Athletic Equestrian: Riding In College Podcast Sally Batton

What does it take to become a Collegiate Rider? Sally Batton, 35-year collegiate head coach, discusses what it takes to get recruited and make the roster on a collegiate equestrian team, the differences between the IHSA, the NCEA, and the other groups that make up collegiate riding, and what you can do to improve your chances of riding through college.
 
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has been with the Connemara Therapeutic Riding program in Cleggan, Ireland for ten years. Listen in to learn about their program and internships available. Jacqueline's family connection to horse breeding can be traced back over 500 years.

is the owner and head trainer at Vermillion Valley Equine Center. She began riding as a child and her love of horses carried into her adult life as she began teaching lessons and training horses. Throughout her career she has led several riders to success at local, and national competitions as well as having several students, including two of her own daughters, compete on National Collegiate Equestrian Association Programs. 

is the Founder & CEO of Avenue Equestrian. Her equestrian journey started at 6, riding at a Hunter/Jumper barn in NJ and continued through her collegiate years on the Penn State Equestrian team. Immediately post college, she worked for IBM for 5 years, then a retail company and ecommerce agency before starting Avenue Equestrian. In her business she guides equestrian businesses through strategic clarity, from marketing plans to data-driven financial goals.

is a sophomore at Wake Forest University, double majoring in Religious Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. Prior to joining the IHSA team at Wake Forest University, she had only done Mongolian horse riding before. Throughout this podcast, she discusses how skills, competitions, and even horses differ.

John is a Captain in the United States Air Force, and as an Air Battle Manager he controls medical evacuation, cargo, offensive, and defensive operations flying as aircrew on the E-3. As an officer he has led international teams of up to 30 people in dynamic environments to support strategic surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the United States and NATO. Prior to the military he was a Software Engineer at BAE Systems where he worked on mapping software for the Air Force. John graduated from Rochester Institute of technology in 2016 with a B.S in Computer Science, where he competed as a Western rider for his four years.