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The Khadijah Mellah Schoalrship class of 2023-24 graduated in June. This is the story of their graduation, the absolute perfect day!

Academy alumna, Aamilah, will be lining up in this year's Markel Magnolia Cup at Goodwood racecourse on 1st August, 5 years after Khadijah Mellah made history by winning the same race. We caught up with her near Cheltenham, to see how her training has been going.

Sienna and O'Shane are two Riding A Dream Academy alumni who are now flourishing at a top racing yard. They were both on the first ever Khadijah Mellah Scholarship and now work for Charlie Fellowes in Newmarket. O'Shane has been there for nearly two years whilst Sienna joined in January 2024. Where will the future lead for these two talented riders?

Our Taster Days change lives! This time last year Kai had never sat on a horse or considered a career in racing. Now he’s on our Scholarship, cantering racehorses in jockey pose and looking a million dollars. Last week he was back to inspire a new group of students from his school, who also had the chance to ride for the first time. Our Taster Days are for school groups aged 14-16 and we have s...

Eight more students recently graduated from our flagship Scholarship programme. This was the second year that we ran the course and we are so proud of everyone. Already one of our students is working in the industry at a yard, whilst two more will be joining the Foundation Course this summer. A fourth is taking part in work experience at a yard and will join the course next summer. Across all o...

HM The Queen visited the British Racing School on 1st June where she met past and present students from the Riding A Dream Academy and chatted to Khadijah Mellah and Haverland. Footage courtesy of Tom Williams and BBC look East.

Grace was one of the first eight students to be selected to join the Khadijah Mellah Scholarship in summer 2021 having learned to ride at the Urban Equestrian Academy in Leicester. She graduated from the Academy last July, and, having never previously known much about racing, has caught the bug and went onto the Foundation Course at the British Racing School. She is now working at a racing yard...

A couple of weeks ago *another* one of our Khadijah Mellah Scholarship students graduated from the Foundation Course at the British Racing School. Hezekiah joined the Riding A Dream Academy from Ebony Horse Club, first taking part in one of our Residential Weeks before being invited onto the Scholarship. Having left us early to join the Foundation Course, he impressed so much with his talent an...

In August 2021 Jesse was part of the group that came on the first ever Riding A Dream Academy course. He first learned to ride at Ebony Horse Club in Brixton, the same club as Khadijah Mellah, one of our founders. He is now the third Riding A Dream Academy student to graduate from the Foundation Course at the British Racing School and we can't believe how much he has improved - from riding one ...

BBC News cover the latest update from the Riding A Dream Academy

On a special day for the Riding A Dream Academy, the first nine students from our flagship Khadijah Mellah Scholarship graduated. All our programmes are funded by the Racing Foundation and you can find out more at www.ridingadreamacademy.com

10 students joined us last summer (2021) at the British Racing School in Newmarket for the first ever Riding A Dream Academy Residential Week. The Academy has been set up to help riders aged 14-18 from underrepresented groups and diverse backgrounds get involved in British horseracing. You can find out more at www.ridingadreamacademy.com