Ms. Cowan lives in a cottage on the Riding Center grounds. This proximity allows her to check the horses each evening, care for sick horses more easily, meet vans arriving and departing, and support the SBC campus security staff. The College has three grooms plus a stall cleaning crew. Students are employed part-time to clean tack, and to turn out, groom and administer medications to horses under supervision. Qualified students may become management assistants.
Veterinarians are on call as needed.
Farriers come two times per week. The equine chiropractor visits frequently, and the equine dentist visits biannually. Robin S. Cramer Hall is one of the largest indoor college arenas in the nation Room Enough to Roam Sweet Briar commands a spectacular 3,300 acres, including miles of trails through wooded countryside, foothills, dells, and open fields. Riders enjoy Virginia's long, mild falls and springs for outdoor riding. The College strives to make the campus the land part of the learning experience at Sweet Briar, in both the formal academic curriculum and co-curricular programming.