Equestrian

Sport History 

At the 1987 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, 38 athletes competed in the equestrian sports competition; one year later equestrian was added as an official Special Olympics sport. The training season is usually year round with a culminating event at Summer Games in June at Penn State University.   More then 200 Special Olympics athletes train in Equestrian and 42 volunteers are certified coaches in Pennsylvania.

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Training and Competition

Rules – 2008 Special Olympics Rules

Coaching Guides - Training Plans (coming soon)