Walker Acres Riding Academy
Horse Riding
Why pick this one
Walker Acres Riding Academy offers application-based Ranch Riding and Horsemanship instruction with an ARIA-certified instructor and multidisciplinary curricula.
Best for
- Applicants seeking formal Ranch Riding and Horsemanship instruction
- Riders interested in Dressage, Reining, Western Pleasure, English Pleasure, or Hunter concepts
- Students wanting instruction with a lesson horse
- Horse owners seeking self-care, co-op-care, or full-care pasture boarding
- Small groups booking horse grooming sessions
Look elsewhere if
- Students seeking therapeutic, hippotherapy, or adaptive riding
- Applicants younger than 8
- Riders exceeding the stated 200-pound riding limit
- Families seeking youth camps during 2026
- Visitors needing walk-in access rather than an appointment
- Customers seeking a casual one-time riding experience instead of the application-based academy
Specialties
- Ranch Riding instruction
- Horsemanship instruction
- Dressage instruction
- Reining instruction
- Western Pleasure instruction
- English Pleasure instruction
- Hunter instruction
- Showmanship instruction
- Liberty training
- Foundational horse training
- Pasture boarding
- Group horse grooming sessions
Certifications
- ARIA Certified Instructor
What makes them different
- Application-based academy with a stated acceptance rate of 1 in 8 applications
- Curriculum combines Ranch Riding and Horsemanship with Dressage, Reining, Western Pleasure, English Pleasure, Hunter, and foundational horse training
- Program director reports over 30 years of formal and informal training experience
- Pasture boarding includes covered arena access, trails, trailer parking, hay, an obstacles yard, and tree-covered pastures with a creek, pond, and shelters
- Riders can apply to use a Walker Acres lesson horse or their own horse
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 6521 Schley Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278
- Phone
- +19842150023
- Website
- http://www.walkeracresridingacademync.com/
- walkeracresridingacademy@gmail.com
Services
- Private riding classes
- Horse training instruction
- Riding instruction using lesson horses
- Instruction using a student's own horse
- Pasture boarding
- Horse grooming sessions
- Student training challenges