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"TJ" sticks his head out of his stall at One Wood Farm on Sept. 1, 2023. The farm has three large stables and several smaller ones that house the 27 horses living there.

Good ‘neigh’-bors: Barn managers, riders maintain health, happiness of USC’s equestrian athletes

In addition to academics and athletics, riders on South Carolina's equestrian team, along with their barn managers, are responsible for something that most student-athletes on South Carolina's campus are not — taking care of the team's horses at One Wood Farm. In the process, horses and their riders can develop a close bond that transcends any other in sports.

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First-year sport and entertainment management student Nolan Cochran poses on the Horseshoe wearing a t-shirt commemorating South Carolina’s national championship in cornhole on Feb. 23, 2023. Jo Nathan, a fellow participant in a local cornhole league, provided these shirts to the team.

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First-year sport and entertainment management student Nolan Cochran poses on the Horseshoe wearing a t-shirt commemorating South Carolina’s national championship in cornhole on Feb. 23, 2023. Jo Nathan, a fellow participant in a local cornhole league, provided these shirts to the team.

Women’s basketball players (left to right) Sania Feagin, Bree Hall, Kierra Fletcher and Victaria Saxton smile after signing their NIL deals with Rewind on Oct. 6, 2022. South Carolina women’s basketball is partnering with the Rewind program to help fight diabetes in the state of South Carolina.

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Women’s basketball players (left to right) Sania Feagin, Bree Hall, Kierra Fletcher and Victaria Saxton smile after signing their NIL deals with Rewind on Oct. 6, 2022. South Carolina women’s basketball is partnering with the Rewind program to help fight diabetes in the state of South Carolina.

Head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley speaks to the media at an event to launch the South Carolina women’s basketball team’s partnership with Rewind on Oct. 6, 2022. The goal of the partnership is to help cure diabetes in South Carolina residents.

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Head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley speaks to the media at an event to launch the South Carolina women’s basketball team’s partnership with Rewind on Oct. 6, 2022. The goal of the partnership is to help cure diabetes in South Carolina residents.

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