Verenigingen, bonden en ponyclubs — de gemeenschapskant van de sport, bij jou in de buurt.
The Reit- und Fahrverein Bad Wurzach is a riding club in Bad Wurzach, founded in 1970 and currently with 204 members. The club organises show jumping and dressage tournaments several times a year. It runs a riding facility that offers year-round training conditions.
Old Dominion Hounds is a private, subscription-based foxhunting organization with a history dating to 1924. It hunts across Fauquier and Rappahannock counties in Virginia, with meets on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings during the formal season from early September to late March. Members are offered a calendar that includes foxhunting, hunter paces and steeplechasing. The hunt also keeps a pack of foxhounds.
Beverly Equestrian offers boarding, riding lessons and horse training at facilities in The Plains, Virginia and Wellington, Florida. Lessons are offered in private and group formats, with a school horse and instruction included. The business also runs on-site schooling horse shows and a riding club. Polo lessons and polo club activities are offered as well.
Willow Run Polo Club is a polo club with locations in The Plains, Virginia and Lake Worth, Florida. It offers personalised and group polo lessons for players of any level, practice chukkers, and low- and medium-goal games and tournaments. Horses can be leased by the chukker for tournaments or individual games. The club's Virginia facilities include paddocks, fields and barns with stalls.
Reittherapie Appeltalerhof is a riding farm run by Sabine and Kai Differenz, where the work is centred on ponies and horses. It offers riding therapy for children and young people, with individual support through the horse. The farm also runs a pony club for children aged 4 to 10, holiday childcare with riding and pony care, and pony hikes. Pony-themed birthday parties and action days are also offered.
The Reit- und Fahrverein Kusel e.V. is a riding club operating a riding facility in Kusel. It offers group riding lessons for children and adults, on the club's school horses or the rider's own horse. Club horses are available for trial lessons and regular training. Members can rent horse boxes and use the indoor arena, lunging hall and jumping ground. The club also offers western training.
Ponyparadies Westrum is a riding club in Westrum in the Wangerland, on the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony. It offers riding lessons for children from age 4, young people and adults, in individual and group formats. The club keeps around 40 horses and ponies and says that riding instruction is tailored to each rider's ability. It also offers pony rides, riding-share arrangements and children's birthday events.
The Ohio Hunter Jumper Association (OHJA) is an association dedicated to the hunter/jumper discipline in Ohio. It approves and supports horse shows at local and rated levels and runs point systems for year-end awards. Riders can qualify for medal finals through the association. The association also provides scholarships and grants to support members' education.
The Camargo Hunt is a mounted hunt club that follows hounds on horseback in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. The club was established in 1925 and pursues fox and coyote with its hounds. It holds hunter trials and learn-to-hunt clinics for riders, including riders who do not jump. Social members can take part in club events without owning a horse.
Ohio Polo Club is a polo school in Springfield, Ohio, offering beginner-friendly polo lessons and clinics. Riding lessons are available for youth and adults, with an emphasis on riding for polo, and private riding and horsemanship lessons can be booked. The club uses its own polo ponies in lessons and considers providing level-appropriate horses for tournaments. The club states it has become an official USPA club.
Play Polo Club is a polo club in the Columbus, Ohio area, playing on Los Gemelos Polo Field at Play Polo Farm in Westerville. The club offers polo instruction and a range of stable and horse services, including full boarding for playing members. It was founded by former professional polo player Horace Henriot and is a member of the United States Polo Association. The club also supplies polo equipment and scouts polo ponies.
The Wayne County Saddle Club is a member club that hosts shows, including Pleasure, Contest Point, Family Friendly and Friday Nite Buckle Shows. Members can use the club's roughly 53-acre mostly wooded property, called the Hollow, to trail ride, hike and camp. The club also has an arena that members may use when it is not booked for scheduled events. Members running for year-end points can earn them through service or sponsorship.
Massillon Saddle Club is a non-profit equine organization in Massillon, Ohio. It has been operating since the late 1940s on donated property. The club specializes in several equine disciplines. It runs events such as Western pleasure, ranch classes, contesting, open speed classes, clinics and tack swaps.
Vineta Reitclub 2000 Barth e.V. is a riding club running a pony farm near Barth. It offers riding lessons on well-trained school horses and ponies, including lunge lessons, group lessons and jumping training for advanced members. Children can take part in pony leading, a day on the pony farm and riding camps during the summer holidays. The ponies are kept in a year-round open stable.
The Reit- und Fahrverein Visselhövede und Umgegend e.V. is a riding and driving club in Visselhövede. Its website presents the club, its committee and its tournament ground. It announces tournaments, including a dressage tournament in 2026 and a summer tournament, as well as training courses (Lehrgänge) and other events.
Lorain County Ohio Horseman's Council is the local chapter of the Ohio Horseman's Council, a non-profit organization for equine owners and supporters. It gives members a way to socialize with other horse people and offers organized trail rides. The chapter holds monthly membership meetings. The state organization supports the building and maintenance of bridle trails across Ohio.
Reiterhof Kiess is a riding farm in Lorch, Baden-Württemberg, run by the Reitverein Ziegelhütte Lorch. It offers full-board horse boarding with individual feeding and daily paddock turnout. Riding lessons are given to riders of all ages and levels, from children's pony riding to competitive sport. The farm also runs riding holidays with its ponies and daily riding.
Reitanlage Großerkmannsdorf e.V. is a riding club near Dresden, founded in 2012, with its facility between Großerkmannsdorf and Radeberg. It offers group riding lessons for children and adults in dressage, jumping and vaulting, and rides out in the Dresdner Heide in summer when the rider's level allows. The club also runs courses and training in various equestrian disciplines and organises riding events and tournaments in the WBO and LPO categories. Its stated focus is the welfare of the horse and good communication between rider and horse.
RFVV Kleinbardau e.V. is a riding club that runs riding courses using both lesson horses and private horses. Its course listings include pole-to-jump courses, intensive single-day training, and autumn rides. The club also offers riding holidays and pony-fun camps for children in summer, plus short pony riding sessions for young children. Course bookings are handled through the club's Reitbuch online platform.
The Reit- und Fahrverein Paderborn-Neuenbeken is a riding club in Paderborn. It offers riding lessons for children and adults, from beginners to advanced riders. The club also starts young horses, corrects problem horses and provides training support for tournaments. Boarding is available in a paddock box with daily grazing time.
The Reit- und Fahrverein Soest-Bad Sassendorf is a riding and driving club in Bad Sassendorf. It offers dressage, show jumping and carriage driving activities for members and horse enthusiasts. The club facility includes an indoor riding arena, a dressage area and a show jumping course. Training courses with trainers are offered in the winter months, and non-members are welcome to use the facility.
Reiterhof Roth-Kiliansdorf is an equestrian stable on the Kiliansdorfer Höhe near Roth, founded in 1973 by Ludwig Kratzer. The family-run yard focuses on training riders and horses in cross-country riding for possible participation in hunts. It organises hunt rides, the Rother Jagdtag, spring hunts, cross-country seminars and hunt riding training. The yard also has its own hunting horn band, the Reiterliche Jagdhornbläsergruppe Franken.
The Uckermärkischer Reit- und Fahrverein Hubertus Schönow e.V. is a riding and driving club in Schönow near Schwedt/Oder. It runs a pensioner stable with boxes, paddocks and daily pasture time, and it offers riding lessons for beginners and advanced riders. The club also offers carriage and Kremser rides and has a riding arena and outdoor hacking routes.
The RuFV Lensahn is a riding and driving club based in Lensahn in Ostholstein. It offers a varied programme for all age groups centred on horses. The club was founded in 1923 and organises riding and driving events. Its website also provides news about members' competition results.
