The Bluegrass Riding Academy (BGRA) is a "first of its kind" in the nation riding academy featuring saddle seat riding lessons and camps for beginner through advanced riders of all ages, college courses in the equine studies, a unique program called "Horses and Homework After School Program" and research promoting the American Saddlebred horse. The Lexington, Kentucky area being the home of so many highly respected riding lesson programs and horse training facilities inspired the development of a high quality yet very unique riding program catering to several distinctly different types of people. The Academy offers quality riding instruction for some of the nation's most talented riders and riding lessons and camps for horse enthusiasts living in the local community and throughout the world.