Horse moving from pasture to stall?

Well, you'd probably have to feed them more hay at first and gradually decrease it. But mentally/physically preparing her? Not sure. If you have access to a stall, try putting her in there for a short time each day and increase the time slowly so she starts getting used to it. This way she won't stress as much being cramped in a stall at your new school. :)

Good luck.

EDIT: Oh well there goes that idea. I'm taking my horse to a week long show next week and she's not used to being stalled at all, so what I'm going to do is walk her every few hours. You could do this for a few days and gradually decrease it... But that'll be hard, next to impossible because I know you're in college and you can't be there every two hours, so just try walking her whenever you can, even if it's only 2 times a day.

If the horse is able to get out and do some work then it should adapt reasonably well - though expect some fireworks to begin with since she is not used to being cooped up all day and every day.

Feed lots of hay to keep her occupied and replace grass. If you put it in a haylage net with smaller holes so much the better. She will have to work harder and longer to get the hay out.

A swede strung up in a doorway will be a good stable toy for her. She will have to but it and push it and work out how to catch it in order to get a nibble of it, and then she will lose it again so have to start all over again.

Stable toys will keep them amused, but you might have to experiment.

Get a salt lick or something she can chew so she won't tear up her winter blankets when she's bored or destroy the stall. If she's bare foot her feet may get soft over the winter from being on soft wet footing and in spring her front hooves may be sensitive (front hooves bare the most weight). Other than that just give her extra hay since horses don't get much forage during the winter.

I forget what they are called those slow feeder hay nets. One of those might help so she doesn't get intestinal distress from consuming 2 large meals instead of slowly through the day and night.

No need for your rude answer to my question. I asked a question and am doing my homework by trying to figure things out before I jump on anything.

Doesn't sound like you take very good care of your horse if you will be 5 hours away!

Rude little child.....

start to introduce him to being in a stall at night and that.