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Man, the equestrian parents are pissed on social media about this.

Starting that program in the first place was a big blunder. Someone over there deserves credit for the picnic day spring game plan.

That's been my feeling. The bigger mistake was starting the program, not relegating it to a club sport. It just rubs me the wrong way to listen to all of these parents claim the school doesn't support women.

Equestrian parents need to understand that the world does not revolve around them. Any good will that they have received because of what happened will disappear if they don’t get it together. The school reputation is much bigger than one sport, and a minor one at that. This stuff happens. They can transfer or see that they got into a world class institution that is on the way up. Who in their right mind as an adult will think that they were hampered because they “took away” their equestrian sport when they were in college? Focus on getting a good degree, be passionate about your work, and give back. There is a line of “kids” that will gladly take their spot on campus.

Kudos to UC Davis for making an Athletics cut to trim the fat.

The Equestrian people have gone over the top. The amount of self-centered importance and entitlement is crazy to me. They are not interested in UC Davis the school all they care about is horses for their kids. I was talking to a parent the other day and they were over the top angry and wanted to just burn the whole university down for not letting their kids have horses. I don't get it.

Same here. Any sympathy for them from me has left. They need to get it together.

These people have money and they are used to getting their way. They will not go away easily. But, eventually they will. Sad for all involved. Even the horses!

As a mountain biker, all of this is par for the course with entitled horse people that fight and sue to keep mountain bikers off "their" trails. This whole thing reinforces my negative stereotype of women who ride horses.

They've been pissed since the advent of the automobile.

I was thinking about my comment and specifically only calling out women. In my 20 years or so of mountain biking, I've never met an angry man on a horse. I've come across a few groups of guys at Annadel State Park who I'd describe as urban cowboys. But almost always it's women on horses. By far, the majority of those women have been wonderful people. But man, the angry equestrian folks are in a league of their own.