Athletic Equestrian: Riding In College Podcast
Navigating the world of collegiate riding is a mystery to most young rider athletes and their families. Sally Batton, a collegiate varsity equestrian coach for over 30 years, interviews coaches, organizations and riders for their insight on what it takes to ride on a collegiate equestrian team. So saddle up and join her as she reveals the inner workings of collegiate equestrian.
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Luke Brock, originally from Franklin, TN, began riding at age 8 at a Quarter Horse breeding farm. He honed his skills breaking colts before joining the IHSA team at Western Kentucky University. Seeking new challenges, Luke moved to Colorado to earn an AAS in Horse Training and Management from Lamar Community College, f
has been riding for 12 years and currently rides for the Hollins University IHSA Hunt Seat team. Originally from Ferndale, Washington, she has ridden, shown, and groomed for various trainers across the US. Cora competed through the 1.10m jumpers and 3'3" Junior Hunters and Equitation on the A Circuit before college. Sh
is a sophomore majoring in biomedical science with a minor in chemistry to become a large animal veterinarian. She has been riding for fourteen years and has been showing for ten. Her horse Copper has joined her at college and outside of the barn she is the Executive Board President of my school's Honors College.
She spent a majority of her early horse life driving and she just recently started her transition from a more dressage based riding to hunt seat riding. She currently rides on the SMWC hunt seat team and is looking to compete as her team’s novice rider at IHSA nationals. When she isn’t riding, she is double majoring in
is from Orangeville, Pennsylvania where she grew up riding. She is in her senior year at Emory and Henry College and competes on both the IDA and IHSA teams. She has ridden on the IHSA team for 4 years and IDA for 2 years. At the end of this school year she will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Equine Studies with t
is a Mental Health Counselor and lifelong equestrian who runs Unbridled Mental Performance. She is a Virginia Intermont alum and currently lives north of Charlotte, NC.