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Danada Equestrian Center Programs offer horseback-riding lessons in group and individual formats along with activities such as grooming, saddling, haltering, leading, tacking, and riding horses. The programs also include a trail obstacle class, trail riding and guided trail rides, private group guided barn tours, horse grooming demonstrations, wagon rides, summer camps, horse-related arts, crafts and games, lead-line rides, daily riding lessons, an ownership lecture series, No Rush Brush grooming, basic leading skills, and a Horsemanship Badge for Scouts.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: Office hours are Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; the barn is open Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 8 a.m.–6 p.m.; Four-Pack Individual Lessons meet once a week for four consecutive weeks; individual lessons are 30 minutes; guided trail rides are a four-week experience with hour-and-a-half rides; wagon rides are 30 minutes; private group guided barn tours are one hour; No Rush Brush Grooming is 45 minutes of one-on-one grooming plus 15 minutes of lectures or ground work; the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series has five sessions, each with a 60-minute lecture and 60 minutes of hands-on applications; summer camps run for a week.
• Price: Horsemanship I is $320 per DuPage resident and $380 per nonresident; Horsemanship II is $264 per DuPage resident and $336 per nonresident; Horsemanship III is $176 per DuPage resident and $224 per nonresident; Horsemanship IV is $176 per DuPage resident and $224 per nonresident; an Individual Lesson is $44 per DuPage resident and $56 per nonresident; Four-Pack Individual Lessons are $176 per DuPage resident and $224 per nonresident; the Trail Obstacle Class is $224 per DuPage resident and $256 per nonresident; the Guided Trail Ride is $352 per DuPage resident and $428 per nonresident; the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series is $50 per person for the series.
The Danada Equestrian Center promotes safe, humane horse-handling practices and care by advancing the relationship between humans and their equine companions. Danada offers programs to introduce individuals to horses, their behaviors, lifelong care and companionship, and only the summer camps and Horsemanship Badge for Scouts include an opportunity to ride the horses in those horse-related programs. Weeklong summer camps introduce kids and teens entering grades five through eight to the daily activities of a working barn and hands-on experiences with horses, and No Rush Brush Grooming is for people who want to spend time with a horse without riding or who want to get comfortable around a horse on the ground before a first lesson. The Trail Obstacle Class focuses on educational aspects of riding on trails, including those in the DuPage forest preserves, and the Guided Trail Ride incorporates good trail practices with a discovery of native flora and fauna. Each session of the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series includes a 60-minute lecture followed by 60 minutes of practical, hands-on applications in the Kentucky-style barn. The center partners with the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to help connect people to nature, and dogs are allowed at the center if they are on leashes under 10 feet long while alcohol is prohibited.
Last updated February 5, 2026.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: Office hours are Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; the barn is open Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 8 a.m.–6 p.m.; Four-Pack Individual Lessons meet once a week for four consecutive weeks; individual lessons are 30 minutes; guided trail rides are a four-week experience with hour-and-a-half rides; wagon rides are 30 minutes; private group guided barn tours are one hour; No Rush Brush Grooming is 45 minutes of one-on-one grooming plus 15 minutes of lectures or ground work; the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series has five sessions, each with a 60-minute lecture and 60 minutes of hands-on applications; summer camps run for a week.
• Price: Horsemanship I is $320 per DuPage resident and $380 per nonresident; Horsemanship II is $264 per DuPage resident and $336 per nonresident; Horsemanship III is $176 per DuPage resident and $224 per nonresident; Horsemanship IV is $176 per DuPage resident and $224 per nonresident; an Individual Lesson is $44 per DuPage resident and $56 per nonresident; Four-Pack Individual Lessons are $176 per DuPage resident and $224 per nonresident; the Trail Obstacle Class is $224 per DuPage resident and $256 per nonresident; the Guided Trail Ride is $352 per DuPage resident and $428 per nonresident; the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series is $50 per person for the series.
The Danada Equestrian Center promotes safe, humane horse-handling practices and care by advancing the relationship between humans and their equine companions. Danada offers programs to introduce individuals to horses, their behaviors, lifelong care and companionship, and only the summer camps and Horsemanship Badge for Scouts include an opportunity to ride the horses in those horse-related programs. Weeklong summer camps introduce kids and teens entering grades five through eight to the daily activities of a working barn and hands-on experiences with horses, and No Rush Brush Grooming is for people who want to spend time with a horse without riding or who want to get comfortable around a horse on the ground before a first lesson. The Trail Obstacle Class focuses on educational aspects of riding on trails, including those in the DuPage forest preserves, and the Guided Trail Ride incorporates good trail practices with a discovery of native flora and fauna. Each session of the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series includes a 60-minute lecture followed by 60 minutes of practical, hands-on applications in the Kentucky-style barn. The center partners with the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to help connect people to nature, and dogs are allowed at the center if they are on leashes under 10 feet long while alcohol is prohibited.
Last updated February 5, 2026.
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