Sweet Briar Riding

10/23/2026

LEXINGTON, Va. – The Sweet Briar College equestrian team, represented by sophomores Josie Flannery (Orange, Va.), Hallie Nelson (Duette, Fla.), and Sadie Swift (Leonardtown, Md.), and first-year Lexi Reininger (Webster, N.Y.), placed fourth at this year's Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Tr...

10/10/2026

NCEA is back in action again today at Sewanee!

10/10/2026

MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The No. 5 Single Discipline Sweet Briar College NCEA team (1-0, 1-0 ODAC) earned a 7–3 victory over the Berry College Vikings (0-1) on Friday, Oct. 9, winning four head-to-head matchups over fences and three on the flat.

10/09/2026

It’s Meet Day! Sweet Briar kicks off their two meet trip against Berry today!

09/28/2026

SWEET BRIAR, Va. – The Sweet Briar College IHSA team was named Reserve High Point Team in the season's opening show at the Harriet Howell Rogers Riding Center yesterday, Sept. 27th.

09/28/2026

⭐ Sweet Briar College is celebrating a very important milestone on October 3, 2026! This will be their 100th annual horse show!

“This event is a testament to the importance of equestrian sports and their legacy at Sweet Briar," says Sweet Briar College President Mary Pope M. Hutson.

🏆 The college’s IHSA team is one of Virginia’s founding teams and has sent many riders and teams to Nationals over the years. The 2022 & 2006 teams finished in 3rd place at Nationals. Other notable individual successes include Makayla Benjamin winning the coveted Caccione Cup at Nationals in 2018.

📸 Pictured is Hallie Nelson ’29 and Sweet Briar’s Hemingway. Photo by Noah Dachis Photography

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09/27/2026

IHSA kicks off their fall season with their fall home show! Competition will begin at 10AM. We will have a food truck and it's a beautiful day to support your Sweet Briar Vixens! Up! Up! Sweet!

09/25/2026

The SBC NCEA Team kicks off their fall season with a scrimmage today against Washington and Lee University! Up! Up! Sweet!

09/17/2026

Join us on October 3rd for the 100th Annual Sweet Briar Horse Show! Please see this link to view the prizelist: https://canva.link/rzi4f7wpz84z399 - online entries will be available on horseshowsonline.com in the coming days.

A couple of notes:

- We have a very limited number of stalls available for exhibitors at the horse show. To reserve a stall please email [email protected] no later than Wednesday, September 23rd at Noon!

- In lieu of a food truck, all exhibitors are invited to attend our special luncheon, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., provided by Sweet Briar’s catering partner, Meriwether Godsey. Tickets for the luncheon are $10.00 for current students and $20.00 for exhibitors, alumnae, parents, and guests. All are welcome! Please register and buy tickets prior to Saturday by visiting: https://shorturl.at/tzyDd

If you have any additional questions please contact Justine Betzler at [email protected] - we look forward to you joining us for this historic horse show!

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09/01/2026

Meet the 2026-2027 Leadership Team!

We can’t wait to see what this excellent group of horsewomen do for the riding program this year.