Averett Equestrian Studies

Averett Equestrian Studies Students in the equestrian studies program have the opportunity to attend clinics, workshops and seminars in addition to classes.

Participation in shows, intercollegiate competitions, combined tests, horse trials, trek, and drill-rides is also available. Possible careers include equine insurance; pharmaceutical or equipment sales; design and/or construction of barns, courses, or facilities; equine massage; chiropractic; tourism; training; teaching; equine journalism; ownership/management of tack or feed stores; and racing, s

howing, boarding, or breeding stables. Incoming freshmen are required to take a riding test and will be placed, according to their experience, into one of the Horsemastership courses. Students must attain a minimum GPA for 2.50 for all courses in the major or minor. In addition, equestrian majors must pass a departmental exit exam in order to graduate.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐”๐„๐’ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?โ€œ๐– ๐–ด๐–ค๐–ฒ ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐–บ๐—†๐—‚๐—…๐—’ ๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ ๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ, ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐–พ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Žโ€™๐—‹๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—†, ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—๐–บ๐—Œ ๐–ผ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ...
08/28/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐”๐„๐’ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?

โ€œ๐– ๐–ด๐–ค๐–ฒ ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐–บ๐—†๐—‚๐—…๐—’ ๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ ๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ, ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐–พ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Žโ€™๐—‹๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—†, ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—๐–บ๐—Œ ๐–ผ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐—…๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–พโ€”๐—๐—๐–พ๐—’ ๐—ƒ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐— ๐—๐–พ๐—…๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‡ ๐–บ๐—‹๐—†๐—Œ! ๐–ณ๐—๐–พ๐—’ ๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐—‚๐—๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–ป๐–พ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–บ ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–ป๐—ˆ๐—๐— ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐— ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—Œ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–ฝ๐—…๐–พ!โ€

-Katelyn Rufert; Junior

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Happy National Dog Day to a few of our other cute furry four-legged friends๐Ÿพ |
08/26/2026

Happy National Dog Day to a few of our other cute furry four-legged friends๐Ÿพ

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08/25/2026

Good equitation is not just about a certain look but more of a function. Itโ€™s about sitting โ€œintoโ€ the horse and absorbing their movement through our bodies, instead of just perched on top of them. A good rider is not something for a horse to carry, but instead creates no discrepancies between the horses back and theirs.

That means that every body will have the same principles of movement, but there will be many modifications for individual bodies.

To be able to absorb the movement of the horse, we have to move beyond achieving a look and develop a feeling. It means letting go of some places and becoming more structured in other places.

I always remember the words my teacher said to me: if you canโ€™t feel the hind legs of the horse under you, you are not absorbing movement but perched. When I understood this that feeling became as clear as day - no longer just an idea or a memorized and disconnected timing, but a very clear feeling.

And so good riding is mainly that- feeling ourselves to feel the horse, and going together. Becoming more than a body controlling another body, but one entity, two bodies moving in harmony together.

Photo by Jade Premont

A few words from one of our captains๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ |
08/21/2026

A few words from one of our captains๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

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๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ๐™จ!โœจAfter graduating with her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from NC State earlier this year, Averett Eques...
08/20/2026

๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ๐™จ!โœจ

After graduating with her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from NC State earlier this year, Averett Equestrian Alumna Sadie Strickland, DVM will be joining our faculty and staff as a Veterinary Adjunct Professor! This semester she will be teaching Equine Anatomy and Physiology! Welcome back home Sadie!๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

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Several of our students joined in on the First Day of Class Bowling Alley Bash last night! What a great night to kick of...
08/20/2026

Several of our students joined in on the First Day of Class Bowling Alley Bash last night! What a great night to kick off the school year!๐ŸŽณ

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๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ !๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป |
08/20/2026

๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ !๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป

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๐Ÿ’™๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!๐Ÿ’› |
08/19/2026

๐Ÿ’™๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!๐Ÿ’›

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HAPPY FDOC! Looking forward to another successful school year!๐Ÿ“š |
08/19/2026

HAPPY FDOC! Looking forward to another successful school year!๐Ÿ“š

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We are excited to welcome another one of our incoming students, Brady Bowen!Brady is from Burlington, North Carolina and...
08/16/2026

We are excited to welcome another one of our incoming students, Brady Bowen!

Brady is from Burlington, North Carolina and majoring in Equine Management!

We are so excited to have you! Welcome Home!๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

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