Virginia Intermont College - Equine Studies

Virginia Intermont College is located in Bristol, Old Dominion and is one of lone a few schools in the state to offer an academically accredited four-year degree in Equine Studies. The equid programme will get by developing the student's horsemanship accomplishments by instruction the chemical mechanisms of the Equus caballus and then teaching the proper horseback riding positions. Old Dominion Intermont College supplies pupils with a very hands-on experience and stresses the cognition of the Equus caballus and attention of the Equus caballus along with developing the pupils riding skills. Students will have got the chance to be involved in training, instructing, Equus caballus show direction and many other facets of the Equus caballus industry. The school focuses on English Language horseback riding and offerings social classes in dressage, eventing, equitation, hunter-jumpers, and show jumping. The course of study topographic points a great trade of clip on developing a student's accomplishments that volition set up them for any calling in the equid industry while also allowing a great amount of riding clip as well. Graduates will go forth the programme with a huge cognition of horsemanship and will be able to prosecute a calling in any field of the equid industry.

You make not have got to have your ain Equus caballus while earning your grade because the school have 65 Equus caballuses available for pupils to ride, however, if you make ain your ain horse, you can convey it to the school and sit it during the horseback riding social classes as long as the Equus caballus is trained through the accomplishment degree of the social class that it is being ridden in. It is strongly recommended that you make drive other Equus caballuses during some of the social classes because riding a assortment of different Equus caballuses will make a more than versatile and skilled rider. If you take to convey your ain horse, you will necessitate to do agreements with the boarding installation as early as possible because the horseback riding centre only offers Equus caballus boarding on a first come, first function footing for $3,900 per academic year. Students make not have got got to have their ain tack, but it is strongly recommended that each pupil convey all of their ain tack and grooming stores because the school have a limited figure of stores available at the horseback horseback riding center.

The riding centre is located six statute miles from the chief campus and is very modern installation that sit downs on 132 estate of beautiful land. The horseback riding centre have got a figure of different characteristics that include:

· 250 x 150 and 200 x 100 ft inside arenas

· 350 x 200 ft out-of-door arena

· A.J. Coyle Memorial Cross-Country Course

· 65 school provided horses

· Over 90 stalls

· 28 stall pupil boarding barn

· Respective sets of United States Horseman ordinance jumps

· Classroom with entree for riders with disabilities

· 9 big grass paddocks

· 2-horse dawdler and a 6-horse gooseneck Sundowner avant garde for transportation system to shows

· 4 tack rooms

· Personal lockers

· Laundry facilities

· Faculty offices

· 3 wash stalls with both hot and cold water

While attending Old Dominion Intermont College, pupils will have the chance to vie at Equus caballus shows through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). Members will vie at eight regular shows against Aftermath Forest University, Duke University, North Carolina State University and eight other universities. Besides the eight regular shows, members can also vie in regionals and nationals. The IHSA squads have got accumulated respective regional titles and modesty championships.

Students can also fall in the Interscholastic-Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA). This is a national organisation that throws competitions in each of the different parts that it is divided into. The intent of the International Development Association is to present pupils to dressage and to develop their accomplishments through competitions.

The campus also throws respective Campus Cup competitions throughout the twelvemonth and there is also the yearly Old Dominion Intermont Horse Trials and an A-rated Equus caballus show at the Lexington, Va. Horse Center.