuries du Lac des Sapins is an equestrian centre at Lac des Sapins in Cublize, in the Beaujolais Vert. It offers horse boarding with a choice of individual box, pasture or half-board. The horses live with outdoor time in the forest and by the lake, and they train on the riding arena. The centre presents itself as a family business.
Les écuries du quesney is a privately owned horse yard in Brestot, Normandy, run as an owners' stable. It offers horse boarding, with or without lessons, in new and functional stables. Boarders get individual sand paddocks, grass paddocks, and access to a covered walker. The yard also offers collective or private improvement lessons, flat and jumping work, and outings to competitions and forest or beach rides.
