IHSA Team

Equine Differences is home to the Oberlin College Equestrian Team (OCET) which participates in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association or IHSA.  The team competes every fall and winter in various English and Western shows against other colleges in various skill levels.

The IHSA provides collegiate riders of all skills the opportunity to compete individually and as teams in equestrian competition.  It was founded on the principle that any college student should be able to participate in horse shows regardless of his or her riding ability or financial status.  For more information about the IHSA please visit their website at www.ihsainc.com.  You must be a member of OCET to be eligible to compete in the IHSA.  For more information about OCET please visit their website, www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/ocet.


IEA Team

EQD has recently started an equestrian team for grades 6-12.  Known as the IEA or Interscholastic Equestrian Association, this team is much like the IHSA team in format.  As taken from their website, "IEA was formed and organized to promote and improve the quality of equestrian competition and instruction available to middle and secondary school students. Its purpose is to set minimum standards for competition, provide information concerning the creation and development of school associated equestrian sport programs, and to generally promote the common interests of safe riding instruction and competition, and education on matters related to equestrian competition at the middle and secondary school levels."  For more information about the IEA please visit their site at http://www.rideiea.com/.  To be a member of the IEA team, you must also be a member of the EQD team.


EQD Team

Equine Differences is also extending the EQD Team special team to grades K-12.  This team will have special clinics and group trips as well as lessons.  This team was started to promote the excitement of the younger riders and get them interested in becoming future candidates of the IEA team as well as give them some additional activities in a team atmosphere.


If you are interested in joining any of these teams or would like more information, please use our contact form to email us or call us at 440-774-1251.