About Us
Dunedin Riding Academy is owned and operated by Jenny and James Vind. DRA is a riding school which offers a variety of services to assist beginner, intermediate and advanced riders to reach their full potential! DRA provides the ponies, equipment and a fully qualified coach!
DRA runs its own ponies as a service and also caters for any rider who wants to bring their own ponies or horses to us, or we can come to you (within the Dunedin area only).
We currently cater for young children and young adults who wish to develop their skills further and to be more involved in the care of the ponies. We offer a variety of services that include one to one lessons for all beginners to more advanced riders, group lessons, birthday parties, holiday clubs, etc.
Jenny is a qualified instructor and has worked with horses since she was 12 years old. Jenny qualified at Hadlow College in Kent (UK) with a Equine Science degree at 20 and at 21 was managing a fully fledged riding school in Leicestershire, Witham Villa. Whilst at Witham Villa, Jenny went on to progress her Equine qualifications with British Horse Society Level 4 and II. Jenny is also qualified First Aid Tutor and First Responder having previously worked at St John until 2023.
At DRA, we very fortunate to have a community of people who are passionate equine enthusiasts! We have a great community spirit and we all muck in to help each other out whenever there’s a need.
We not only care for all the horses and ponies onsite but we care for each other and enjoy each others company! DRA is truly fortunate to have some of our longer standing customers helping us out on a regular basis.
If you want to be a part of something special, please enquire today for any of our services and find out more!
Location
15 Sanda Road, Dunedin
Dunedin, Otago
Hours - Generally 1pm to 7pm each day.
Bookings are essential - call Jenny on 0211730126
Or, hit the Enquire Now or Book Now buttons to send us an email
