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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.
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. The present brood mare band carries the blood of some of the most important Arabian sires in the US. *Bask, |
