388 Chenhua Lu,Songjiang,near Jiasong Nan Lu
辰花路388号 ,松江区,近嘉松南路
Open Mon.-Sun. 9am-5pm
Price Y200-Y299
Accepts International Credit Cards
Get out of Shanghai and get on a horse. Both lessons and leisure riding on local or mixed breed horses, ponies and thoroughbreds are available. The club's focus is encouraging people to enjoy animals and nature and the atmosphere is very family-friendly. They also offer overnight trips which include accommodations, meals, and of course, plenty of riding and time in the great outdoors.
I have rated this place before and still think it is one of the best places for horse riding in and around Shanghai - or rather: THE only place I would recommend. The price structure though can be quite complicated, but this is the same in all of the places I have been to. We have nowhere been able to ride 3 hours for 180 or 200 RMB and EVERY place advertised this on their website. At least at QingQing the money charged was worth it, whereas at all the other places the horses were half-dead and badly schooled (if at all). To add to this discussion: it is not only foreigners who ride like crazy. Anybody who books riding around the ring plus barbecue usually has no idea about horse riding. And I have seen many Chinese ride just as bad. The issue is just that foreigners don't understand the instructors (or pretend not to understand). To those who are truly interested: take a lesson. You will learn there. The horses are well-schooled, the instructors are good. And last but not least: horse riding is NOT more expensive in Germany! A normal lesson in a group on properly schooled warmblood horses costs 170 RMB (incl. horse and instructor) in Berlin. An individual lesson, again with a good warmblood horse and instructor, costs 250-400 RMB. Depending on the stable and instructor.
Then they get nailed according to the contract clauses they violated when they did that. One assumes that you sign a contract before they let you on the horse, and it specifies a bunch of stuff you can't do. Also, there's no saying locals won't do that either. No excuse for dual pricing- and I mean that both ways. Places that charge Chinese nationals extra are just as bad.
Guys, don't blame it so quickly into the horse riding club... I have been there many times and got to know that they refuse to provide service to westerners because they usually don't to follow the safety instructions i.e. This is not a "free / wild" riding course, and a couple of laowais went wild thinking that they were professional jockeys; pinched the horses and rode them as if they were in the Kentucky Derby, endangering the whole group and scaring to death the Chinese riders.. The club staff had to chase them and at the end they just gave a simple "Ting bu dong" even though when they booked the service they spoke fluent Chinese. What if this laowais had broke their back or hurted someone else????
Hey CW, how about an article about the dual pricing practices like what is described below? It's common and would make for interesting reading- I'd love to hear the business justification for it.
BEWARE FALSE ADVERTISING BY QINGQING HORSERIDING CLUB If you are a foreigner thinking that you can leisure ride for three hours at this club for RMB 180, as advertised on this website, expect to be very disappointed. The deal doesn't exist for you. My boyfriend loves horseriding and has been looking for an affordable option in Shanghai for some time. We called Qingqing enquiring about the offer 3 weeks ago and had the following conversation: Us: "We saw your advertisement for 3 hours leisure riding for RMB 180, is this offer still available?" Qingqing: "Yes... but only to Chinese speakers" Us: "That's fine then, because my boyfriend speaks very good Chinese" Qingqing: "Er... actually... we only offer the deal to local Chinese people" Us: "What's the difference?" Qingqing: "Er... it's a safety issue" Us: "My boyfriend can take instructions in Chinese, so what's the problem? Can we speak to the manager?" Qingqing: "No - that's our policy. Also, I want to point out that I am going to Germany soon, and horseriding over there is much more expensive than what we are offering" Us: "Yes, but we are in China, and making a comparison to Germany in this case, when wages here are also comparatively lower, is completely absurd. Isn't this just a straightforward case of discrimination against foreigners? And why, if the deal is not open to foreigners, is the deal advertised in a magazine for expats?" Qingqing: "Er......" Us: "You can't falsely advertise like this" Qingqing: "OK, OK, we'll change the ad this week" Us: "I hope you do, because I think it's fair for foreigners to know about this nasty business you're doing here. If you don't change your ad, we'll be sharing this experience ourselves". ...so seeing that the ad never got changed, here we are. If anyone can recommend an honest horse riding club in Shanghai that offers a positive experience to locals and foreigners alike, please let me know!
I can strongly recommend this stable to everyone who likes horses and riding and the nature. The horses are nice and shelted well The instructors are friendly and could give you truly advise and two of local teachers could speak good enlish(of course there r a german instructor who speaks english as well). what's more, it's a stable fits kids,they have serveral cute local ponies trained for children.
Our daughter and her classmates go riding there almost every friday! some teachers and office people can speak english and they charge in a reasonable price!
At least in SH, it's a nice place for riding, here r lots of horsy friends, and it's family and pet friendly. you could spend a whole enjoyble day there!
A great place with friendly instructors and good variety of well-trained and healthy horses. Horse riding really good exercise for the entire body!
here is a video about a dressage show acted by riders and horses from Qingqing, i can't present it in youtube...so it's a local video website: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTY1MDU5NzA0.html
i add a new pic eric took last weekend, pls check and hav fun!that's juanmao, a club owned horse for lesure riding ang lesson teaching. i v took horse riding around shanghai for serveral years, i m glad to hav such a club that treat non-private horses so well:) it's fun to ride a happy horse and only if you train with a happy horse you could improve
Of all the horse riding places around Shanghai I have tried this is the best. The horses are fairly well-trained, well-treated and in good condition. This is also good for more experienced riders, as they offer horses of different sensitvity and character to match the riders experience. Other places claim this, but most use all the horses for everybody. The German teacher they have is not only giving classes, but also trains the Chinese trainers and the horses. I can recommend this to everybody who wants to learn how to ride or is experienced looking for a decent ride in a friendly and familiar atmosphere.
that's a great place, we have lots of fun there. the people, horses, dogs and cats are so friendly there.
my horsy friends and i quite enjoy spending weekends there, and hav lots of fun!
This horse riding range is perfect for anyone who wants to get out of the city for some authentic equestrian action in natural surroundings as well as learning n practicing basic dressage n jumping. They hav a indoor riding arena , a sandy oudoor general pupose equestrian arena n a big grassland as leisure riding arena. n they could offer bilingul teaching(english n chinese) n there is a german instructer LOL n u could BBQ there.