August 2021 Issue

Real Estate Reach families with horses and equestrian professionals looking to relocate to this region with an ad in East Coast Equestrian . For more information, call (717) 509-9800. The news East Coast horse owners need to know Please resubmit your events to steph @ eastcoastequestrian.net Please provide event name, location, city, state and contact information for inclusion at no cost in our calendar. Attention Event Organizers! The news East Coast horse owners need to know EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN August 2021 Page 23 Riding in College is a Very Attainable Goal for Students CK: I think there are many aspects that set our team apart. Our Equestrian Center is right on campus, as is our equine breed- ing facility. We have nearly 100 horses on campus. Our riders can just walk to the barn from the residence halls! It’s very, very normal to head straight to the dining hall or class after a lesson in your riding clothes. We’re also so lucky that we’re under the De- partment of Athletics at DelVal; our riders are considered student athletes. They don’t pay for horse shows or lessons. We have access to the campus athletic trainers and facilities. We have such a wonderful mix of students from all majors (equine management, pre-vet, business, education, and so many more) who ride on the team. This is also a close-knit team, which I love. They find their lifelong friends on the team. Our alumni also support our cur- rent riders- they’ll post encour- agement on a DelVal Equestrian Team (DVUET) Facebook page during post-season, cheering on the riders. MM: I think one of the main things that makes the UD team so great is the fact that we have so many lesson horses. We rarely ride the same horse twice in a semester. This gives us the opportunity to practice on a ton of different horses and ponies and adapt to them. This gives us im- portant skills that we need when we show IHSA, since we must be adaptable to any horse we draw. Q: How many opportuni- ties do students have to ride each week? SC: Riders ride once a week to boost their personal skills and promote team bonding but can ride multiple times a week if they have the opportunity and time. TP: Our team practices every Friday with different time slots to join depending on riding level. Anyone who wants to practice is easily able to do so every Friday and students are encouraged to hack the horses as often as possible. Many of our members also take a riding class through Centenary’s equine program which gives them an additional two lessons a week. JS: Varsity riders can choose to ride 3, 4 or 5 times per week. We also work with a strength and conditioning coach and athletic trainer. CK: During regular season, our team riders have two les- sons a week at our on campus Equestrian Center. Regardless of their major, our students all have the opportunity to ride in our academic riding skills classes, so they could ride an additional two days per week with those classes. During post-season, we typical- ly ride and workout five days a week. (Continued from page 22) (Continued on page 26)