<p>Any schools offer this, specifically top LACs?</p>
<p>If you’re a female, then Rollins.</p>
<p>Well, a friend of mine went to Sweetbriar and I remember visiting her and seeing some women riding their horses on the hills.</p>
<p>is polo or horseback riding as a sport not popular, is it considered to dangerous?</p>
<p>its a varsity sport at many schools. well not polo, but equitation. Look up the IHSA.</p>
<p>Cornell, Yale, Connecticut, and Virginia all have varsity polo teams, I believe.</p>
<p>If you’re not majoring in equine studies, though, I’d be cautious about planning on spending a lot of time riding until you get past freshman year. Someone in our family took her horse to school, and ended up spending more time with it in the barn than in the classroom…with the expected results.</p>
<p>^Actually, if the family can afford it, having a student take his/her horse to college isn’t necessarily a bad thing. My D took her horse with her and she boards the horse at a facility near her campus. D’s university is 1,500 miles from home and having the horse there with her was the perfect remedy for homesickness. D finished her first year with a 3.94 cumulative GPA. She also made many friends with students who also boarded their horses at the same facility. To get back to the OP’s question, collegiate equestrian teams compete either through the IHSA or the NCAA. As for polo, schools with teams compete through the USPA. Here are the relevant websites:</p>
<p>[The</a> Official IHSA web site : Current Teams](<a href=“http://www.ihsainc.com/CurrentTeams/default.aspx?mid=13]The”>404)
[Varsity</a> Equestrian - The Official Site of NCAA Varsity Equestrian](<a href=“http://www.varsityequestrian.com/]Varsity”>http://www.varsityequestrian.com/)
[USPA</a> - Find A Scholastic or University Club](<a href=“http://www.us-polo.org/schools.htm]USPA”>http://www.us-polo.org/schools.htm)</p>
<p>do you end up having to buy a horse if you dont have one?</p>
<p>No, virtually all teams have their own horses which are owned by the college or university. No need for you to own a horse in order to participate.</p>