Verenigingen, bonden en ponyclubs — de gemeenschapskant van de sport, bij jou in de buurt.
The Poney Club du Bois de Verrieres offers riding lessons for children and adults, with weekly courses for members and non-members. It also runs riding courses during school holidays, with places booked directly at the club. The club has a competition section with teams that take part in official competitions. Membership includes a federal riding licence.
La colline aux poneys is a riding club offering group lessons for beginners, including playful introductory classes for children from age 3. Themed classes cover dressage, jumping, horse ball, trail rides and games. Private lessons for adults are also available. Holiday programmes run during school holidays.
SHR La Haye Pesnel is an association in La Haye-Pesnel, France, whose website describes it as founded in 1941. It organises equestrian competitions, including the LHP Jump 2026 event with Grand Prix classes and a young horse competition. The association promotes competition and horse breeding. Its stallion tombola offers stallion covering services as prizes.
Brest Equitation is a riding centre in Brest, located on a wooded 9-hectare site. It runs riding lessons for beginners through to competition riders, including pony club and Galop exam preparation. The centre also offers boarding for owners' horses, with boxes, feeding, paddocks and access to its indoor and outdoor arenas. It organises official club-level competitions in show jumping, hunter, Equifun and dressage.
Poney Club de la Ducherais is a riding club at La Ducherais in Campbon, France. The website has sections for its disciplines and its horses (Cavalerie). It offers membership and 10-session lesson cards, with prices set by age group, including children aged 4-6 and under 12. Courses (stages) for 2014-2015 are also listed.
The Club Hippique de Saverne is an association founded in 1964 in Saverne, France. It offers people the chance to discover the world of horses and ponies and to improve their riding. Riding is taught across several disciplines, including show jumping (CSO), dressage, eventing (CCE) and vaulting (Voltige). The club runs riding lessons, courses and annual memberships, and its location gives access to trails around the Haut-Barr castle.
Ecurie du Saulcy is an equestrian club offering riding courses for members. It hosts competition riders and amateur and professional owners. The club offers horse boarding (pension) for owners' horses, with owner rates published on its site. Instruction is given by a professional rider with a DEJEPS coaching qualification.
Les Ecuries du Cray is an equestrian centre in Crenay, France. It offers horse boarding with a choice of pension formulas, including hay and grain feeding, turnout in paddocks or the arena, and winter rug changes. The centre hosts show jumping, dressage, agility and equestrian shows throughout the year. It also runs an online shop and is run by a riding association.
The Pas Area Horse Association is a not-for-profit association serving The Pas and surrounding communities. It provides an equine-based facility for recreation and horsemanship education for riders of all ages and abilities. The association runs activities and events for riders, families and youth, and maintains an arena. Membership is available for individuals, families, youth and associate supporters.
SHEVA is an equestrian centre (pôle équestre) in the Parc interdépartemental of Val-de-Marne, near Créteil, run as a loi 1901 association. It offers riding lessons for horses and ponies at all levels, from beginner to galop and performance classes. The club also runs competitions, galop exams and outings, and organises riding sessions in the indoor and outdoor arenas. Membership is by seasonal packages with weekly sessions and holiday programmes.
L'Equi-Libre & Cau is an equestrian association and eco-site located in Pommeuse, Seine-et-Marne, near Paris. It offers horse accommodation, with horses living outdoors year-round in large paddocks. Activities include riding outings of one hour or a full day, and lessons for all levels. The site also provides horse training, horse care, and coaching for competition.
Association Team la Mercerie runs the Centre Equestre de la Mercerie, a riding centre in the Pays d'Ouche area of Normandy. It accepts riders from age 4 and offers teaching from initiation through to competition. It also offers riding excursions in the surrounding forest. The centre is located on the edge of the Broglie forest.
Guilers Equitation is a riding club located about 5 minutes from Brest, near the Bois de Kéroual. It is open to everyone and offers riding courses for all ages and levels. Courses range from Baby Ponies from age 3 to adult lessons. Lessons can be for pure leisure, for preparing Galop exams from level 1 to 7, or for preparing for competitions.
The Club Hippique Chalonnais offers riding lessons for children from age 5 and for all levels, year-round or as courses during school holidays. It provides boarding for ponies and horses in boxes with paddock access, in pasture, or in a box and pasture combination. Half-livery is available on the club's horses, by the year or by the month, from galop 4. The club also organises show jumping and endurance outings and two club show jumping events a year, and offers led pony rides for young children during school holidays.
Poney Club de Nancy is a riding club in Nancy with a park of 10 hectares. It offers riding for beginners, returning riders and advanced riders who want to work toward further riding certificates. It provides pony walks for young children, lessons and private lessons by appointment, and holiday programmes. Membership and licences are required.
The Club hippique de Meaux offers riding lessons for all levels, covering dressage, show jumping, cross-country and vaulting. It runs a pony club with lessons from age 2, including Shetland ponies, and holiday courses for children. Lessons for older riders run weekly from September to June. The club also hosts birthday parties and christenings with ponies on request.
Domaine de la Couture is a Poney Club and equestrian facility. It offers a teaching programme for individual riders and groups, along with pony rides and shetland rides. The venue also offers track hire for training horses and ponies and hosts equestrian competitions. Birthday activities are available on request.
The Poney-Club St Germain-Fourqueux is a family pony club near Saint-Germain-en-Laye, founded in 1973. It offers pony riding for children from age 4, through recreational lessons and courses for beginners up to riders who compete. The club holds the École Française d’Équitation and Poney Club de France labels and is open from September to July. It also organises birthday parties with pony activities on Sunday afternoons.
Ecurie des Grands Champs is an equestrian club located in Bining, in eastern France. It welcomes both horses and riders in a friendly, family-oriented setting. Members of all ages progress at their own pace across the various equestrian disciplines the club offers. The club is affiliated with the French equestrian federation (FFE).
The Poney-club de Kerboriou is a riding club in Ploumilliau, near the Baie de Lannion in Brittany. It specialises in teaching young children to ride on Shetland ponies, with each child looking after and tacking up their own pony. The club also offers lessons for adult and young riders across all disciplines, with the possibility of progressing up to the 7th galop. It also offers rides and trekking in the surrounding countryside, forest and beach.
Centre Equestre de Riambel is a horse riding centre in the south of Mauritius, founded in 1999. It offers beach rides, nature rides and sunset rides for riders of all levels, from three years old. The centre also gives local residents the opportunity to learn horse riding through its riding club. Its horses are mainly retired racehorses that it rescues and cares for.
Deauville International Polo Club is a polo club in Deauville, France. It organises the Barrière Deauville Polo Cup, a series of four polo tournaments held through August. The club also runs a polo school and launched the Asia Polo Cup tournament. Its site lists the club's history and tournament results.
The Centre Equestre de Vire is a riding centre run by the Association Hippique de la Vire et du Bocage. It offers riding activities for all levels, from baby pony riders to confirmed riders, including beginners. Disciplines include dressage, show jumping, vaulting, and introductory carriage driving. Services include lessons by the year, initiation and improvement courses, hacks, and reduced rates for owners who ride their own horse.
Centre Équestre Agon is a family riding centre in Agon-Coutainville, operating since 1976. It offers pony camps for children from age 3, year-round riding lessons for all levels, and organised beach rides at sunset or during the day. The centre also has a mini-farm and birthday packages built around the ponies. It is located about 800 metres from the sea, near the dunes.
