SCAD Equestrian: A Legacy of Excellence
BY ASHLEY HENRY, Equestrian Head Coach, The Savannah College of Art and Design
Building a championship team is truly a creative endeavor. Next year will be my fifteenth year coaching the SCAD equestrian team. Our...
Emory & Henry College – Providing Exceptional Support for Equestrians During Their College Careers
BY April Bilodeau
Riding in college has grown in popularity in recent years, offering something for everyone no matter what discipline you choose. Many colleges offer riding as an extracurricular activity for students, but Emory...
So Much More Than a Diploma: St. Andrews University Equestrian Studies
BY LAUREN MAULDIN
Picking a college is the first step of adulthood for many, and there are countless factors that go into determining which school is the best fit. But add horses into the mix?...
Lake Erie College: Where Equestrian Career Dreams Can Become Reality
Originally from the September 2020 issue.
By Elyse Schenk
Contrary to popular belief, the start of college doesn’t have to mean the end of horses. In fact, higher education is a jumping-off point for an equine-based...
More Than a Lucky Draw: Life Lessons From IEA
BY LEXI PLAISTED
I sat on a horse before I could walk on my own two feet. Horses have shaped my entire life, and yet the moment that changed my life the most occurred when...
Inaugural USEF College Fair Brought to You by Upper Echelon Academy Coming to 2022 Adequan®/USEF...
Edited Press Release
Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the inaugural USEF College Fair brought to you by Upper Echelon Academy will occur on Thursday, June 30, during the 2022 Adequan®/USEF Junior Hunter...
“She Didn’t Resemble the Rest”
How Maclay Champion Augusta Iwasaki prevailed over criticism about her looks to blaze the trail for riders in the Big Eq—and beyond
By Piper Klemm and Rennie Dyball
Augusta Iwasaki won the ASPCA Maclay National Championship...
The Many Options for College Equestrians
BY Helen Chimbos
Have you considered riding in college but don't know where to start? Many young equestrians aspire to continue their riding journey into college but are unsure how to. There are plenty of...
Tough Weather and Tough Riders at the “Lucky Seven” IHSA Alumni Tournament of Champions
“Lucky 7” the Seventh Anniversary of the Alumni Tournament of Champions (hunt seat edition) once again had a slightly crazy Mother Nature throwing some interesting weather and oddly low temps at the 100 or...
Book Excerpt: The Athletic Equestrian
Ride Like a Varsity Athlete
By Sally Batton with Christina Keim (March 2022) Reprinted with the permission of Trafalgar Square Books
ASSESSING YOUR COLLEGIATE HORSE SHOW DRAW
For varsity riders, being able to get on an unfamiliar...
6 Pieces of Advice for Competing at IEA Nationals
Written by: Carly Nasznic, Photos by: Stan Nasznic
The 2015 IEA National Finals are coming up very soon and with only a limited time to prepare for them, here are some tips on how to make...
IEA Names 2022-2023 National Youth Board
Edited Press Release
Monday, August 1, 2022 – (Columbus, Ohio) – The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) announced the elected members of the 2022-2023 IEA National Youth Board. The Youth Board was created by the IEA’s Education Committee in 2016...
Riding the Wave: The Road to IEA Nationals
By Bernie Villeneuve
Early Sunday morning on the final day of competition at this year’s IEA Nationals, I found myself wide awake, long before the alarm was scheduled to shriek.
Unlike the other mornings when we’d...
Where Have All the Big Eq Ribbon Winners Gone?
As all equestrians in the U.S. near the end of their junior riding careers and are facing the stresses of “aging out” and which side of the December 1st USEF birthday they fall, they...
Sweet Briar College and the Transformative Experience of Riding
Written by Sissy Wickes
Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, VA, has had more than its share of trials in the past eighteen months. Slated to close its doors in 2015, the small female liberal...
Thrills, Spills, & One Big Work-Off: Adam Edgar Is Electric in the USEF/Cacchione Cup...
BY NINA FEDRIZZI
Beezie Madden won it for Southern Seminary in 1984. Peter Wylde took the title for Tufts two years later. If ever there was a predictor of future greatness in collegiate riding, the...
Lessons Learned from Collegiate Riding Last After the Season Ends Short
BY TAYLOR MCRAE
Collegiate riding offers the opportunity to learn lessons that lectures and labs can never hope to impart. The experience of riding in university is unparalleled, and I am so thankful to have...
How to Prepare for Next Year’s IEA Competitions During the Off Season
BY REBECCA KAPLAN
Weeks after the IEA National championships, activity for many IEA team members has come to a halt. The show season for the Interscholastic Equestrian Association begins during mid autumn and stretches all...
An Open Letter to the Collegiate Equestrians
BY NOA LEIBSON
To my fellow athletes,
I know, I know. It wasn’t supposed to end this way. We were supposed to have another hurrah. We were supposed to wake early in the morning again with...
From Confusing to Life Saving – The IHSA Team That Became Home
BY CADY WAKITSCH
College student Cady found herself depressed and isolated in a new environment when she stumbled across the equestrian team—not realizing it was huntseat rather than her usual saddleseat. After her "sea of...
What You Need to Know About Donating Your Horse to a Collegiate Program
By Prof Mary Pardee, M. ED
I am a professional beggar. This may be a strange statement given that I am gainfully employed in my fourteenth year as a Professor in the School of...
Thinking of Going to College for Horses? Read This.
BY LUCILE VIGOUROUX, MSc
Equestrians who aspire to make a career out of horses are confident about one thing: their passion for the animal and the sport. But the path to success as an equine...
