In her younger days MSU Eternity was successful on the track, placing in 3 of her races, and was a hunt pleasure reserve champion and a blue ribbon winner in dressage. She is pictured here heavily in foal in April 2010, photo credit to Melissa Cook, her long time fan.
By Arlene Magid Pedigree Research |
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MSU Eternity (*Napitok+ x Easter Basket by *Bask++ out of the MSU foundation mar...e *Silfretta, a Crabbet import) is shown here with her 2010 foal, MSU Start Again, who was named 2011 US Reserve National Champion Sport Horse Yearling Colt/Gelding. He is a full brother to her other two National winning progeny: Reserve National Champion Sport Horse Gelding, Gelding ATH and Top Ten winner in sport horse under saddle and dressage MSU Starta Legacy+++/ and U.S. Reserve National Champion Sport Horse Under Saddle and Top Ten Sport Horse Mare and Mare ATH MSU Strike A Pose++. All of these winners are by Hucks Legacy. MSU Eternity is the only mare to produce 3 Sport Horse National Champions this year!
By Arlene Magid Pedigree Research |
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Ranking second as a Leading Sport Horse Nationals Halter Sire and third as a Lea...ding Performance Sire and Halter and Performance Sire is Hucks Legacy (Huckleberry Bey x Masoret Sur Shafa). During his show career he was a halter champion and U.S. Reserve National Champion Country Pleasure. He is now noted as a sire of sport horses, and three of his get won National Championships at Sport Horse Nationals, all of them full siblings: MSU Strike A Pose++ (top ten halter, reserve national champion in sport house under saddle), MSU Start Again (reserve national champion in halter) and MSU Starta Legacy+++/ (reserve national champion in halter and top ten in sport horse under saddle and dressage).
By Arlene Magid Pedigree Research |
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Another Brandy Johnson photo of MSU Starta Legacy+++/, showing his form under sa...ddle. He was a 2011 U.S. Top Ten Sport Horse Under Saddle AOTR and Training Level Dressage AOTR. MSU Starta Legacy+++/ is by US Reserve National; Champion Country Pleasure Hucks Legacy (by Huckleberry Bey++ out of a mare of predominantly Draper breeding with 2 lines to Sureyn) out of MSU Eternity by Canadian National Champion Park *Napitok+ (a Russian import) out of the *Bask++ daughter Easter Basket, also granddam of 2011 U.S. National Champion Second Level Dressage ATR MSU Fanfare+//. MSU Eternity has produced 3 winners at the 2011 Sport Horse Nationals, all full siblings! She is also the dam of 2011 U.S. Reserve National Champion Yearling Sport Horse Colt/Gelding MSU Start Again, a full brother to MSU Starta Legacy+++/. Her daughter MSU Strike A Pose++, who has 6 Sport Horse National titles including 2009 U.S. Reserve National Champion Sport Horse Mare ATH and 2011 U.S. Reserve National Champion Sport Horse Under Saddle Junior Horse and Top Ten Sport Horse Mare and Sport Horse Mare ATH.
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Here is 2011 U.S. National Champion Second Level Dressage AOTR and Second Level ...Dressage ATR and Top Ten Sport Horse Gelding and Third Level Dressage MSU Fanfare+//. He is shown barefoot and has never worn shoes in the time his current owner, Dr Hilary Clayton, has owned him. In 2005 he was named U.S. Nat Ch Training Level Dressage AOTR and First Level Dressage AOTR and Top Ten Training Level Dressage ATR. His sire Concensus++++// is the only stallion to be a National Champion in both main ring and sport horse halter. He is also a National Champion in English Sidesaddle and a multi National Champion in sport horse show hack. His dam Pasketta is by National Champion sire Pask out of National winner producer Easter Basket, a daughter of the MSU foundation mare *Silfretta, a Crabbet import to whom many MSU National winners trace in tail female.
By Arlene Magid Pedigree Research |
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The MSU Horse Teaching and Research Center (HTRC) is located 4 miles south of Michigan State University campus on Collins Road just off US127, and is open to the public from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. The horse facility has a long history of breeding high quality purebred horses, and has been a part of Michigan State University since its founding in 1855. Since then, the farm has been the home to world caliber Belgians, Percherons and Quarter Horses. MSU has been breeding purebred Arabians since the 1940's, and continues to use them in the teaching and research programs conducted at the Horse Teaching and Research Center.
It is the site of the majority of the horse classes taught at Michigan State University, both in the Animal Science Equine Program and the Horse Management Program. The annual student sale is also conducted at the HTRC.The farm is also the site of many of the Adult Extension and Youth Extension programs at Michigan State University, as well as several ongoing projects of the Equine Research Lab.The farm is managed by Paula Hitzler, who received a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from Michigan State University. Currently, the farm is home to the purebred Arabian breeding program, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 1995.
The facility is located on 100 acres, and consists of a show/training barn, a reproduction barn, 2 quarantine barns, a breeding shed, an indoor arena/classroom complex, and a storage shed.The show/training barn has 25 stalls, and was completed in October 1995 as part of the Agricultural Initiative Program. This barn houses show and sales horses, and horses being utilized in other classes. The indoor arena/classroom complex is connected to the show/training barn by a covered walkway, and is the site of all the training and horsemanship classes offered in the Equine Programs. The reproduction barn has a total of 24 stalls, with 18 in the long aisle, and 6 in the short aisle. The stalls in the short aisle are from the original horse barn built on campus in 1855, and were moved from Farm Lane to Collins Road when the farm moved south of campus. The long aisle is occupied by mares and foals during the breeding season, and the short aisle is occupied by the farm's breeding stallions. There are also 2- 4 stall barns on the facility that are used to quarantine new horses, or to house overflow from the main barns.
The HTRC is managed by Paula Hitzler, and employs up to 12 students at any given time. It is also the site of the annual student run horse auctions. These auctions are incorporated into the Animal Science and Horse Management programs, and give students the opportunity to experience all aspects of marketing, from horse preparation to sales ring design and advertising
Breeding/Reproductive Programs
The Arabian broodmare band at Michigan State University consists of approximately 35 mares of primarily Polish and Crabbet breeding. The mission of the breeding program is to produce Arabians combining type, conformation, and athleticism with the trainability required for use in a program with extensive student involvement. The reproductive program is managed by Paula Hitzler, with the assistance of a student intern who has indicated a special interest in management of broodmares. |
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