Students to sit end-of-year exams at national riding final

What do you do if your end-of-year exams clash with a national riding final?

Sit the exams in your riding gear in between classes, of course.

A team of students from the Royal Veterinary College were thrilled to have won a spot on at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) national finals, held at Hartpury next week (11-13 June).

But they were less than impressed to find the event clashed with some of their exams.

“We were all incredibly disappointed,” said team captain Meredith Jarman. “We racked our brains to try to come up with a solution, but our university couldn’t change the dates and hope was fading.”

But some quick thinking from the girls, plus a little help from the two education centres, meant they can now combine the two — albeit with some dashing around. They will be sitting their exams in a Hartpury classroom before rushing off to compete straight afterwards.

“We are all ecstatic we can take part,” added Meredith.

This news story was first published in Horse & Hound magazine (6 June 2013)

Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now