Verenigingen, bonden en ponyclubs — de gemeenschapskant van de sport, bij jou in de buurt.
Poney Club de la Buissonnière is a riding club set in the Forêt de Scévolles, on a 25-hectare site. It offers a range of equestrian activities for children from age 3 and for adults. The offer runs from leisure rides to competition, with the club introducing young riders to horses and ponies.
Baborówko Equestrian is an equestrian centre in Baborówko near Szamotuły, Poland. It is run by the riding association Stowarzyszenie Jeździeckie Baborówko. The site lists show jumping competitions such as the Baborówko Jumping Show and the Baborówko Equestrian Festival, along with training jumping courses. It also offers workshops for children, young people, adults and seniors.
Hawkesbury Dressage Club is a dressage club founded in 1991 and based at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. It supports riders from Preparatory to Grand Prix level, from recreational riders to professionals. The club runs training days, education opportunities and the nine-day Hawkesbury Dressage Festival each June. It describes its priorities as horse welfare and kind, classical training methods.
The Springfield Polo Club is a family-oriented recreational polo club located in Birds Hill Provincial Park, just north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The club has been active since 1973 and works to preserve the sport of polo in Manitoba. Members keep their own horses and play on the club's polo field, and the club offers a learn-to-play program. The club also hosts tournaments, including a Women's Tournament and the Spencer Smith Memorial Tournament.
The Société Hippique de Blanquefort is a sports association founded in 1985. It offers riding lessons for leisure and competition riders, from children aged two and a half upward, at all levels. Weekday sessions are available for people with disabilities, using adapted horses and qualified instructors. The club promotes respectful horsemanship and the teaching of equestrian skills.
The Calgary Polo Club is a polo club with five full-sized playing fields and an outdoor arena. It runs a polo school where riders of all levels can learn the sport, with qualified instructors offering private and group lessons. The club also provides stabling for horses and hosts weekly tournaments during the summer season, which are open to the public.
Domaine de Laizé is a riding estate in the Burgundy countryside near Mâcon, with a poney club founded in 1980. It offers year-round riding lessons, competition, horse and pony boarding, and breeding. The club has about 260 horses and ponies. Riding camps for children aged 5 to 17 run morning and afternoon riding sessions.
The club offers horse riding for leisure, with a focus on rides and trail riding through the forests around Allogny. Riding lessons are available for beginners and experienced riders, children and adults. Holiday courses and weekly lessons are offered alongside the rides. The site notes that instruction is gentle and paced to each rider, with respect for the horses and the environment.
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.
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.
Erimûrânes is a non-profit association that promotes riding in the countryside and for leisure, using donkeys, mules and horses. It offers weekly group riding lessons, with a separate option for learning about equids through groundwork. Riding camps are held during school holidays for children from five years old. The association also offers short rides, donkey and horse hire for events, and birthday party activities built around the animals.
The Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association, known as ARCHA, is a western horse organization in Alberta, Canada. It promotes cow horse events and provides an arena for showcasing trained working cow horses. Since 1981 it has supported the showing, promoting, training and breeding of the working cow horse. The association also offers clinics and publishes a show schedule and rule book for its members.
Eperon de Lantilly is a riding centre and pony club set in the Morvan foothills near Corbigny. It is open all year and has a covered arena, an outdoor arena and a cross-country course. The club offers riding lessons at all levels, rides and holiday courses with pony and galop tests. Its horses are sized and matched to each rider, from baby ponies up to galop 7, and members can take part in competition challenges across the disciplines.
Les Ecuries du Souverain is a small family equestrian centre. The yard offers riding for both competition and leisure. Riders can take part in show jumping, TREC and trail rides. The centre has horses suited to different levels and riding goals.
Adezière Equitation is a riding centre in Avrillé that offers riding lessons for children and adults, including a pony club. The centre also provides boarding for owners' horses. It organises internal competitions, courses during school holidays and other animations. Its team includes qualified riding instructors.
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.
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.
L’Étrier de Bourgogne is an equestrian centre in Dijon, set in the former Castel de la Colombière. The club was founded in 1947 as a sports association and is affiliated with the French Equestrian Federation. It provides riding instruction from age 3 to advanced adult riders, along with leisure riding for all levels. The club also runs a competition team that enters regional, national and international events, and welcomes pupils in its sports-study programme.
Calgary Regional Trail Riders is a non-profit, breed independent riding club in the Calgary region. The association promotes horse-related clinics and seminars and organizes day and weekend rides. It also arranges social activities for its members. The club meets every other month outside the summer and hosts clinics and events with horsemanship and ranch horse versatility topics.
PCCE Les Alluets-le-Roi is a family riding club in Les Alluets-le-Roi, in the Yvelines, operating since 1982. It offers riding lessons for beginners and more experienced riders, taught by diplomed instructors in groups organised by age and level. Disciplines include show jumping, dressage, pony games, vaulting and horse behaviour, and the club also runs holiday courses and trail rides in the surrounding plain and forest. It supports riders preparing for competitions.
The Northern Saddle Club is a family-oriented non-profit equestrian club located in the Bulkley Valley of Northern BC. It supports all equine disciplines and welcomes riders and horse owners with a common interest in horses. The club organises clinics, shows and events, and maintains its riding areas and arenas with the help of volunteer members. Membership is renewable each year, and members can use the designated riding areas and arenas.
Les Ecuries de La Riderie is a riding centre located at La Riderie in Beaumont-sur-Dème. It offers riding lessons, with lesson cards, sport packages and courses for ponies and club riders. The centre trains for show jumping, eventing and dressage competitions and runs an owners' stable for private horses. It also organises internships and activities and has a Poney Club and Cheval Club.
Poney Club des Lauriers is a family riding club near Merlevenez in Brittany. It welcomes riders from age three and offers riding for all levels, from leisure to competition. Riders train in dressage, show jumping (CSO) and TREC. The club works with horses ranging from Shetland ponies to full-size horses.
The Diamond Willow Vaulting Club offers recreational and competitive vaulting for ages 4 and up. Its programs include lessons, clinics, camps, demonstrations, competitions and birthday parties. Vaulting is a way to learn to work with horses without owning one. The club is a not-for-profit and trains at the Olds College or the Boyd Outdoor Arena.
