Sri Lanka Horse Safaris

The Premadasa Riding School (www.premadasa.lk)

The Premadasa Riding School (PRS) is the most prominent horse riding school on the island with a membership over 600 members. Affiliated to the Sri Lanka Equestrian Association (National body for equestrian sport), the PRS is also an organization established in the organizing of equine events in Sri Lanka.

Within its past portfolio of events include:

     1. The beach races of Confifi Derby, John Keels Derby, Southern Derby, Grand Royal Derby and the Carlton
         Derby (2007, 2008).
     2. The Endurance races of 2004 (Bentota Beach) and 2006 (Tissamaharama).
     3. Horse Shows of 2003 (Parliament Grounds), 2004 (Bentota Beach) and 2005 (Nuwara Eliya).
     4. Dressage Competition (2005)

Since its inception the PRS works to enhance the riding experience for its members with arena lessons at the Nugegoda stables, beach rides with lessons in canter, riding holidays, workshops, mounted games, and other equine competitions. The riding school also hires out its horses and carriages for functions and events.

Why Sri Lanka?

The pleasure of exploring a foreign land and doing that atop a horse is a draw that snares many a rider. However, there are limitations on clients’ experience in most riding holidays, as they are exposed to only one type of terrain during their entire riding holiday. Sri Lanka offers something different in this regard.

On completion of a two day ride at each location, clients and their horses are transported to a different riding location. Therefore, clients riding on Sri Lanka’s famed golden beaches will find themselves exploring the jungles of Kandalama and climbing the hills covered in tea estates within a few days of each other.

As the locations that we have are rich in culture and history, there is also much for clients to explore when they are not exploring the landscape atop their designated horses.