The official e-newsletter of The Equestrian College Advisor.

From the blog:

How do you kill time between flights when you’re scheduled to look at sales horses in Minnesota and have an extra eight or so hours between when your farm visit finishes and your flight home departs?

When you’re me, you visit the campus of Carleton College in Northfield. (Obviously.) Read More

I will be speaking at the

Junior Equestrian Festival

in Westport, CT next weekend (Oct 9-10) - stop by if you're in the area!

If you're looking for more insight into the life of an intercollegiate equestrian, the blog

Sixteen Hands

is an insider account from an IHSA hunt seat team member from Bridgewater College in Weyers Cave, Virginia. Bookmark the page or follow them through Wordpress.

“Bueller?” No answer.

“Bueller?” Long pause.

“He’s sick. My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going out with a girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious,” says a girl in the class.

Now obviously missing school due to horse showing is not skipping school, which made the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off so popular. However, there are some similarities if proper steps are not taken. So, how can you efficiently and responsibly miss school to attend horse shows? The mothers of children who have found great success in both the show pen and at school offer their advice on this topic. Read More

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