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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, and tacking horses. Participants can take part in trail obstacle classes, guided trail rides, trail riding, wagon rides, lead-line rides, and daily riding lessons as well as summer camps that include horse-related arts, crafts, and games. The programs also include horse grooming demonstrations, No Rush Brush horse grooming time, ground work with basic leading skills, and a private group guided barn tour that features discovering horse behaviors, types of feed, uses of saddles and tack, and a horse grooming demonstration.
• 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; 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; the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series has five sessions, each with a 60-minute lecture followed by 60 minutes of hands-on applications; No Rush Brush Grooming is 45 minutes of one-on-one grooming followed by 15 minutes of lectures or ground work; weeklong summer camps run for one 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 programs include an ownership lecture series on the care of horses, with lectures on stall versus pasture, breeds, behavior, and the daily, annual, and lifelong care of horses, paired with practical hands-on applications in the barn. No Rush Brush Grooming is designed for people interested in spending time with a horse without riding or who want to get comfortable around a horse on the ground before a first lesson. 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. 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.
The Danada Equestrian Center states that it promotes safe, humane horse-handling practices and care by advancing the relationship between humans and their equine companions. The center partners with the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to help connect people to nature. Dogs are allowed at the center but must be on leashes under 10 feet long, and alcohol is prohibited.
Last updated May 27, 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; 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; the Five-Part Ownership Lecture Series has five sessions, each with a 60-minute lecture followed by 60 minutes of hands-on applications; No Rush Brush Grooming is 45 minutes of one-on-one grooming followed by 15 minutes of lectures or ground work; weeklong summer camps run for one 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 programs include an ownership lecture series on the care of horses, with lectures on stall versus pasture, breeds, behavior, and the daily, annual, and lifelong care of horses, paired with practical hands-on applications in the barn. No Rush Brush Grooming is designed for people interested in spending time with a horse without riding or who want to get comfortable around a horse on the ground before a first lesson. 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. 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.
The Danada Equestrian Center states that it promotes safe, humane horse-handling practices and care by advancing the relationship between humans and their equine companions. The center partners with the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to help connect people to nature. Dogs are allowed at the center but must be on leashes under 10 feet long, and alcohol is prohibited.
Last updated May 27, 2026.
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