The Equine Science Center honors Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax, the cowboy, artist, teacher, judge, coach, mentor, and Scarlet Knight, with the 2019 “Spirit of the Horse” award. This story is excerpted from Equine Science Quarterly, Winter 2019. From a young age Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax developed a strong connection to his family, and what it really […]
Rutgers 2019 Horse Management Seminar Scheduled for Feb. 10
Rutgers 2019 Horse Management Seminar is scheduled for Feb. 10., from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., at the Cook Campus Center in Brunswick, NJ. Jointly hosted by the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the seminar will focus on “Feeding and Care of Mare/Foal, Stallion, and Growing Horse.” Carey Williams, equine specialist and […]
Equine Science Center Hosts “Evening of Science and Celebration”
2019 “Spirit of the Horse Award” Presented to Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax and 2019 “Gold Medal Horse Farm Award” Presented to Mortonhouse Farm The Rutgers Equine Science Center hosted its 2018 “Evening of Science & Celebration” on Thursday, November 8 in New Brunswick, NJ. Sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center, this year honored Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax, a renowned […]
Did You Know Rutgers Has Its Own Horse Whisperer?
“I tell students this is the coolest class you are going to take at Rutgers. You are going to get dirty, you are going to get uncomfortable but realize it’s in the pursuit of you learning something and leaving different than when you came.” – Anthony Sacchetti Some days when Anthony Sacchetti is teaching students how […]
Final Dismount for Graduating Mounted Patrol Officer Jaclyn Bird (SEBS ’18)
By Leena Roy (SEBS ’19) Reprinted from Rutgers University Equine Science Quarterly, Spring 2018 Ever since a young age, Jaclyn Bird has always been outside riding horses. Growing up in West Deptford, NJ, she followed in her older sister’s footsteps and began riding when she was eight years old. Although it was an activity for […]
Rutgers Equine Science Center Supports Innovative Research on Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies on Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
By Kyle Hartmann Walter Cooper stands in an enclosed dirt horse arena with Titan, a thousand-pound cross-bred pony that almost overshadows him. A Vietnam veteran from the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry (1969 – 1970), Cooper can appear to be quite an imposing man himself, but next to a horse almost anyone seems small. Cooper was […]
Professor Kenneth H. McKeever Elected President of the Equine Science Society
Kenneth McKeever, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and associate director of research at the Rutgers Equine Science Center (ESC), was elected president of the Equine Science Society (ESS) at its biannual meeting on June 2. The society is the preeminent international body of equine researchers, teachers, extension specialists and industry representatives whose focus […]
