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W-Buckskin-Ranch

Leer (Ostfriesland), Germany

W-Buckskin-Ranch is a western riding yard in Leer in East Frisia, run by Folkmar and Andrea Wissmann. It gives individual riding instruction to beginners, returning riders, late starters and riders converting to western, together with groundwork and horsemanship courses. The team also starts young horses and works through problems between horse and rider, and will travel to teach at client yards. Facilities include a 20x40 m arena, a covered exercise hall, a round pen and trail obstacles, with the horses out on pasture year-round.

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Reit- und Therapiezentrum Kastanienhof

Lauenhagen, Germany

Reit- und Therapiezentrum Kastanienhof at Lauenhagen in Lower Saxony offers horse-assisted therapy and riding education for children, adolescents and adults. It is run by Melanie Smaka, a licensed Heilpraktikerin and riding therapist, and provides trauma-informed support, horse-assisted psychotherapy, body-oriented riding therapy and work on development and self-regulation. Alongside the therapeutic side the centre teaches riding and equestrian pedagogy, including pony groups for very young children and liberty work. Retreats, seminars, coaching and holiday courses round out the programme, and the team works with referring agencies and funding bodies.

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Nebershof

Auf d. Worth 6, 27389 Vahlde OtRiepe, Germany

Nebershof is a farm in the Lüneburger Heide run by Anja and Peter Hagel, working with horses. It offers riding instruction for beginners and advanced riders, plus guided rides and trekking rides on well-trained, calm horses. Horses can be kept at the yard on full-board livery, including for seniors and retired horses. The farm also offers horse-drawn carriage rides and courses on working horses in agriculture and landscape care.

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Huf und Herz Reittherapie Döpking

Lauenau, Germany

Huf und Herz is the equine-assisted therapy and riding-education practice of Insa Döpking in Lauenau, Lower Saxony. She works with children and adults in individual and group sessions, using horses to support early-years learning, speech development, motor skills and confidence. Programmes include school-readiness courses, holiday programmes, birthday sessions and family outings. She also runs team-building workshops and cooperative programmes for schools and companies.

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Pferde ohne Grenzen e.V.

Lathen, Germany

Pferde ohne Grenzen e.V. is a registered non-profit riding association based in Haren in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony. It runs a riding school for children, young people and adults, working with its own school horses. Inclusion is central to how the club operates: everyone is welcome regardless of ability, and the programme is built around shared time with the horses rather than competition. The association is chaired by Martina Weller and is supported by donations, including feed for its school horses.

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Zu den Wiesen

Langwedel, Germany

Zu den Wiesen is a therapeutic riding practice at Langwedel in Lower Saxony, run by Eva Skrzypczinki. The work centres on therapeutic riding and psychomotor developmental support, using contact with the horse and its movement to help children develop at their own pace. Sessions follow the individual child rather than a fixed lesson plan. Riding instruction and project work with groups are offered alongside the therapy.

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Zeit mit Shettys

Langwedel, Germany

Zeit mit Shettys gives children time with two Shetland ponies, Isabella and Rosi-Melly, at Etelsen in Langwedel. Rather than formal riding lessons the emphasis is on contact at the pace of the child, learning to approach, handle, groom and care for a pony before going any further. Sessions range from a first supervised introduction to guided or self-led pony walks. The ponies also visit kindergartens and appear at birthday parties and special events.

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Reitverein Alte Aller e.V.

Langwedel, Germany

Reitverein Alte Aller e.V. is a riding club at Moorstraße in Langwedel, in the Verden district of Lower Saxony. It welcomes riders of every age and level and describes its atmosphere as a family one. The club teaches on its own school horses and ponies and runs a horse sponsorship and care scheme for members who do not own a horse. Its grounds include dressage arenas and a jumping field, and it stages competitions and a popular summer holiday programme for children.

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Reitschule Ute Limbach

Langwedel, Germany

Reitschule Ute Limbach, trading as "Zeit mit Pferden", is a riding yard in Etelsen near Langwedel, Lower Saxony. It teaches pony lessons, lunge lessons, group and private instruction and ground work for riders of every age and ability. The yard also offers therapeutic riding for people with disabilities, FN badge courses, competition preparation and support at shows. Livery places are available, and the team runs hobby-horsing sessions and children's birthday parties alongside the core riding programme.

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To'n Peerstall Langeoog

Langeoog, Germany

The Langeooger Reiterhof, To'n Peerstall, is an equestrian yard on the car-free North Sea island of Langeoog, inside the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage area. It runs guided beach rides along the shoreline, riding lessons for children and adults, and led pony rides and pony-carriage trips for younger visitors. Guest horses are taken in boxes with daily turnout on pasture. Opening hours are seasonal, with a morning and an afternoon session.

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Heilpädagogisches Reiten Pia Löwe

Langelsheim, Germany

Pia Löwe offers heilpädagogische Förderung mit dem Pferd - therapeutic educational work with horses - in Langelsheim in the Harz foothills. Sessions use the relationship and movement between person and horse to build self-efficacy, help clients recognise their own resources and take decisions for themselves. The work suits people of different ages who benefit from a calm, non-verbal setting rather than a conventional lesson. Alongside the therapeutic programme she also gives ordinary riding lessons. Pricing and possible funding routes are set out openly on her site.

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Ausbildungsstall Röhr

Landesbergen, Germany

Ausbildungsstall Röhr is a training yard at Landesbergen in Lower Saxony run by Thorsten Röhr, a Pferdewirtschaftsmeister. The yard starts young horses and schools dressage horses, show jumpers and leisure horses, presenting them at competitions and marketing them for sale. Riding lessons and clinics are given for riders alongside the horse work. The business is also a recognised training establishment for apprentice Pferdewirte specialising in riding.

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Stall Hasselbrink

Heidhausen 37B, 31628 Landesbergen, Germany

Stall Hasselbrink is a riding facility in Heidhausen, between the Weser and the Steinhuder Meer. It offers training and breaking-in of young horses, including preparation for auctions and mare performance tests. Dressage and show jumping lessons are given on the yard's own horses and ponies. The yard also provides pension horse keeping with pasture access, boxes with paddocks, an indoor arena and outdoor facilities.

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Nadine Menschel Horse & Development

Landesbergen, Germany

Nadine Menschel Horse & Development is a riding instruction and horse training business based at Landesbergen in Lower Saxony. As a certified trainer she gives riding lessons and runs courses for horse and rider, including feedback rounds on the rider's own progress. She specialises in Equikinetic and Dualaktivierung, gymnastic groundwork systems used to build a horse's fitness and straightness. Lessons are given at her own yard and at clients' stables across the region.

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Heinz-Christian Gresens e.K.

Lamstedt, Germany

Gut Haneworth near Lamstedt is a five-star FN-certified livery yard on a historic estate, with room for around 40 horses across four modern, airy stables and a minimum box size of 14 square metres. Horses go out to pasture daily whenever the weather allows and are fed selected hay, haylage and quality concentrate, with steamed hay available for horses with respiratory problems. Facilities include a 20 x 40 m indoor school, a 20 x 60 m outdoor arena, a lunging ring, a heated tack room and a hot-water wash box. A certified trainer teaches on the yard school horses and starts young horses, supported by a Pferdewirtschaftsmeister and equine physiotherapist who runs training and health seminars. Riding goes straight out from the yard into the estate own 77-hectare forest, and visiting riders can use a holiday flat or a motorhome pitch.

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Island- und Therapiehof Alte Mühle

Lamspringe, Germany

Island- und Therapiehof Alte Mühle is an Icelandic-horse and therapy yard at Neuhof near Lamspringe, run by Elena Richter. It offers equine-assisted therapy sessions and riding experiences built around contact and communication with the horses. Groundwork, obstacle work, carriage-driving courses and rides through the surrounding woods are part of the programme, along with time spent caring for the horses. The yard also runs photo shoots with the horses and sells handmade products through a small shop.

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Reitclub Harbarnsen e.V.

Lamspringe, Germany

Reitclub Harbarnsen e.V. has been teaching riders in the Leine valley south of Hildesheim for more than four decades. Lessons run from complete beginners through to advanced riders, and the club trains at the Rittergut Harbarnsen estate. A historic indoor school and improved outdoor terrain courses give training ground in every season. The club also runs regular clinics and hosts its own spring and summer shows.

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Islandpferdehof OelStede

Lamspringe, Germany

Islandpferdehof Oel Stede is an Icelandic-horse yard at Graste near Lamspringe, run by the Hoffmann family. It offers boarding for Icelandic horses, riding instruction and schooling (Beritt), with an indoor school on the farm. A specialist retail side sells Icelandic-horse saddles, girths, Velica bridles and other equipment, together with saddle-fitting consultations. Sale horses are offered from the yard from time to time.

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Kingsmoor Manor

Königsmoor, Germany

Kingsmoor Manor is Tanja Carola Friedburg's holistic practice for horse and rider in Königsmoor in the Nordheide. She teaches the Academic Art of Riding after Bent Branderup and combines it with horse osteopathy, acupuncture, craniosacral work, stress-point massage, equine taping and Masterson Method techniques. Treatment is framed around horse and owner as one system, and she also offers animal communication and holistic interpretation of blood panels. Weekend courses and intensive training days run alongside individual appointments.

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Reitschule Katja Seba

Kutenholz, Germany

Reitschule Katja Seba teaches riding in small groups from a yard in Kutenholz-Mulsum, Lower Saxony. Lessons run 60 minutes and are structured around clear communication, positive reinforcement and the relationship between horse and rider. Children start with pony games and ground work, while young riders progress through seat and aids, dressage basics, first jumping and hacking out. Adults are welcome as beginners, returning riders or leisure riders, and every rider gets a training plan with tracked progress and the option of a trial month.

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Caros Höfle

Kluse, Germany

Caro's Höfle is a family-run, FN-certified riding school in Kluse in the Emsland. Instruction is individually tailored and ranges from complete beginners to competitive riders, with equal weight given to the horse's wellbeing and the rider's development. Alongside riding lessons the yard offers personal and developmental coaching for children and adults. Sale horses from the yard are also offered to riders looking for their own partner.

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Reitverein Kirchwalsede u. Umg. e.V.

Kirchwalsede, Germany

Reitverein Kirchwalsede u. Umg. e.V. is a riding club at Feldstraße in Kirchwalsede, Lower Saxony. It offers riding instruction and training for members across several sections, with dressage and jumping arenas on its tournament ground. The club prepares riders for German riding badges and runs clinics through the year. It also organises its own competitions and publishes a fixture calendar for members.

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Reiterhof zum Speicher

Kirchlinteln, Germany

Reiterhof zum Speicher is a family-run riding farm at Lehringen in Kirchlinteln, Lower Saxony, set inside a nature conservation area. It specialises in riding holidays for children, with ponies and a structured daily programme built around riding and horse care. Stays are booked as multi-week holiday places and fill up well in advance, with registrations for the following season opening each June. The farm is run by Hans-Jürgen and Doris Bettin.

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Nadine Kulp

Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

Nadine Kulp teaches horse and rider training at her farm in Katlenburg-Lindau and around the Northeim area. Lessons cover dressage, groundwork and jumping, and she works with problem horses and with riders who have lost confidence. She runs taster days, beginner courses, dressage clinics and an online course on fear around horses. There are no school horses - riders bring their own horse, and appointments can be arranged any day of the week.