Horseback riding has always been original and one of the most popular types of entertainment, and for people of all ages and of different affluence. This unusual type of relaxation will allow you not only to enjoy the fresh air, restore health and find points of contact with nature, but will also bring a lot of new experiences to your life and give you a lot of pleasure.
You can ride horses both in splendid isolation, alone with your thoughts, and in the company of like-minded people or with your loved one. Most clubs provide professional services in teaching horse riding, some tricks on a horse, and even conduct hippotherapy sessions.
Let's try to identify the most interesting places where you can ride horses and learn how to cope with these stately and beautiful creatures along with relaxation.
Club Features
In principle, all equestrian organizations in Moscow and the Moscow Region attract a clientele with approximately the same list of services:
- horseback riding lessons for adults and ponies for children;
- horseback riding individually and in groups;
- horse riding with an instructor;
- professional activities with the horse in the arena or in the fields;
- training in acrobatic riding stunts (vaulting) and overcoming obstacles (show jumping);
- hippotherapy - horse riding for therapeutic and rehabilitation purposes;
- horse care training.
You can ride horses in Moscow without any problems, but the first thing you need to decide on the amount that you are willing to pay for this pleasure. Prices for horseback riding, horseback riding lessons and other activities have a significant variation. The average price tag for this type of service ranges from 2 thousand rubles per hour. The minimum cost was observed in Novoyasenevo - 900 rubles, and the maximum in Timiryazevsky KSK - 3500 rubles. An annual subscription will cost you about 15 thousand rubles.
Now we turn to the specifics - where in the suburbs you can ride horses, learn to ride a horse and generally spend quality time both alone and in the company of like-minded people.
KSK "Bitsa"
Equestrian club is characterized by a relatively good value for money. Here you can not only learn how to ride a horse with an instructor, but also watch live how amateur and international competitions are held.
It is also worth noting that on the territory of Bitsa Olympic equestrian athletes are trained, and this already says a lot. They visited very warmly about the club, here you can not only ride horses, but also get sensible advice from significant people in equestrian sport. In addition, a hotel is located on the territory of the sports complex, where you can spend a night calmly (and inexpensively).
Coordinates: 33 Balaklava Avenue (approximately 20 minutes from the city center).
KSK Sokoros
This complex has two serious advantages at once. The first is free classes for minors in primary groups, and the second is breeding and subsequent sale of horses. The whole point boils down to the fact that each student can choose a trotter for himself, educate him and subsequently buy it.
It is also worth noting that enrollment in an equestrian school takes place only once a year - in September, so if you decide to take your child for the entire academic year along with the school, the Sokoros club will help you with this. The combination of school activities, with horseback riding, has an excellent effect on student performance, and riding horses in the suburbs is all better than sitting out at a computer.
Visitors to the club respond very warmly about Sokoros, most of them really like to watch the complete process of becoming an athlete - from feeding and caring for a pet, to professional training in horse riding. Some complain about the complex’s high price tags, but it's worth it.
Coordinates: Skolniki Park, Sokolniki metro station, bus number 140, Crossroads, 11th district.
KSK Izmailovo
This is one of the oldest and most widely known equestrian clubs where you can ride horses with your family or in a large company. A distinctive feature of the club is the fact that even the smallest children who have reached the age of three years are taught horse riding here.
On the territory of the club you can always find an intelligent instructor and learn not only the basic management techniques with a horse, but also get professional training.
Most visitors to the club leave only positive reviews, and special thanks are expressed by ardent fans of horse riding, whose children almost from the cradle join this beautiful sport.
Coordinates: Izmailovsky Park, Enthusiasts highway, 31d.
Timiryazevsky KSK from ICCA
The equestrian club on the territory of the former Moscow Agricultural Academy is the best choice for those who want to not only ride horses in Moscow, but also professionally engage in horse riding. Here you can thoroughly prepare for competitions at the federal and regional levels, as well as get sensible advice from a riding guru.
The feedback about the club is mostly in a positive way. Many are happy with the possibility of training an athlete, and some like the historical reconstruction carried out on the club's territory.
Coordinates: metro station "Petrovsko-Razumovskaya", park to them. Timiryazev, Timiryazev street, 49, bus number 87 to the "Krasnostudenchesky passage".
KSK "Novoyasenevo"
The equestrian center is literally a five-minute walk from the metro and compares favorably with its competitors in terms of service prices.
The main feature of the club, for which it is loved and afraid at the same time, is the most severe discipline and a fundamental fight against lateness. If you are serious about training and have a sense of tact and punctuality, and not just come to ride horses, then you will be taught this difficult sport, and professionally and in the shortest possible time.
Reviews about the sports club are very different: someone liked the price and manner, coupled with the speed of training, and someone is annoyed by constant fines and reprimands for being late or absent from classes. Of course, after several lessons you will feel like a schoolboy in front of a strict teacher, but the result will certainly please you: in some months you will learn not only the basics of riding (you can just ride horses without problems), but also learn to calmly and without any or embarrassment to prank in front of professional athletes.
Coordinates: metro station "Novoyasenevskaya", Novoyasenevsky tract, 42a.
KSB CSKA
The equestrian base of CSKA is a place for real professionals. The club is equipped for serious and long-term horse riding. There is almost everything here: levada for horse riding, a veterinary infirmary, numerous riding arenas for training, a forge, beautiful fields for warm-ups and competitions, as well as the ability to simply ride horses (St. Petersburg branch is similar to Moscow).
The bulk of the club’s visitors are professional athletes, and they leave reviews mostly in a positive way. They are more than satisfied with the full range of services - what is called from and to. Beginners accidentally caught do not always adapt successfully, because they don’t teach basic knowledge here, so this is not the best option for them.
Coordinates: Rechnoy Vokzal metro station, bus number 739, 200, 745, 138 and 673 to the stop "Dybenko 28", Dybenko street, 5.
Summarizing
In Moscow itself there are not many clubs for horseback riding, but in the suburbs there is where to ride horses. If you want to save, then you can wait for some promotions, since serious clubs often hold such events. It is also possible to purchase an annual subscription, which will cost at least 30% cheaper than a monthly payment.
In general, the benefits of horse riding can hardly be overestimated, because equestrian sports are healthy muscles of the back and legs, good posture, as well as a lot of positive emotions and stress relief with irritability, which is more relevant than ever for a modern person.