Meredith Manor International Equestrian Centre

1980 Grad. I was already a seasoned rider when I attended but MM helped me hone my skills in diverse disciplines. After I graduated I spent the next 15 yrs in the TB race horse industry. I made friends that I am still in contact with to this day. If you are looking to improve your performance skills and confidence in being able to handle a variety training challenges this is a great place to start. Im sure there have been numerous improvements over the years since I was there.
4 7 years ago (25-04-2018)

I haven’t personally attended this school, however I have been doing quite a bit of research. All of the information suggests it to be a great program! I plan on going here as soon as I graduate high school (2 years) and hope it is as great as it’s made out to be.
4 7 years ago (09-05-2018)

In six years this is where I want to go!! I love everything about horses! I’ve been riding since I was I don’t know how old! But I don’t have a horse of my own yet! I live in Wisconsin sooo I’ll have to live in West Virginia for awhile!!!! 😂 Hope to see you soon MM!!! ☺️
5 7 years ago (14-04-2018)

From a former student: Prospective students and parents beware! This is an archetypal for-profit school institution. • Few if any credits will transfer to a traditional college or university. • Few colleges will accept transfer--I could find only one. • The gainful employment rate of graduates is extremely low. The government's acceptable level is 30%--and that includes graduates employed outside of their target vocation. In my personal investigation I found the food service industry was the most common vocation for Meredith Manor graduates and I could find no more than 5% of graduates actually gainfully employed within the horse industry. • Students must pay greater than 10% of their net income to pay off student loans. This is also out of specs with government standards. • There is a higher than acceptable student loan default rate amongst graduates from this institution, by government standard. • I have witnessed myself that a clear majority of instructors are a product themselves of this institution. This is a stagnating process, which leads me to the next point. • Their reputation is severely overstated. They can't possibly be the best horse school in the world with an international repute, they are completely unknown by either the International Equestrian Federation or the British Horse Society. They have an extremely low reputation with the US Equestrian Federation, US Dressage Federation and the USET. At the time of my investigation they had a low reputation among horse industry employers from New York to Hawaii. • There are better programs out there. Colorado University has an excellent program and the British Horse Society program which is internationally recognized can be completed for virtually free. My own advice is that if you really want to pursue a horse career, either do it with a program that is genuinely internationally recognized or one that had transferable university credits. That way if you decide to change vocations in 10 years, like I did, you'll have something that will transfer. BTW, today's college graduates will change careers 5 times before retirement and 3 of those jobs don't even exist yet. In the very least I urge anyone considering this school to investigate all the points I made above. Best of luck! Yours Sincerely, -A Former MM Student.
1 7 years ago (28-10-2017)

MM is not glitz and glamour but they know how to teach, train, and ride. It definitely not for you if you think you already know everything about riding and it's not horse camp. Expect to work and you'll get out of it what you put into it. I graduated very confident in my ability to work in the industry. I ended up at home with my own lesson program and coaching kids and teens at local shows quite successfully.
5 7 years ago (10-11-2017)