10 places
Beach rides at sunrise and sunset on Hudayriyat, and a female instructor among the trainers.
The capital's racecourse also runs a riding school for all ages, in the middle of the city rather than out in the farms.
A ranch among the Al Wathba dunes with 90-minute desert hacks and trick-riding lessons, alongside ordinary lessons from age four.
A large air-conditioned indoor arena, so lessons carry on through the summer when outdoor yards stop.
Eight polo fields and a 2,000-seat grandstand on 300 hectares of grass, the emirate's centre of polo.
The only British Horse Society-approved riding centre in the Middle East, with lessons in the arena and desert hacks out into Al Marmoom where oryx and gazelles turn up.
Al Ain's main riding club, with an indoor arena, a show-jumping ring and six black-sand arenas for lessons at every level.
Daily group and private lessons beside working polo fields, with a pony club for younger riders.
A family-run endurance stable of more than 120 Arabian horses that takes complete beginners on hourly desert hacks through the Al Marmoom conservation area.
British Horse Society-accredited lessons in the largest indoor arena in the Middle East, structured as a course that ends in a graduation exam.