RIFNA
Interscholastic riding that has it all Hunter, Western, and Dressage.

Offers Students:

• More opportunities to ride.
• More opportunities to pursue there passion for horses
• The team experience as part of your sport.
• The opportunities to have your school mates treat your sport with the same respect as other sports.  
• The opportunity to win national titles.  
• The opportunity to learn more about riding and horses
• The opportunity to try different riding disciplines 
• Better preparation to ride competitively on college riding teams. 
• The opportunity to earn educational and riding scholarships 

RIFNA students do not have to own a horse to learn to ride or compete, RIFNA shows are considerably less expensive than traditional shows. Riders do not have to transport a horse or provide tack, and show fees are less.  RIFNA rewards scholarships and continuing education on horse health care, in addition to ribbons and trophies in the show ring.   
With RIFNA, middle and high school students can ride western, hunt seat and dressage as part of a team, representing their school or barn.  Points earned by the riders count towards their teams’ overall score. They are recognized at school as “athletes” the same as ball players, swimmers, and other team sports
RIFNA takes the benefits of riding such as self-esteem, communication, decision making and leadership skills to a new level by adding team work, horse care and sportsmanship not always found in horse activities.
With RIFNA’s competition format, riders are learning skills that will increase their chances of qualifying for college riding teams and athletic scholarships.  RIFNA riders enter college already knowing how to ride on an unfamiliar horse, giving them a “leg up” over riders whose only experience is in schooling and rated shows.

RIFNA Shows are formatted after IHSA shows. Meets are formatted after the NCAA competitions. 

Offers Schools:
These days even public schools have to worry about keeping their student numbers up. Competition for those students is fierce and admissions counselors and administrators need every tool they can get. According to several national horse organizations, there are hundreds of thousands of young riders across the U.S.A. 

Riders Interscholastic Federation of North America (RIFNA) makes it possible for you to attract these riders with an club sport team. RIFNA also works with the state Athletic Board to meet the requirements for RIFNA riders to letter in their club sport. 

• A means for increasing enrollment.
• The opportunity to offer your students with a passion for horses the chance to represent your school as a team.
• The opportunity to increase the amount of scholarship money your students are eligible for.
• A program that increases leadership, communication and decision making skills.
• A way to stand out from other schools
• The opportunity to better prepare your teenage riders for college level riding.

Offers Barn owners and Riding instructors:
For our member barns, RIFNA helps you with the formation of teams comprised of either students from a particular school, those being home-schooled or those who are already taking lessons at the barn but go to different schools (barn teams.)RIFNA Shows are formatted after IHSA shows. Meets are formatted after the NCAA competitions. Revenues from RIFNA team practices, shows, and meets are very lucrative
We are here to help!

• Online and phone support to help your Interscholastic program get started and continue to grow. 
• The opportunity to increase revenues 
• Your students more opportunities to ride.
• Helps prepare teenagers to continue riding throughout their college years.
• The prospect, of working together with other barns to promote interscholastic riding and not be competing for the same cliental. 
• Greater job satisfaction and fun.  
• Possibility of reducing insurance costs.  
• The opportunity to share your skills, knowledge and expertise with other professionals.
• A lasting base of Customers as the teams can continue for years after the original members left

RIFNA MAKES IT POSSIBLE! 

RIFNA MAKES RIDING MORE AFFORDABLE!

RIFNA barns provide the horses, tack, facilities, practices and shows including regular barn meets, area tournaments, state, regional and national championships at rates far below traditional lessons and shows.

Sponsoring a RIFNA team for hunter seat equitation, dressage, western or all three can make a huge difference in your recruiting and retention efforts.

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