Hannink Equine Center

Hannink Equine Center Specializing in competitive hunter/jumper training and sales.

Located in the beautiful Central Valley among acres of peach and almond orchards, we offer specific sales, training, and lessons programs ranging from the youngest beginner to the World Cup competitor.

01/09/2025
01/09/2025
Follow our page to get the show updates and events happening in 2025.
01/09/2025

Follow our page to get the show updates and events happening in 2025.

01/09/2025

🚨 ALERT! 🚨

The Los Angeles Equestrian Center (LAEC) is NOT being evacuated at this time. At 4:30pm today during a county press conference, information was misspoken. Again, LAEC is NOT being evacuated at this time.

RAP Emergency Management Department says that we are not currently at risk; however, please stay vigilant and stay up to date.

We remain a designated evacuation center for large animals in need. If you or someone you know requires assistance during this time, please reach out to LA County Animal Services for support.

Stay safe, and thank you.

01/07/2025

Welcome to the new year. We have some exciting new sale horses coming up. Follow our page for all the updates!

01/07/2025

There is a reason, I think, that horsemanship is so hard to teach, and that is because it's truly an art and not a science.

You can go to school for art. You can learn from masters of a particular art form. You can study the chemical composition of your medium and learn about how those mediums behave in different circumstances. You can learn about the history of your art, how it originated and how it's evolved. You can study trends and dabble in different methodologies.

But no matter what, in order to become an artist, you have to experience it. You have obsess over it. You have to go to bed thinking about it and get up thinking about it. You have to become a little bit consumed by it. It drives your passion and your curiosity. You have to dedicate a part of your soul to its inception, creation and development. In some ways, you have to get to the point where you cannot separate yourself from it, as it has become a part of you and you of it.

I have received requests in the past asking me to write more about specific techniques, "how-to's", if you will. I will admit I struggle with this because it feels to me kind of like someone asking me how to have a conversation. I can give you a very general framework, but a conversation is intimate and personal. To write one for someone else would seem to me to be a request to boil down everything that is beautiful and awe-inspiring about horsemanship into base mechanical elements: important, but ultimately in my experience not AS important as the energy, flow and feeling of what is happening between the horse and the human.

Yes, you need a basic skillset to be an artist. You need to know how to hold the brush. You need to know how to choose a canvas. You need to know a thing or two about how your medium behaves and how to bring out the best in it.

But what ultimately creates art is the person behind the tools and the feeling within them. And since no teacher can create this for you, we simply have to try and set up scenarios and allow space and spark inspiration for people to go seek it within themselves.

If you are ready to move forward in 2025 with your show jumping dreams, give us a call!
01/03/2025

If you are ready to move forward in 2025 with your show jumping dreams, give us a call!

01/02/2025

We are excited to be hosting this CE event for veterinarians and rehab professionals. Please check out VetPD to sign up!

Ride more. Learn more. Laugh more. Share your 2025 goals below!
01/01/2025

Ride more. Learn more. Laugh more. Share your 2025 goals below!

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas.
12/25/2024

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas.

12/23/2024
12/23/2024

Great gift ideas!!

The Tack Room's annual 12 Days of Christmas Sale starts today! Give them a call for all your equestrian wish lists. 209...
12/12/2024

The Tack Room's annual 12 Days of Christmas Sale starts today! Give them a call for all your equestrian wish lists. 209-526-6650

Contact us about our sales, showing, and training options...... your future self will thank you!
12/10/2024

Contact us about our sales, showing, and training options...... your future self will thank you!

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Modesto, CA
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Welcome to the new year. We have some exciting new sale horses coming up. Follow our page for all the updates!

“Uno” is a 2014 16.3H TB gelding for lease only. Check our website for more details, pictures, and videos. Contact us if you are interested in leasing this great gelding.

And add more leg! #yougotthis

Big dreams always start with a small step! Let us help you make the first step or the next step on your equestrian journey. Visit our website or contact us today to learn more.

And take time to thank and appreciate your horse today.

Very true especially with horses. What was the wisest lesson a horse taught you?

We believe in you!

Modern Art "Moma" is a 17yr old 16.2h branded Swedish warmblood pinto mare. She has a big step and auto-lead changes. She is very brave to the jumps and forgiving of errors. She has been leased to several of our riders and has done well for all of them. She is sweet and loving in the barn standing well for the farriers and hauls great! $10-20K per year to lease

SERAFINA Chovita is a 16yr old 16.1H Canadian-bred Zangersheide mare. She is smooth to ride with an easy jump and a forgiving nature that always makes it to the other side. In her first year showing in the States, Chovita took her kid around the 3' hunters, Eq, and jumper rings qualifying for year-end finals. Last year, she took a kid from the 2' to the 2'9 equitation and jumpers including the kid's first show. $35-50K per year to lease

VORAME Vorame is a 22yr 16.1h Dutch warmblood gelding. He is a great 2'6 horse! He has miles and top ribbons in all three rings. He has plenty of stride to get down the lines and an easy jump. He does have a bit of a spook so not for total beginners but is very good to the jumps and does well in the show ring. He is great to handle in the barn and loves people! $10-20K per year to lease

SIROCCO “Uno” is a 2014 16.3H TB gelding for lease only. He has done some eventing and shown in jumpers/hunters/equitation up to 2’9. He will easily jump 3’. He is very brave to the jumps and his big stride makes the lines easy. He has auto-lead changes and a classy jump. He Is easy to handle and stands well for the farrier. ​$20-35K per year

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Specializing in competitive hunter/jumper training and sales. With two beautiful locations in both northern and southern California, we offer specific sales, training, and lessons programs ranging from the youngest beginner to the World Cup competitor.

Laura grew up in the central valley of California under the tutelage of her mother Jen Hannink. Riding and showing started at a very early age and has continued through the years of college and beyond. Laura rode for import sport horse sales of David Hopper inc. receiving horses from Europe and developing them under the scrutiny of David Hopper prior to returning to California and joining Jen in developing an upper level show jumping barn at Portuguese Bend Riding Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca. There she handles the training and instruction program for young riders and horses who are destined for the show ring.

We would like to share with you our list of sales horses for your perusal. We have a variety available and encourage you to inquire about the details of those that may fit your needs. https://www.hanninkequine.com/sales