About the equestrian club:
The LRU Equestrian Club is a recognized
club at Lenoir-Rhyne University. It is composed of undergraduate
students who have an interest in horses.
The purpose of the club is to:
-Provide a forum for the exchange of information about equine species,
their characteristics, and care.
-Sponsor the Intercollegiate Riding Team in its competitive riding
schedule during the academic school year.
-Allow interested students to organize, participate in or observe equine
related activities such as horse shows and clinics.
-Other activities the Equestrian Club participates in include guest
speakers and clinics, community service, and fund raising events and
schooling level competitions.
Lenoir-Rhyne University offers Hunt Seat, Dressage, and Western Horsemanship classes from beginning levels through advanced for course credit. These are held at Foothills Equestrian Center which is located 9 miles from campus in Bethlehem, NC. Foothills also hosts the competing Intercollegiate Dressage Team and regional intercollegiate dressage shows. Foothills has dozens of horses available for practice riding and lessons. Lessons and classes are offered year round in their indoor riding facility at all levels for dressage, hunt seat and western riders.
In order to compete on our Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Hunt Seat or Western teams, or on our Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) team a student must be a full time undergraduate, an LRU Equestrian club member in good standing, and must join the national IDA or IHSA organization. Riders must be actively riding on a regular basis with the coach or coaching staff. Students DO NOT need to own a horse or tack. Riders must furnish only their own personal show attire, helmet, boots, etc. The team travels to host schools and competes on well trained, high quality horses furnished by the hosting schools. Teams consists of riders at all levels from walk trot through advanced in all disciplines.
Team members are also eligible for discounts in practice riding, working student positions, and with coach approval, may use Foothills owned horses in open competitions.
Click here to find our more about our riding facility.
Members of the 2010 IDA team!
To contact the coach email Dana Dewey at foothillsequestrian@hotmail.com (please put "horse" or "equestrian" in the subject line to bypass spam filters)
for questions concerning academic courses offered contact Dr Katherine Pasour ( katherine.pasour@lr.edu )
Meet Our Generous Sponsors:
Carolyn Anderson
Anna Danner
Foothills Equestrian Center
Johnson’s Milling and Feed, Inc
Matthews Mobile Veterinary Service
Medical Center Pharmacy
Scott and Rebecca Monish
Katherine Pasour
Scott Shrode
and the owners of the high quality horses loaned to the program for our use.
LINKS
LRU Equestrian Club Facebook page
Intercollegiate Dressage Association
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association