Its time to saddle up and gallop into 2026 with a real horse-riding experience. If you and your family are already feeling the blues of a starting a new year, do you know that equestrian riding can help boost mental health and wellness; reduce anxiety and depression? Want to go horse riding in Singapore, or just looking for a place to interact with horses? We’ve got you covered.
If you’re a horse sporting fan or have watched the broadway War Horse, or teared over Black Beauty, its also time to check out these accessible places to connect with these beautiful equine creatures in person.
Where to Go Horse Riding in Singapore
Gallop Stable
Gallop Stables offers an easy and relaxing horse riding experience for first timers. From pony (hand-led) joy rides to trail rides, and even equestrian-themed art & craft activities, birthday celebrations and photo shoots, there’s something for everyone of all ages. Come and relax with Gallop Stables’ retired racehourses; feed and connect with them amidst rustic nature grounds.
Check out our full Little Day Out experience at Gallop Stable Sembawang .
How much: Pony rides start from $10
Where: Gallop Stable @Sembawang (Formerly at Horse City Bukit Timah): 8 Admiralty Rd East, Singapore 759991
Gallop Stable @Pasir Ris Park: 61 Pasir Ris Green Carkpark C Singapore 518225
Website: Gallop Stable
Bukit Timah Saddle Club (BTSC)
With sprawling hectares of lush and generous green grounds, Bukit Timah Saddle Club provides a holistic and best-in-class equestrian sports experience for both amateurs and professional riders with their certified instructors and equestrian community.
Offering recreational and also competitive equestrian programs including show jumping, BTSC also offers club membership for individuals or families – the perfect family bonding time anchored in for the year. Kids above 5 years old can join the Pony Club. The lush grounds are also perfect for family photoshoots and celebrations with your little ones. Visit to get away from the hustle and bustle.
How much: Pony rides start from $45 (Visit here for Lesson timings & prices)
Where: 1 Turf Club Avenue (Stable Blocks 113 & 116), Singapore 738078
Website: Bukit Timah Saddle Club
EQUAL
EQUAL has a programme for kids and youths called “Horse-ibilities”. It is a structured and experiential animal-assisted programme designed to enhance socio-emotional skills and mental well-being of children in a nature-based setting.
Each session includes check-in with school personnel, activities and interaction time with the horses in the stable or arena. EQUAL’s programme equips kids and youths with life skills and tools to build their sense of trust and empathy, develop self-awareness, regulate moods and emotions and enhance their interpersonal skills – facilitating emotional growth, behaviourial change and learning.
Where: 5 Jalan Mashhor, Singapore 299174
Website: EQUAL’s Children & Youth Programme
Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre (STCRC)
Inspired to have a horse as a pet? Take a behind-the-scenes tour with Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre’s stable manager to discover how horses are cared for right in their very own stables. The club believes in nurturing a love for horses, providing equine-assisted therapy and collaborates actively with schools and social welfare groups.
Visit with your entire family, granny and grandpas included! to experience the therapeutic equine companionship or riding experience that no other can give.
Where: 1 Equestrian Walk (Off Woodlands Avenue 3) , Singapore, North-Woodlands, 737863
Website: Singapore Turf Club
Colts Polo & Riding
Located on the same grounds as Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre, Colts Polo & Riding School offers minis group riding (for polo) lessons for children starting from 6 years old and adults. Kids will learn to instruct the horse to walk, stop, trot and canter.
For older kids, they will learn about how to manage the welfare of horses before starting to learn to hit balls with polo mallets. Therapeutic riding and equine-assisted therapy sessions are also available for individuals with special needs such as autism, attention deficit disorders, developmental and learning disorders, down syndrome, cerebral palsy etc.
Where: 1 Equestrian Walk, Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre. Singapore 73786
Website: Colts Polo & Riding
KidzWorld at Singapore Zoo
KidzWorld, the Singapore Zoo’s new children’s play area, is a corner of the wildlife park specially for kids and the home of the Ranger Buddies. This is where you can find the gentle and adorable falabellas. To interact with the “mane” attraction, you can either join the Falabella Encounter happening daily at 1 pm or participate in the Pack Walk at KidzWorld entrance at 4.15 pm.
Entrance fees to Singapore Zoo applies!
Where: KidzWorld, across Tram Stop 4, Singapore Zoo
When: 1 pm at Animal Buddies Theatre, 4.15 pm at KidzWorld entrance, weather permitting
Website: Singapore Zoo’s KidzWorld
Singapore Polo Club’s Pony Academy
As one of the oldest sporting club, Singapore Polo Club offers riding programmes such as the Pony Academy for littles ones, 6 and above, interested to start their equestrian journey. Learn about horse management and have a hands-on-experience to groom, wash, shoe, feed and be your very own horse whisperer.
Where: 80 Mount Pleasant Rd, Singapore 298334
Website: Singapore Polo Club
Atoms Polo Academy
Sharing the same grounds of Singapore Polo Club, check out Atoms Polo Academy if you have a little one with an energetic competitive spirit who is all ready to level up in horse riding with polo. Connect to a like-minded and global community and join in polo leagues, tournaments and exchange programmes. Its time to build up true horsemanship!
How much: Lessons start from above $218 per pax or $87.20 per pax (Group)
Where: 80 Mount Pleasant Rd, Singapore 298334
Website: Atoms Polo Academy
National Equestrian Centre’s Pony Playgroup
Why not join in a pony playgroup to introduce your little one to a magical world of horses. Open to kids from 3-10, NEC’s playgroup will progress your child through four levels from a little hoof print to a stable superstar. Committed to build horse riding as a sport in Singapore, National Equestrian Centre also offers private or group riding programmes.
Where: 100 Jln Mashhor, National Equestrian Park, Singapore 299177
Website: Pony Playgroup by NEC
Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)
Therapy horses and ponies here bring joy and provide therapy to people with mental and physical disabilities. A charity at heart, RDA provides equine-assisted therapeutic riding sessions and hands-on-sessions that include feeding, caring and handling of horses for free. Beneficiaries can increase self confidence, motor skills, core strength and build increased capacity for social relationships.
How much: Free for applicants with special needs. Register here
Where: 5 Jalan Mashhor, Singapore 299174
Website: RDA Centre
Healing Horses for Therapy
Suitable for all ages and individuals with or without special needs, healing horses here provide therapeutic equine programmes and experiences to improve mental and physical health through horseback riding indoors and outdoors.
Benefits of equine assisted learning are many, some including improvement in fine motor skills, emotional control, self-discipline, improved speech, and hand-eye coordination.
Where: 100 Jalan Mashhor, Singapore 299177
Website: Healing Horses for Therapy
Therapeutic and Educational Riding in Singapore (THERIS)
Join in a lesson a horse can only teach – here, any individual with special needs and/or disabilities can work intimately with horses in a safe space to experience different types of beneficial sensory stimulation.
Each equine-assisted therapy (EAT) session is tailored to the individual needs where little ones learn to take on responsibility to groom and manage horses; go for mounted and unmounted activities to hone spatial awareness, stimulate speech production, articulation, and build core strength.
Where: 1 Equestrian Walk, Singapore 737863
Website: THERIS
