Horse Boarding at Hansen Dam Horse Park — Classical Dressage & Working Equitation Barn

Why a trainer on the row

Nobody should feel alone with a horse.

Every horse here is looked at six days a week by someone who knows it, and has a lesson with you on it once a week. Can't make a week? Ask, and a trainer works with your horse that day instead. Nobody touches your horse beyond that without you asking. It keeps the horse sound, it keeps you riding, and it means the person you text at 9 PM has actually had hands on your horse.

The care, done properly

Stall cleaned daily, daily turnout, shavings and hay handled by us. You bring grain, supplements and fly spray; we feed them. Farrier and vet come to the horse, and we hold it for them.

Eyes on your horse, every day

The same people teach your lessons and work with your horse. They know what normal looks like for yours. If something is off, you hear from us the same day, not at the end of the month.

Your horse, your call

You ride whenever you want, and nothing happens to your horse that you didn't ask for. Want a trainer working with it during the week? Half and Full Training are one step up, on the same stall and the same board.

Who's on the row

Adam Olejniczak, head trainer.

Adam Olejniczak riding a bay horse in a collected canter in a dressage arena — Adam on El Fuego De Guerra in the dressage phase. He is at Hansen Dam six days a week.

Owner and head trainer of Hussar Stables. At Hansen Dam Horse Park six days a week; every horse on the row is on a plan he writes.
Trains in the classical European line, applied to Working Equitation and dressage. Relaxation and contact first, collection earned last.
Took El Fuego De Guerra from unstarted to the top five in the country at Level 2 Working Equitation, at four years old.
Wrote the nine-stage horse program every horse here is tracked on, and the eleven-level rider curriculum your lessons follow.
Answers texts himself. Boarders' questions are part of the job, not an interruption to it.

"Owning a horse shouldn't feel like being on your own with a problem you can't google. You should have someone on the row who knows your horse and picks up."

Text Adam →

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Who boards here

Three kinds of owners, one row.

"I just bought my first horse, or I'm about to."

You've taken lessons, maybe leased, and now the horse is yours and so are the questions. Here the coach is on the row, the answer is a text away, and half the barn started exactly where you are.

"I work full time. I get here three days a week at best."

The other days are the ones you worry about. A trainer sees your horse on every one of them, writes a note after every session, and works with the horse on the days you ask for.

"I want to actually do things with my horse."

Trails one weekend, obstacles the next, a jump school, a show when you feel like it. Dressage, Working Equitation, jumping, trails and cattle days are all on one calendar here, and you pick what you like.

What you can do here

Everything you'd want to do with your horse, on one calendar.

A boarding barn should give you more things to do with your horse, not fewer. This is a classical dressage and Working Equitation barn that also jumps, rides out on the Hansen Dam trails every month and shows all season. Pick what you like. Change your mind whenever.

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Classical dressageThe foundation for every horse here. Relaxation, straightness and a horse that listens, whatever you do with it afterwards.
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Working EquitationDressage, an obstacle course ridden for precision (gate, bridge, bell, garrocha, barrels), the same course against the clock, and cattle. A real competitive sport with national rankings, and the thing this barn is known for.
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JumpingGymnastics and small courses in the lit arenas, and jumper shows that come to Hansen Dam through the season.
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TrailsHansen Dam's trail system starts at the gate. A destination trail ride every month, and company for the everyday ones.
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Cattle daysTeam sorting with the barn, when you and your horse are ready. The most fun a group of riders can have on a Saturday.
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ShowsWorking Equitation across the Southwest, dressage and jumper shows at Hansen Dam. You ride, or a trainer rides for you. Nobody asks when.

None of it is required. Plenty of boarders ride the obstacles because it gives a Tuesday evening a point, and never enter a show. Others show every month. Both are the barn working as intended.

See how the curriculum builds through it →

Adam Olejniczak cantering a bay horse toward a Working Equitation obstacle carrying a garrocha pole — Working Equitation, speed phase

Two riders moving a small group of cattle in a covered arena — Cattle day, team sorting

Adam Olejniczak jumping a bay horse at Hansen Dam Horse Park — Jump school at Hansen Dam

When you can't be there

On vacation? Ask us to ride, and read every ride from wherever you are.

Most owners don't worry about the days they're at the barn. They worry about the two weeks away, the busy month, the week they're sick. Ask us to keep your horse in work while you're gone and every session is written up the day it happens: who worked with the horse, what was done, how it was. You read it on your phone, from the beach. Nobody works with your horse beyond your package unless you ask.

Your horse · while you're awayHussar Stables log

Away Sep 12–22 · you asked for two trainer sessions a week · 3 of 4 done

Sat14

Trainer session

Walk-trot-canter both directions, then the gate and bridge at walk. Settled after ten minutes, soft in the contact by the end. Ate up, legs cool and tight after.

Next session Wednesday, as you asked.

Mon16

Daily check · no ride

Turnout 9 to 11. Ate up, water fine, legs cool. Nothing to report.

Enjoy the trip.

Wed18

Trainer session

Leg-yield and turn on the forehand, then the garrocha at walk for the first time. Trainer observed the left-lead canter improves after the leg-yield work. Small rub on the left hind from the boot noticed after; boot adjusted, texted you.

Next: Saturday. You'll have the note by dinner.

Example log. Yours starts the day your horse moves in.

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You ask, then we work with the horse. Extra trainer sessions happen only when you book them: a vacation, a busy month, a week you're sick.
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Every session written up the same day. Who worked with the horse, what was done, how it was. Read it wherever you are.
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Nothing off goes unmentioned. A rub, a missed meal, a horse not itself: you get a text, and we agree what to do.
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Come home to the horse you left. Or a slightly better one. Not one that stood in a stall for two weeks.

Life at the barn

The part of boarding nobody puts on the price list.

Two riders on dark horses on a trail through the hills — Monthly destination trail ride

A rider on a dark horse at a show at Hansen Dam Horse Park — Show day, a walk from the stall

A rider on a bay horse on a ridge above the Los Angeles skyline — Trails out the gate, above the city

Nobody rides alone unless they want to

Any group session on the calendar is yours: flatwork, obstacles, cattle days, the monthly trail ride. Company on the rail is half of why people stay.

No question is a dumb question

Half the barn started as students here. New owners are the rule on this row, not the exception, and everyone remembers their first month.

Something on the calendar every week

Flatwork, obstacles, a jump school, cattle, the trail ride, a show. Ride with the barn as much or as little as you like.

Straight answers

The six things boarders ask first.

What if something happens when I'm not there?

A trainer sees your horse six days a week and knows its normal. If something is off, you get a text the same day, and with your OK we call the vet and hold the horse for them. You are never finding out later.

I'm new to owning. Will I feel out of place?

Half the barn started as students here. Ask anything, as many times as you need. Nobody on this row will make you feel like you should already know.

Do I have to take lessons?

One private lesson a week on your horse, yes. It's the minimum for boarding here and how we can stand behind every horse on the row. Can't make a week? Ask, and a trainer works with your horse that day instead. Nothing else happens to your horse unless you ask for it.

Can I ride whenever I want?

Yes. Your horse, your schedule, and the arenas are yours on every day a trainer isn't working with the horse. Lit for evenings.

Do I have to compete?

No. Shows are there when you want them, in whichever discipline you ride, and a trainer can show the horse for you if you'd rather watch. Plenty of boarders never enter one.

Contract? Insurance?

A one-page boarding agreement: the care, the package, what's paid to the Park, 30 days' notice. The Park requires horse-owner liability insurance; we'll point you to the usual providers if you don't have it yet.

Step one, for every boarder

Come see the barn, or bring your horse.

Free, sixty minutes at Hansen Dam Horse Park, with the trainer. See the stalls, the arenas and the trails, meet the people, and ask anything; or haul in and we look at your horse. Leave your name, number and a line about the horse; Adam texts you back with times.

📍 Hansen Dam Horse Park, 11127 Orcas Ave, Lake View Terrace, CA 91342 · 20 minutes from Sherman Oaks, 25 from Burbank, 10 minutes off the 210 · Directions →

Free barn visit60 minutes · Hansen Dam Horse Park · no charge, no deposit · come alone, or haul your horse in for a free evaluation

Not ready to visit yet? Get one text when a stall opens →

Leave your number and one line about your horse. When the next boarding stall at Hansen Dam opens, you get one text from us and first right of refusal. Nothing to book, no calls, no drip campaign.

✓ You're on the list. One text from us when the next training stall opens.

Rather talk first? Text (661) 227-3214. We answer texts fast.

Boarding and training rates

Full-care board, and a program for every horse.

One kind of stall, one standard of care, one price for board. Every horse on the row is in a program with a Hussar trainer, at least once a week. Below the board is how much more you want done, and what it all adds up to.

Board · every horse

Full-care board at Hansen Dam Horse Park

≈ $1,324 / month

Dry board, paid directly to Hansen Dam Horse Park	$525
Stall cleaned daily, daily turnout, paid to Hussar Stables	$440
Shavings, 16 bags a month	$189
Hay from us at $28 a bale, about 6 bales, or bring your own	≈ $170
Board, about	$1,324

Included: a trainer looks at your horse six days a week; we feed the grain and supplements you supply; we hold for the farrier and the vet; lit arenas, round pens, wash racks and the Park's trails.

Not included: farrier, grain, supplements, fly spray, and the horse-owner liability insurance the Park requires.

The one rule

Every horse here is in a program.

The minimum is one private lesson or trainer session a week, $399 a month. It's how we can stand behind every horse on the row: someone who knows your horse has hands on it every week, and you always have a coach. Want more done? Step up any month.

Program, on top of board	What a trainer does with your horse	Per month	Board + program
Weekly lessonThe minimum · month to month	1 private lesson a week with you on your horse (≈ $100 a lesson). Can't make a week? Ask, and a trainer works with the horse that day instead.	$399	≈ $1,723	Book a free visit →
Half TrainingStep up any month · 3 months to start	Trainer works with your horse 3 days a week: ridden, groundwork or lunge, as the horse is ready for (≈ $83 a session). Any session can be your private lesson instead. Written plan, weekly video, every session logged.	$1,080	≈ $2,404	Book a free visit →
Full TrainingThe full program · 3 months to start	Trainer works with your horse 5 days a week (≈ $83 a session). The horse in a five-day program, on a plan Adam writes. Any session can be your private lesson instead.	$1,800	≈ $3,124	Book a free visit →

Estimate my month, for my horse

Program Hay

Ours, about $170 I bring my own

Horses

One horse Two horses

$1,723 / month, all in

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What people say

Questions boarders ask first

Where is Hansen Dam Horse Park, and how far do people haul?

11127 Orcas Ave, Lake View Terrace, in the northeast San Fernando Valley, ten minutes off the 210. Owners come from all over Los Angeles, Ventura County, Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley. No trailer? Ask; hauling can usually be arranged.

What happens at the barn visit?

You see the stalls, the arenas and the trails, meet the trainer, and talk through your horse and which package fits. If you haul in, a trainer works with your horse on the ground and, if it's sensible, under saddle, so the first month's plan is written before you move. No deposit either way.

Do I have to commit long term?

Boarding with the weekly lesson is month to month with 30 days' notice. Half and Full Training start with three months, then month to month.

What if I already have a trainer?

Talk to us at the visit. The weekly lesson with a Hussar trainer is the minimum for boarding here, because it's how we stand behind every horse on the row; how that fits with your existing program is a conversation, and it often fits fine.

What does my horse eat, and who does the feet?

Bring your own hay or buy it from us at $28 a bale. Grain, supplements and fly spray are yours to supply. Farrier is arranged by you; we hold the horse.

Can I move in with a horse that's never been in a program?

Yes. The visit is where we look at the horse and say honestly what the first month can do. Most horses settle into the weekly lesson within a couple of weeks; some need Half Training for a month or two first, and we'll say so.

Is my horse right for Working Equitation?

Almost any sound horse that can walk, trot and canter can start. Breed doesn't matter; temperament and training do, and both improve with the work. The visit is where we tell you honestly where your horse would start.

Who is on the row day to day?

Adam is at Hansen Dam six days a week and writes the plan for every horse on the row. Every session is logged the day it happens, so you always know what was done.

What about showing?

Dressage and show jumping shows run at Hansen Dam through the season, and the barn travels to local Working Equitation shows. You ride, or a Hussar trainer shows the horse for you. Show and trainer fees are quoted per show.