{"id":62556,"date":"2011-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-equestrian-team-has-reins-on-success\/"},"modified":"2011-12-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T00:00:00","slug":"uri-equestrian-team-has-reins-on-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/uri-equestrian-team-has-reins-on-success\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 equestrian team has reins on success"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 6, 2011 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s club equestrian team is a unique group \u2013 with its small group lessons, fundraising efforts, annual dues, and an impressive record to boot.<\/p>\n


\nPamela Steere-Maloof, who also owns Faith Hill Farm in East Greenwich, R.I., coaches the equestrian team. The team co-captains are Heather Chmura, of Cumberland, R.I., Samantha Epright, of Westport, Conn., and Kayla Prefontaine, of Newport, R.I.<\/p>\n


\nThe team is coeducational, but has an all-female roster of 32 this season. Epright said this makes for a large equestrian team, even by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s standards; the University has a history of being one of the bigger teams in the region.<\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 team has finished the season ranked second place in the region for the past several years. It competes against Brown University, Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island College, Roger Williams University, Assumption College, Becker College, the College of the Holy Cross, and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.<\/p>\n


\nSteere-Maloof is an experienced coach and knows what it takes for an equestrian team to succeed. This is her eleventh season coaching an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association team and her sixth year with 溏心vlog免费B站. She has led her teams to victory in the past, which then attracts other talented riders to the program each year. The size of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s team, in turn, benefits the Rams at shows since they have so many competitors in each division.<\/p>\n


\nThe equestrian team welcomes students with all levels of horseback-riding experience. This year, there are a few members who rode as children but not during high school, and one student who had never ridden before.<\/p>\n


\nEach host school is responsible for supplying horses at their home shows. Many schools bring in additional horses from other sources, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 team tries to bring up to four horses to other shows, upon request of the host school.<\/p>\n


\nWhile equestrian is often considered more of an individual sport, people tend to forget that the riders do have to depend on a teammate when they compete \u2013 the horses. The team members develop relationships with their own horses when practicing, but since they are usually using other horses at shows, they do not have much time to get to know their personalities, which can be a challenge when competing. Epright said that after being on the team for a few years, riders become familiar with other schools\u2019 horses.<\/p>\n


\nSince the equestrian team is a club sport, the team is partially funded through student activity fees, but team members are required to contribute individual member dues. The equestrian team members pay dues of $250 each year, and they are responsible for purchasing their own show and riding apparel. To help defray costs, all horse equipment, or tack, is supplied, and the teammates try to share clothing as often as possible.<\/p>\n


\nThe team typically raises several thousand dollars every year to help pay for all team expenses, including the coach\u2019s salary, board and care for the team\u2019s horses, and gas reimbursement for driving to shows. This year, the team\u2019s fundraising committee will sell decals for car windows, which were designed by a team member who is studying art and art history at 溏心vlog免费B站, and calendars. The team also finds sponsors to purchase advertisements in their program and charges registration fees for other schools attending the 溏心vlog免费B站 home show.<\/p>\n


\nFundraising serves as an opportunity to raise money for the team and fosters close relationships among the riders. Epright said that the fundraisers are all great team-building efforts.<\/p>\n


\nUnlike other teams, the equestrian team members practice in small groups and are only required to attend these sessions once a week in order to compete in shows.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cPractices per week exceeding one time are up to the individual members,\u201d Epright said. \u201cMany of the girls choose to practice more than once to gain time in the saddle and show their diligence. Also, some girls, like Kayla and I, own their own horses at the farm, so we ride all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe team captains said that even though the riders compete individually in shows, there is a real sense of camaraderie on the team. They carpool to lessons and shows, which gives them plenty of opportunities to bond and support one another. They hold weekly meetings, which range from formal sessions in the Memorial Union, to pasta dinners, to fun group outings like haunted hayrides.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cWe\u2019re a very close-knit group,\u201d said Prefontaine of the team. \u201cWe all have different riding abilities and personalities, which makes the season very fun.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe equestrian team competes in about 10 shows throughout the fall and spring semesters. To learn more about the team\u2019s show schedule, please visit http:\/\/uriequestrian.webs.com.<\/p>\n


\nThis release was written by Danielle Sanda, an intern in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Communications and Marketing and a public relations major.<\/p>\n


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\nEQUESTRIAN SUCCESS: Samantha Epright, one of the 溏心vlog免费B站 club equestrian team\u2019s co-captains, competing at a recent show. Photo courtesy of Samantha Epright.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 6, 2011 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s club equestrian team is a unique group \u2013 with its small group lessons, fundraising efforts, annual dues, and an impressive record to boot. Pamela Steere-Maloof, who also owns Faith Hill Farm in East Greenwich, R.I., coaches the equestrian team. The team co-captains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}