The Breeding Practicum provides experience in heat detection, handling stallions and mares at breeding, semen collection and processing, pregnancy testing, and foaling. The Equine Diseases and Health and Management Practicum classes teach concepts including deworming and vaccination procedures, herd health, and treatment and care of wounds. Students are actively involved in the maintenance of the horse herd. A two-year Equine Industries Program in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture combines skills training, applied academic courses and a placement training experience. Students who complete the Associate Degree with a 2.5 grade point average may transfer into the four-year major.
Students use the same facilities and faculty as the four-year program.
The focus of the Stockbridge program is on practical horse training and management. The Intercollegiate Horse Show team is chosen through competitive tryouts and competes in shows each year at other colleges. The team ranked fifth in the nation at the end of the 1994-95 season of competition. Several clinics are held each semester with nationally known riders and trainers. Students also compete in Dressage Shows and Combined Training Events on campus and at neighboring colleges.