Castle Sindlingen Equestrian Center 
Jumping and Dressage Clinics, Hacking

Riding Clinics in Germany
This riding center, one of the best in Germany, is an ideal equestrian getaway with its beautiful location in a rural setting close to the Black Forest. The center is easily accessible from Stuttgart or Frankfurt.
Dressage lessons on German warmblood horses are available up to a good intermediate level. Jumping and Cross Country instructions are given up to Grand Prix level - mostly on Irish Hunters. Fritz Pape, a multipurpose champion and trainer, guarantees sound lessons for riders of all riding levels. Whether you’re taking your first riding lessons, enjoying one of the beautiful trail-rides or polishing up your riding skills in one of the many seminars - there’s always the right horse for you.
You will be accommodated in comfortable double rooms and enjoy good home-cooking. There’re tennis courts close by or you can bicycle, hike and go on coach rides. The castle is not only a riding center, but also a vacation destination - so non-riding partners are welcome to come along.

PG-SINR 2008 Rates include 7 nights lodging at the castle, all meals, and 10 hours of instructions (5 hrs group & 5 hrs private). 8 days/ 7 nights  $ 1,250 -- based on € 875 Additional 10 hour group riding packages: Beginner or Dressage:     +$295   (€ 200) Jumping/Cross Country: +$345   (€ 240) 1 private lessons = 2 group lessons Single room: no charge if available Extra nights with meals $120  (€ 85)   Other Packages: PG-SISK Two week Combo Clinic 15 days/ 14 nights $ 2,315 (€ 1630) PG-SIA1 Starrides -Hacking only 7 days/ 6 nights $ 1,325 (€ 925) 2008 Dates: 03/09-03/15 09/07-09/13 5 days/ 4 nights $ 825 (€ 575) 2008 Dates:  03/20-03/24 PG-SIJA Hunt & Cross Country training 6 days/5 nights  $ 1,395 (€ 990) 2008 Date:  09/29-10/04
Meeting:	Castle Sindlingen
Airport:	Stuttgart/Frankfurt
Train Station:	Herrenberg
Transfer:	short taxi ride from train station
Level:	A-C for dressage  C-D for jumping  C+ for hacking  D for Hunt / Cross Country
Tack:	English
Horses:	Warmbloods, Irish Hunters

Open:  All year.
Min/Max Riders: 1-15 - riding groups usually have 4-6 riders

Note: Our regular program includes 10 hours of instructions in dressage or jumping, of which 5 are in group sessions and 5 in private sessions. For more experienced riders we recommend to purchase an additional 10 instruction sessions (in advance). Your riding hours can include some hacking out if you like, but you should be a confident rider ... not suited for novice riders. If you would like to have additional private instructions, you can switch 2 group lessons for 1 private session.

Hacking weeks

We offer two or three different dates each year for people that want to join us for some exciting and exhilarating trail riding. Every day include two hacks of several hours or whole-day hacks though delightful, varied landscape. Hacking weeks are among the nicest activities of the year. The spring week is usually not as heavily-booked as the autumn week.

Riding Facilities
You will find two indoor riding schools (the biggest one measuring 27 x 66 metres) and ten acres of outdoor training grounds. Apart from the usual show jumping rails, you will find all the jumps necessary for cross-country training. For instance, several different banks, ditches, hedges, water jumps and a variety of natural jumps. There are two outdoor sand-dressage arenas to complete the training area, which augment the cross-country course. In the stables around the house there are 80 horses. The core of these is formed by the school-horses. The horses are at home in the dressage ring just as much as in the jumping arena. All the horses are reliable for hacking, especially the many horses from Ireland which we regularly buy on our visits to the Emerald Isle. Of course, these horses are also available for sale. There is a whole range of very good ponies available for the training of children.

Lodging
You will live in the castle, not one with turrets and towers, but rather a large dignified rural manor approximately 500 years old. It is surrounded by a (now dry) moat and lined with old trees forming a part of the park which opens to the south and continues on to include our spacious riding arena. Castle Sindlingen is both a holiday hotel and a riding school. The castle is situated on a ridge beween the Schönbuch and the Black Forest. With its open hilly terrain at almost 600 meters above sea-level, the area offers wonderful countryside for riding and walking. The view is superb and extends to the Swabian Alb to the south and the Black Forest to the west. Sindlingen was once an agricultural manor house belonging to the Württemberg Royal Family. As the Summer residence of Franziska von Hohenheim, wife of Duke Carl-Eugen, it was known far and wide 200 years ago. The historical character of the place - designated as a place of historical importance - with its big old half-timbered buildings has been retained to the present day.

Two week Clinics:
Two weeks training program. The contents of the program will be discussed individually with participants. Depending on interest the program will concentrate on increased dressage, jumping or cross country.

Lessons for beginner and advanced riders in dressage, jumping and multipurpose; seminars in jumping, multipurpose and hunt.

Starter program
The castle Sindlingen offers competence and well-trained horses to make learning a pleasure. They offer a special adult program so that you can learn the first steps towards a horse with intensive lessons in a quiet and stylish setting together with people like yourself in order to be able to take out a horse in a short while.
Intermediate/Advanced programs
Whether you which to get more routine on trail-rides or want to learn dressage or jumping: these programs aren’t intended for ambitious show riders but for the intermediate pleasure rider.-
Continuation of the above starter program-
Main focus: trail-riding and cross country-
Main focus: dressage-
Main focus: jumping (military as well)
The beginner and intermediate programs can be booked as a two-week-package.

Advanced Clinic - for intermediate+
Continuation of the Basic Clinic with more in depth instructions.