The Rutgers Young Horse Teaching & Research Program: Newsflash!

PAST NEWS FLASHES

April, 2012

Rutgers Day
We will be holding our annual horse show at Rutgers Day on Saturday, April 28, 2012!
Come watch our students handle the standardbred mares at the Red Barn!
The horse show will begin promptly at 10:00am.

In addition, there will be an equine treadmill demonstration at the
Red Barn at 1:00pm and 2:00pm. Each demonstration will last
approximately 30minutes.

For more information on Rutgers Day activities, click here.

Research
G. H. Cook Stduent Clare Soo Jin Park will be defending her G.H. Cook thesis on her
metabonomics research on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 1:30pm in the Enos
Perry Library (Bartlett Libary). All who would like to attend are welcome.

G.H. Cook Student Divya Ramnath will be defending her thesis on
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 3:00pm.
We wish her the best of luck!

Equine Graduate Updates
Hank- Previously known as "RU Honky Tonk" (Class of 2010)
RU Chicane (Class of 2000)
RU Levi (Class of 2011)

February, 2012
Congratulations to GH Cook students Divya Ramnath and Claire (SooJin) Park who have been accepted to at least 2 vet schools so far! They are also the first recipients of the Dr. John Walsh/Young Horse Teaching and Research Scholarships, donated by Diana Orban-Brown (in honor of Dr. John Walsh) and long time supporter, Lenore Carasia.
Divya's research has already generated two abstracts to be presented at the International Equine Science meetings in Regenberg, Germany and MidAtlantic Animal Nutrition Conference in Maryland. In addition, the videos of the behaior tests we did will be available on RUCore (The 2009-2010 videos are already up!).

Aging Horse Seminar
The Caring for the Geriatric and Aging Horse seminar will be held Saturday, March 10, 2012, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (registration starts at 8:30 AM) at the Best Western Conference Center in Bethlehem, PA. This seminar will present the latest information on meeting the nutritional needs of geriatric, underweight, and metabolically challenged horses, among other topics.
Click the links below for more information!
News Release
Registration and Information

Equine Graduate Updates
RU Cool as a Moose, aka "Gulliver" (previously RU Pardner, Class of 2010)
"Hank" (previously known as RU Honky Tonk, Class of 2010)
RU Prodigal Son (Class of 2009)
RU Marley (Class of 2010)
RU Levi (Class of 2011)
"Teddy" (Previously known as RU Mister Mistoffelees (Class of 2009)

December 20, 2011
Liz Durkin received the Spirit of the Horse award from the
Equine Science Center at the Equine Science Center Update on
December 8th. This award "recognizes individuals whose lives have been
profoundly changed because of their involvement with horses and who have
acknowledged the impact by giving back to the horse industry."
Click here to read the full article about the Spirit of the Horse Award.
Liz Durkin sponsored mustang RU Levi last year and continues to sponsor his care at New Bolton Center. She has sponsored numerous horses throughout the life of the Young Horse Program and owns several herself. We are extremely grateful for all that Ms. Durkin has contributed to the Young Horse Program and are thrilled that she received this award.

Liz Durkin and student Jackie Teson with RU Levi in Spring 2011

November 21, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!

Recent Events
- RU Sundance Kid (Class of 2011) has been adopted by
Robin Rivello and her husband Mike!
-New updates on the Graduates pages

October 3, 2011
The research focus this year will be on the research performed in the previous years. We have two GH Cook students, Soo Jin Park and Divya Ramnath. Divya is busy analyzing the recorded behavior tests to determine the effects of diet on behavioral response to standardized tests and training in young horses. The videos and evaluations will be archived and available through RUCore-- stay tuned! Soo Jin is working on NMR-based metabonomic evaluation of serum in order to identify young horses predisposed to osteochondrosis dessicans and hopefully discover the metabolic defect.

We will also be overhauling the website. Please send us updates on graduates!

August 3, 2011
There will be no horses purchased for the program this upcoming fall but stay tuned for events and updates! We are receiving frequent reports on our newest graduates (i.e.: Koda, Sierra and ShyAnne are all started under saddle and doing exceptionally well!) and will be updating the site regularly throughout the year.

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For questions about the program or the website, please contact Dr. Sarah Ralson at ralston@aesop.rutgers.edu