What Makes RTIP Students So Successful?

"But when you're in a program like the RTIP, you're with people who share the same interests as you and that is rare to have in such a small population. To be around 20 or 30 people who also can't wait to watch the races on the weekend — that's just fun.”

“I was actually introduced to racing through my connections in riding because I rode at the same barn of Wendy Davis, the former director of the Race Track Industry Program. I didn't know what to do for my major and it was at a horse show that Wendy said, 'You should take my intro to racing class that I teach.'

During the Speaker Series, Butler discussed the wide-ranging responsibility of track management from day-to-day operations to horse safety, policy making, and horsemen relations. He also emphasized to the students the importance of providing the equine athlete with a safe and consistent race track.