MSU Serendipity (*Emanor X Pasketta)

Welcome to the Michigan State University Horse Teaching and Research Center (HTRC) web site. MSU boasts one of the oldest continuous Arabian Horse breeding programs in the United States. The primary mission of the HTRC is to educate the next generation of Michigan horse persons and solve industry problems through applied scientific research. It has always been the philosophy at MSU to maintain the highest quality livestock on our farms for those purposes. If students learn on average livestock then mediocrity soon becomes the acceptable norm.

The MSU Arabian breeding program began in the 1940's with the W. K. Kellogg donation of the Arabian stallion Amidore. The importation of the Egyptian stallion *Ghalii in the '60's and the purchase of the Crabbett mare *Silfretta (the 1956 champion yearling filly of England) set the standard for the breeding program which continues to this day.

The present brood mare band carries the blood of some of the most important Arabian sires in the US. *Bask, *El Paso, Shaikh Al Badi, Huckleberry Bey, *Bandos and *Napitok are all represented through their get and grand-get. In recent years the influential young sires Afire Bey V, Mongramm, Concensus and AA Apollo Bey have been used to continue the production of quality horse to be used and shown by students.

Most recently, the opportunity to use two leased stallions Ohadi Ben Rabba, and Huck's Legacy has been a very positive addition to the breeding program. Ben has re-introduced the much needed Crabbett blood that has been all but lost to our program. Huck has provided us an opportunity to use a performance stallion that is also beautiful. The combination of these two stallions, along with continued use of the stallions mentioned earlier, gives us the potential to continue the breeding goal which was established long ago. MSU is dedicated to breeding beautiful performance horses that first of all are Arabian in type and sound of limb with that loving and showy personality for which the breed is famous.

I hope you enjoy your visit to our Web site. Let us know if there is anything that we can do for you.

Sincerely,