mustangbill67 wrote:If you know, I am curious about how equestrian works at the college level. Are there scholarships and if so how many each year? Do the girls provide their own horses, trailers, stabling and transportation to meets? In other words, what is the schools investment in the program?
They get 15 scholarships.
I am under the impression a lot of the infrastructure like horses and stables comes largely through donations - but I'm sure it is different at each school.
All of the travel comes from the university just like any other sport.
Each meet uses the horses of the host school, so they don't have to travel horses.
Good question though - because it certainly has to be an expensive sport without some outside help. I know SMU has some sort of gift horse program. I have no idea who pays for the stables and facilities at BuckBranch.