Facilities & Boarding

As one of the few private colleges in the Midwest with a full-service equestrian program, Albion College welcomes students who would like to board their horses at the Held Equestrian Center. A full complement of facilities and services is available, and the professional staff is friendly and efficient.

Student boarding

Boarding, reserved for Albion College students only, is $550 per month. Boarding services include:

• Stall
• Daily mucking out/bedding down
• Bedding (shavings)
• Twice-daily feedings
• Hay
• Daily turn-out/turn-in
• Scheduling of routine veterinary and farrier visits
• Blanketing (as required)
• Administration of medications and supplements
• Use of indoor and outdoor arenas
• Use of trails around the equestrian facility
• Use of horse walkers

Boarding services

Feeding and medications: The Equestrian Center staff will feed horses twice daily, and administer medications and supplements as necessary. A feeding plan and medication/supplement schedule will be worked out between the stable manager and the horse owner.

Training/Instruction: Training and instruction is available at the Held Equestrian Center for students.

Shoeing: A farrier comes once a week to shoe the College's horses, and students may take advantage of this service for their horses as well. Students who wish to may use their own farrier with permission from the stable manager.

Veterinary Care: The Held Equestrian Center staff is capable of dealing with simple veterinary cases and our local veterinarian visits the barn once per week. He is also on call for all emergency medical problems.

Paddocks: The Equestrian Center has turn-out paddocks available for horses. Every day (except in bad weather) the horses are taken out to the paddocks. Students must inform the staff if their horses have special turn-out requirements.

Horse Walkers:  In the event of inclement weather and in the winter when horses are unable to be turned out into their paddocks, two European-style horse walkers enable horses to be exercised in an enclosed area when their student owners are unable to ride them.