Program
Description:
Teaching: The
program provides more than 30 students a
year with the opportunity to train and handle young horses and gain
experience
in behavior and nutrition research. This year we are using 1 and 2 year-old mustangs
gathered by the Bureau of Land Management from Horse Management Areas
(HMAs) in
Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Students learn to train the wild
horses with
the aid of professional trainers. The mustangs are purchased and
maintained at
Rutgers through the aid of individual and group sponsors as well the
generous
aid of donors
~To learn more about the mustangs and the draft
cross horses from previous years, click on the History link.
~To learn about this semester’s
students, click
on the Students link
~To see this year’s sponsors or learn more about
donating to the program, please see our Support link
~To keep up with the program and get updates on
the horses, please see our News page
Research: Our focus
is on the nutritional requirements of
young horses, with emphasis on "non-traditional"
types of horses. This year we are conducting an experiment on
the
effects of a high starch feeds on the trainability and excitability of
young
mustangs. To learn more, please visit our Research page.
Outreach: We
are trying to promote better
understanding of the BLM mustangs, both with respect to their
nutritional needs and trainability and
potential as athletic, valuable horses. To this end we with be showing
them in
the Annual Ag Field Day Horse Show and show casing them all day on
April 30,
201. They will be sold/adopted at our Annual Young Horse Auction on May
1, 2011.
This year we are selling six and a half “titled” mustangs (one of the
mares is
pregnant and is due to foal before the auction) and are offering two
fostered
horses for adoption according to BLM rules. In addition, dissemination
of the
new knowledge gained from our research through seminars, the websites,
and
publications helps the horse industry as a whole. Through the publicity
surrounding the Annual Young Horse auction and Ag Field Day, we also
hope to generate
increased public awareness of the Equine Science Center and the
Department of
Animal Science Teaching, Outreach and Research programs at Rutgers.
~To see where graduated horses are now, visit the
Graduates page.
~To learn more about this year’s upcoming
auction, visit our Auction page
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2010-2011
Mustang Sponsorships - Thank you!
- Mustang 5502: RU Santana: Carla
Prentiss
- Mustang 5123: RU Koda: Joanna Barnish and Louis Sorrentino
- Mustang 5185: RU Levi: Liz Durkin
- Mustang 5137: RU Shy Anne: Dr. and
Mrs. Bill Meyer, Carol O'Scanlon and Julie Richards
- Mustang 6296: RU Sierra: Katie Vogel,
Barbara
Earnest, Ann David
- Mustang 3996: RU Sundance Kid: Peter
and Julie Richards
- Mustang 6181: RU Sassafras:
Dr. and Mrs. Bauer
- Mustang 5575: RU Annie Oakley
: Colts
Neck Trail Riders Club, Eileen Petruch, President
General Program Support
(through donations of money or goods and services)
- Thank you!
Website Credits:- 2010-2011: Maintained by Jackie Teson, Lesley Sun, and Dr. Ralston
- 2009-2010: Maintained by Samantha Vitale and Dr. Ralston
- 2008-2009: Redesigned & maintained by
Victoria Hanke, Jorge Pang and Dr. Ralston
- 2007-2008: Redesigned & maintained by Liz
Houston and Chelsea Bullock
- Original website created by Sarah Grossman
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