Given Wyoming’s deep history as a route along many cattle drives, it is no wonder horsemanship is a highly valued and practiced skill across the state. This stays true at the university, which boasts its very own club equestrian team.
For those who don’t know, equestrian sports are a series of events that revolve around a competitor and their horse completing certain tasks together.
“We do Hunt Seat (English) and western horsemanship,” President of the Equestrian Club Emily Cokl said. “Hunt Seat we do a jump class and a flat class. In Western, you’ll do a flat class and a then a pattern.