The Dalur Horse Centre is an equestrian training centre which has been run at Dalland for many years. It was originally owned by Gunnar B. Dungal, Þórdís Alda Sigurðardóttir,

Eyjólfur Ísólfsson, Guðbjörg Sveinsdóttir, Jóhann Friðriksson and Gunnlaug Eggertsdóttir.

Many of Iceland’s most renowned riders have worked at Dalur over the years; One of them, Atli Guðmundsson together with Eva Mandal worked in and ran Dalur for many years. Atli trained and showed several of the older first prize breeding mares, which are used today in Dalland. He put forward his suggestions and had influence upon which stallions were to be used, since he was involved in training some of Iceland’s best known and promising stallions, and - of course- he also knew the qualities of the mares very well.

For the past ten years Halldór Guðjónsson from Hella ( his grandfather was Sigurður from Kirkjubær ), who graduated from Hólar University College as a horse trainer in 1995, has run the Dalur Horse Centre, trained horses, shown them in breeding competitions with good results, ridden the farm’s horses in competitions, participated in breeding work, and supervised students from the Equine Science programme at Hólar University College, North Iceland. Halldór is also educated as a riding teacher from Hólar and graduated with highest degree in 2007.

In January 2008 he was elected “The Sportsman of Mosfellsbær 2007”.

In the Tournament of Icelandic Sportsmanship on Horses 2007, Halldór, riding Dalla from Dalland, was an Icelandic champion in 250 m passracing ( time 22.80 ).

Now the couple Helle Laks and Halldór Guðjónsson live in Dalur with their twin sons Harri and Leo. Helle graduated as a horse trainer from Hólar College in 2003. She now participates in competitions , sometimes on horses from Dalland like Kyndill, Sjóður and Leó. Earlier Helle had worked for some years as a horsetrainer in Dalur and in other places in Iceland. Helle has also worked as a gardener during the summertime as she is a gardener by nature. Now she is studying to become an elementary schoolteacher.

In winter 2007- 2008 there are two horse trainers working in Dalur together with Halldór: Sif Jónsdóttir and Sjöfn Sæmundsdóttir , who both graduated from Hólar College in 2007. They also worked in Dalland / Dalur during the summer of 2007 and Sif made her practical finishing training studies in Dalur in the winter of 2007 .

From January 2008 Hjörtur Magnússon from Þverá, Skagafjörður, is making his practical training studies for Hólar College in Dalland/Dalur, supervised by Halldór .

Also working on the farm is Hafliði Friðriksson, who is the jack-of-all-trades, mostly outdoors. Every morning during winter and spring he feeds the horses that are kept outdoors, does farm work with the tractor, keeps the stables clean, lends a helping hand in the garden, checks and repairs fences , just to mention a few of his tasks.

During Halldór’s time as manager, extensive development has taken place: for instance a riding hall has been constructed, and stables built.

Dalur provides excellent facilities for the training of horses. As of Nov. 2007 it has stabling for 55 horses. when a new stable was built - with special stallions boxes and more place for horses attending training courses. Older parts of the buildings are all recently renovated, next to a 800m² riding hall, with an adjoining 100m² conference/function room. The conference room is ideal for practical teaching, and also provides a good view of the riding hall. Between the two stable blocks is an older, smaller riding barn, which is useful for initial training.

Summer facilities are outstanding: a stadium, a pace racetrack, and good, easily accessible overnight pastures, etc.

There are many and various bridle paths.

Another stable at Dalland houses young horses and the Dalland saddle horses.

In 2006 Gunnar and Þórdís bought Stapi, a farm estate in Skagafjörður, North Iceland, and in 2007 they added Héraðsdalur, the adjacent farm estate to Stapi. These two estates are extensive, with a varied landscape, and are thus ideal for a stud farm. From 2007 onwards, horses bred at Dalland spend their summers roaming the fields of Stapi and Héraðsdalur farms.