what is uc davis mascot
(Karin Higgins/UC Davis photo). While itâs true that the original Gunrock that inspired our mascot was, indeed, a Thoroughbred, students have always (except when we were ready to let loose a cow on the athletic fields) believed that the mascot portraying a horse was a mustang. Nevertheless, Gunrock was a real horse who lived at UC Davis for 10 years.