Equestrian Centres and Riding Schools

• The best place to try out Horse Riding is to take a lesson at an AIRE approved Equestrian Centre or Riding School
• Riding schools/ centres provide lessons for all levels and have horses suitable for beginners to experimented riders. They also organise events and competitions.
• AIRE (Pronounced ‘ARA’) is the Association of Irish Riding Establishments, the body that regulates standards at riding schools and equestrian centres in Ireland

Click below for a list of AIRE approved Equestrian Centres and Riding Schools sorted by county: 

Equestrian Centres and Riding Schools

Riding Clubs

• Should you decide that this is the sport for you and you want to take it a bit more seriously you should look into joining a Riding Club
• A riding club is composed of thirty or more members and a club committee (a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and a safety officer). Riding clubs offer activities for their members such as riding instruction, competitions, social events etc.
• The Association of Riding Clubs (AIRC) is the national body responsible for policy, the grading system, rules for competition, examinations, judges and examiners lists, liaison with other equestrian bodies, etc. The association aims at promoting the amateur leisure rider. Members of Riding Clubs have access to competitions and events organised by the AIRC. Membership of the Association is restricted to those who have attained their seventeenth birthday.
  

Click below for a list of AIRE affiliated Riding Clubs sorted by county:

Riding Clubs

Equestrian Diciplines Explained:

As well as the Olympic Equestrian disciplines (Show Jumping, Eventing and Dressage) there are a number of other diciplines (Driving, Endurance, Para-Equestrian, Polocrosse, Reining, TREC and Vaulting). Click here for information on each: Equestrian Diciplines