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...But this blog entry isn’t about the events transpiring at Randolph, about which I have no more knowledge that what’s been published and linked to above. Instead, I want to take a wider view of college equestrian programs – and facilities – and their place in the current higher education landscape. You see, readers, Randolph isn’t the first campus to have its equestrian center fall onto the chopping block and I suspect it won’t be the last as colleges and universities continue to look for ways to streamline their operating budgets while bolstering programs of value to their student bodies – an issue that quite easily thrusts college-supported riding programs right into the middle of a direct conflict between two ideals.

The big question in my mind is: Can a college divest of its riding facilities but continue to support and fulfill its riders in meaningful and relevant ways? Read More

Auburn University has announced the dates of their spring and summer riding camps.

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Margaret Duprey a long-time sponsor of U.S. Grand Prix rider Todd Flettrich and an avid adult amateur competitor in her own right, has donated 1 million dollar for a new veterinary education center at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, U.S.A.

With other major gifts for the center from two Wilson alumnae (Susan Breakefield Fulton and the late Eleanor Martin Allen), Duprey’s gift brings the total raised for the new veterinary facility to $2,075,000. The total estimated cost of the project is $2.8 million.

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