Scholarship Application 2023

The Riding A Dream Academy

The Khadijah Mellah Scholarship 2023-24

Application Form

The next year-long Khadijah Mellah Scholarship will begin with a week's Residential Course at the British Racing School from Monday 28th August - Friday 1st September and will be followed by a session once a month from September 2023 until July 2024.

It is specifically for young people aged 14-18 from diverse communities, underprivileged backgrounds and urban equestrian centres.

AM I ELIGIBLE?

Please make sure that you meet the following criteria:

Aged 14-18 with an interest in horses, riding and British horse racing
Good attitude and willingness to learn and work hard!
Love of animals
Weigh under 65kg or 10 stone 2*
You can apply even if you don't have much riding experience but please do not apply if you loan or have your own pony.
We particularly welcome applications from individuals from diverse ethnic communities.

* this is for horse welfare reasons when riding

Use the form below to submit your application. Please note that once you start you can't save this and come back to it.

1. Tell us more about you

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Phone

Height

Age

Weight (we ask this for horse welfre reasons)

Date of birth

If you answered yes, please provide more detail here

Address

2. Your key contacts
We will need to get in contact with your parent or carer to make sure they agree to you applying and taking part in the Residential

Name of Parent / Carer

Relationship to you

Parent / Carer's Phone number

Parent / carer's email address

3. Tell us about your school

Which school / college do you attend?

Which year are you in?

Are there any achievements from school that you would like to tell us about? This could anything that you are proud of

4. Your riding experience (remember, it doesn't matter if you don't have loads of experience)

Which of the following apply to you

I do not have a pony

I privately loan a pony

I have my own pony

Do you currently ride at an Urban Equestrian Centre? If so, which one?

What riding experience, if any, do you have?

5. Tell us why you want to be on the Khadijah Mellah Scholarship

Why do you want to apply for the Khadijah Mellah Scholarship?

What do you want to achieve on the Scholarship?

What interests you most about British horse racing?

What do you want to achieve in horse racing?

How did you hear about us?

I declare that the info I’ve provided is accurate & complete

I have permission from my parent / carer to apply

We will keep applicant details on file for 18 months. This data will only be used to contact applicants about similar opportunities in the future. Our privacy policy is available here.

I accept terms & conditions

Thanks for submitting and good luck! We will be back in contact soon.