license for horse riding on road

[judybos]

A Friend has told me, to ride a horse on the roads in France you have to obtain a license from a local riding school ?, ( not that I plan to ride far on the road) but you have to use them to get to the white roads and tracks, my horse is insured for public liability and I would like to have short rides round my village when time is short and evenings, any help Thanks Judy