Wichita Riding Academy Inc.

Wichita Riding Academy Inc. Lessons, boarding, camps, and equine training. Est 1983, celebrating over 40 years! Beginners welcome!
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Visit us online to book all appointments www.wichitaridingacademy.com

EDIT: Itโ€™s back on! Weโ€™ll be open tomorrow bright and early! -------The WRA offices are closed for the rest of the day d...
08/29/2024

EDIT: Itโ€™s back on! Weโ€™ll be open tomorrow bright and early!
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The WRA offices are closed for the rest of the day due to a power outage in our area! If you need anything please message us.

It's National Dog Day! As many of you know, we have the absolute best dogs! They protect our vast property and livestock...
08/26/2024

It's National Dog Day! As many of you know, we have the absolute best dogs! They protect our vast property and livestock along with protecting the hundreds of guests who visit WRA. They are the most loving dogs you will ever meet. PLEASE feel free to post any pictures of you have of them in the comments! ๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿ“ธ

๐Ÿ’ฅ Air Capital Tack now has all ALL in-stock riding boots for only $39.99! Mark has done this to make them affordable for...
08/25/2024

๐Ÿ’ฅ Air Capital Tack now has all ALL in-stock riding boots for only $39.99! Mark has done this to make them affordable for everyone! All sizes in stock from children's to women's. ๐Ÿ‘ข๐Ÿฅพ ๐Ÿท๏ธ

Thanks, Kora and Cody for spending your summer with us! Good Luck!!
08/23/2024

Thanks, Kora and Cody for spending your summer with us! Good Luck!!

The Budweiser Clydesdales are here! Such magnificent giants! Feel free to come out to WRA Saturday or Sunday to watch th...
08/22/2024

The Budweiser Clydesdales are here! Such magnificent giants! Feel free to come out to WRA Saturday or Sunday to watch the air show. โœˆ๏ธ ๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ’š

We had a great time at the Kansas Dressage & Eventing Association (KDEA) show at our friend's facility Eagle View Equest...
08/17/2024

We had a great time at the Kansas Dressage & Eventing Association (KDEA) show at our friend's facility Eagle View Equestrian Center today! Good job to all of our riders and their horses. ๐Ÿดโค

Our next show is in Chickasaw OK on September 6-8 if you are interested in attending please get with your instructor ASA...
08/17/2024

Our next show is in Chickasaw OK on September 6-8 if you are interested in attending please get with your instructor ASAP

08/15/2024

Hey Summer Camp attendees! Cheryl is in need of pictures of Aali (Summer Intern). Please comment below if you have any pictures that include Aali with or without your kiddo! ๐Ÿ“ธโฌ‡๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ฃ We're expanding our ever growing lesson program! Wichita Riding Academy now offers lessons starting at 8am!๐Ÿ’ฅWRA offers...
08/12/2024

๐Ÿ“ฃ We're expanding our ever growing lesson program! Wichita Riding Academy now offers lessons starting at 8am!๐Ÿ’ฅ

WRA offers lessons 7 days a week with 5 instructors. With this new addition we're now offering lessons as early as 8am till 8pm in the evening! Since 1983 (Over 40 years!) we've been teaching the area to ride in English, Western, Saddle Seat, Dressage, and driving!

๐Ÿ—บ 10727 E. 39th St S Derby, KS 67037๐Ÿ“

It's International Cat Day!๐ŸฑOur cats can often be found relaxing in unique places around the barn. They are always ready...
08/08/2024

It's International Cat Day!๐ŸฑOur cats can often be found relaxing in unique places around the barn. They are always ready to greet the riders! If you have any pictures of Garfield or McGee be sure to leave them in the comments!

Incredible products! For our dressage and jumping barn friends they have incredible deals on stuff youโ€™ll never have to ...
08/08/2024

Incredible products! For our dressage and jumping barn friends they have incredible deals on stuff youโ€™ll never have to paint again! ๐ŸŽจ ๐Ÿ˜‚

Air Capital Tack proudly carries the entire line of Burlingham Sports products! We offer FREE shipping to the 48 continental states on any order over $99 too! ๐Ÿšš๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

They offer an incredible offering of tack trunks, stable equipment, mounting blocks, carts, western trail, dressage letters and accessories, dressage arenas, stacker systems, jump standards, gates, flower boxes, walls and hurdles, jump poles and cups, X-country jumps, and so much more. NEVER HAVE TO PAINT A JUMP AGAIN! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

โ˜Ž๏ธ Contact us today with any questions or to request a digital catalog of the vast products offered by Burlingham Sports.

So many camp kiddos asked for Aali to do lessons! She will do lessons this week and next on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thur...
08/06/2024

So many camp kiddos asked for Aali to do lessons! She will do lessons this week and next on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 10am-5pm just for them! โ˜€๏ธโ›บ

๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค! ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ’จ

๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ @ ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ”— in the comments----"He's back! We ...
08/05/2024

๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ @ ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง!
๐Ÿ”— in the comments
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"He's back! We had to stop one of our most popular group lessons due to so many events and shows in July.

Oscar Thomison has an Advanced Cutting, Reining, & Ranch riding group lesson most Tuesdays at 5pm. ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ

Come learn an incredible amount of new skills for yourself. (Your personal horse too if you want!)

๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž-๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐!"

๐Ÿ˜ฎ This is the last week for Summer Boot Camp with Maddie! ๐Ÿ‘ขโ›บThis Tuesday, August 6th and Thursday, Aug 8th at 8AMScan th...
08/05/2024

๐Ÿ˜ฎ This is the last week for Summer Boot Camp with Maddie! ๐Ÿ‘ขโ›บ

This Tuesday, August 6th and Thursday, Aug 8th at 8AM

Scan the QR code or click the link below to sign up! โฌ‡๏ธ

Weโ€™re out having a great time at a little show in Augusta, KS today! 12 riders showing for WRA!
08/03/2024

Weโ€™re out having a great time at a little show in Augusta, KS today! 12 riders showing for WRA!

Thank you, Merci, Gracias, Grazie, Danke, ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ†, ๊ฐ์‚ฌํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค, ะกะฟะฐัะธะฑะพ, เคงเคจเฅเคฏเคตเคพเคฆ, Asante!!! ๐ŸซถThank you to all of our attendees...
08/02/2024

Thank you, Merci, Gracias, Grazie, Danke, ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ†, ๊ฐ์‚ฌํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค, ะกะฟะฐัะธะฑะพ, เคงเคจเฅเคฏเคตเคพเคฆ, Asante!!! ๐Ÿซถ

Thank you to all of our attendees, employees, interns, and volunteers who make all of this possible! Special shout out to our incredible lesson horses who are the real MVPs of our program. ๐Ÿด

๐Ÿ“– Reading Rewards Program sponsored by Wichita Riding Academy Inc. and Air Capital Tack! ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿซ๐Ÿšธ It's time for back to schoo...
08/01/2024

๐Ÿ“– Reading Rewards Program sponsored by Wichita Riding Academy Inc. and Air Capital Tack! ๐Ÿ“š

๐Ÿซ๐Ÿšธ It's time for back to school and our reading program is ready to rock! Air Capital Tack has a large selection of books in-stock and even more arriving this week. โœ๏ธ๐ŸŽ

08/01/2024

Last Chance to Apply for the AMHA Virtual Youth of the Year Contest!


Attention all senior contestants who have not yet qualified for Grand Nationals! Don't forget to sign up for the 2024 virtual Youth of the Year Contest happening August 21-30 as a last chance to qualify! The winner and all contestants that score over 800 will qualify for the Grand National Youth of the Year contest, and the winner will receive a $500 scholarship. The application and other information can be found by clicking the link below. Please apply by August 10.

For more information or questions, please contact Nikki at [email protected].

We will be having a scheduled outage of our phone and internet today. Weโ€™re getting new fiber service at WRA! This will ...
07/31/2024

We will be having a scheduled outage of our phone and internet today. Weโ€™re getting new fiber service at WRA! This will help with all aspects of operations. We have many security cameras and smart devices all around along with public WiFi that our customers are free to use. Many parents who WFH bring their laptops and work while their kids ride. We may have been here for over 40 years but we are constantly upgrading and changing things to stay the #1 Riding Academy in the state! ๐Ÿ“ž ๐Ÿ’ป ๐ŸŽ

He's back! We had to stop one of our most popular group lessons due to so many events and shows in July. Oscar Thomison ...
07/30/2024

He's back! We had to stop one of our most popular group lessons due to so many events and shows in July.

Oscar Thomison has an Advanced Cutting, Reining, & Ranch riding group lesson most Tuesdays at 5pm. ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ

Come learn an incredible amount of new skills for yourself. (Your personal horse too if you want!)

๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž-๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐!

โ–ถ๏ธ August Group Lessons! โฌ‡๏ธThese classes are 1 hour long on Saturdays. First one in August is Saturday the 10th! ๐ŸดThe mo...
07/29/2024

โ–ถ๏ธ August Group Lessons! โฌ‡๏ธ

These classes are 1 hour long on Saturdays. First one in August is Saturday the 10th! ๐Ÿด

The most cost effective lessons you can get. Small groups with expert instruction. ๐ŸŽ

Scan the QR code or click the ๐Ÿ”— below for more information/to sign up.

We've spent the last week all the way in Winona, Minnesota at the North Star Horse Show! โญโ›ฐ๏ธThe ladies and their horses ...
07/28/2024

We've spent the last week all the way in Winona, Minnesota at the North Star Horse Show! โญโ›ฐ๏ธ

The ladies and their horses performed great and took home lots of awards! ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅˆ

Now it's time for the long trek back home to Kansas. ๐Ÿ›ป๐Ÿ’จ

FREE EARRINGS Air Capital Tack! โœจ
07/27/2024

FREE EARRINGS Air Capital Tack! โœจ

โœจ FREE STUD EARRINGS!!! โœจ

When you purchase any necklace you can choose a pair of studs from our large selection for ๐…๐‘๐„๐„! Multiple sizes and colors of stones available! ๐Ÿ’Ž

10727 E. 39th Street South | Derby, KS 67037 ๐Ÿ“

We're just days away from the 2024 Paris๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Olympics Equestrian events! Are you going to tune in? ๐Ÿ“บ We'll be rooting for ...
07/22/2024

We're just days away from the 2024 Paris๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Olympics Equestrian events!

Are you going to tune in? ๐Ÿ“บ We'll be rooting for Team USA! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

๐ŸŒŸ We have a winner for our $300 Summer Camp Giveaway!!! ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ Alondra Payne!!! โœจ This is our biggest giv...
07/20/2024

๐ŸŒŸ We have a winner for our $300 Summer Camp Giveaway!!! ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ Alondra Payne!!! โœจ

This is our biggest giveaway we've ever done, thank you to everyone who entered and helped spread the word on Facebook about us!

In the comments is a video we did selecting the winner โฌ‡๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

Thank you to everyone who came out to our "Meet A Horse" event today! ๐Ÿ™We're blown away with the response and amount of ...
07/17/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out to our "Meet A Horse" event today! ๐Ÿ™

We're blown away with the response and amount of people who came to enjoy our animals and more! ๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ๐Ÿท๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿฆ†

We hope everyone saw why we love what we do every day of the year. We think it's pretty rad! ๐Ÿด๐Ÿ’š

๐ŸŸก TOMORROW! Wednesday July 17, 2024 5PM-7PM, is โ€œMeet a Horse Dayโ€ at Wichita Riding Academy! ๐ŸŸกโ–ถ๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ,...
07/16/2024

๐ŸŸก TOMORROW! Wednesday July 17, 2024 5PM-7PM, is โ€œMeet a Horse Dayโ€ at Wichita Riding Academy! ๐ŸŸก

โ–ถ๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ! โ—€๏ธ

A day when families are warmly welcomed into our facility to learn and meet our incredible horses and other fun farm animals!

Bring friends, family, neighbors, and strangers!

Meet horses, ponies, miniature horses, miniature donkeys, fainting goats, turkeys, chickens, ducks, micro cow, pigs, and more. ๐Ÿด๐Ÿ‡ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฆ†

FREE Sno cones โ„๏ธ and Unicorn kisses! ๐Ÿฆ„

We will also be offering pony and horse rides for only ๐Ÿ’ฒ5 a ride! Riders must be 3yrs and up. 100lb weight limit for mini horses, 225lb limit for horses.

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ! ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ“ฒ
โ–ถ๏ธ https://vist.ly/3edag โ—€๏ธ

Address

10727 E 39th Street South
Derby, KS
67037

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm

Telephone

+13166510876

Website

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Videos

Only a few weeks of camp left! #summercamp #horseback #horsebackriding #equine #summertime #memories #WichitaKS #DerbyKS #AndoverKS #WRA #WichitaRidingAcademy #horses

Making memories that last a lifetime! ๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ’š

Wichita Riding Academy Lesson horses enjoying some electrolyte popsicles! Trying to stay cool in this heat!

Summer Camp at Wichita Riding Academy! Come see why we're the # 1 place to be this summer! #WichitaKS #DerbyKS #AndoverKS #SummerCamp #Horsebackriding #ridinglessons #memories

๐Ÿ‚ Titan is here to cheer you up! Random clips of him when he was a baby. He's a little over two years old now!

Congratulations to Lauren M. Engels on winning the My Parent and Me camp for tomorrow! ๐ŸŽ‰ Message our page so we can get you setup!

Wichita Riding Academy Inc. @ the Route 66 Morgan Classic

Come spend a morning at WRA with your kiddos or grand kiddos! ๐Ÿด๐Ÿท๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ—๐š๐ฆ-๐๐จ๐จ๐ง! โฐ

Here it is!!! The drawing for the May Group lessons giveaway! ($140) ๐ŸŽ‰ (Audio on) Congratulations to the winner!!! We're going to message all of those who entered with a special offer for the future. Thank you SO much to everyone who shared our post and entered to win! โค๏ธ๐Ÿด

Our absolute favorite fly boots! Available @Air Capital Tack in-store and online.

Summer Camp at Wichita Riding Academy.
Summer Camp at Wichita Riding Academy.

Youth Summer Camp at Wichita Riding Academy. The best summer they'll ever have! ๐Ÿด๐ŸŒž Watch this video to see why we're the #1 place to be ๐ŸŽฅ

Have a little bit of sunshine! WishaWISHAAA

Maddie and Spirit
Maddie and Spirit

Little Spontaneous drone fun! Maddie was enjoying a ride on Spirit and I was flying the drone working on some shots for an upcoming commercial. Decided to take a couple vids of them enjoying the beautiful Spring day. ๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒž -Mark

๐ŸŒธ O๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž! ๐Š๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿดโค One the biggest differences in our camps is that we don't do a single large group with little direction. We separate our campers into smaller groups by age/skill with skilled instructors and staff. This guarantees safety and much more! ๐ŸšจSummer Camp is coming up soon, don't wait to book. There are already camps that are full.

Spring Break Camp has been incredibly busy this week! ๐Ÿด โค๏ธ

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