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PAST NEWS FLASHES December 20, 2011 Liz Durkin received the Spirit of the Horse award from the Equine Science Center at the Equine Science Center Update on December 8th.  This award "recognizes individuals whose lives have been profoundly changed because of their involvement with horses and who have acknowledged the impact by giving back to the horse industry."   Click here to read the full article about the Spirit of the Horse Award.  Liz Durkin sponsored mustang RU Levi last year and continues to sponsor his care at New Bolton Center.  She has sponsored numerous horses throughout the life of the Young Horse Program and owns several herself.  We are extremely grateful for all that  Ms. Durkin has contributed to the Young Horse Program and are thrilled that she received this award. Liz Durkin and student Jackie Teson with RU Levi in Spring 2011 November 21, 2011 Happy Thanksgiving! Recent Events - RU Sundance Kid (Class of 2011) has been adopted by Robin Rivello and her husband Mike! -New updates on the Graduates pages October 3, 2011 The research focus this year will be on the research performed in the previous years.  We have two GH Cook students, Soo Jin Park and Divya Ramnath.  Divya is busy analyzing the recorded behavior tests to determine the effects of diet on behavioral response to standardized tests and training in young horses.  The videos and evaluations will be archived and available through RUCore-- stay tuned!  Soo Jin is working on NMR-based metabonomic evaluation of serum in order to identify young horses predisposed to osteochondrosis dessicans and hopefully discover the metabolic defect. We will also be overhauling the website.  Please send us updates on graduates! August 3, 2011 There will be no horses purchased for the program this upcoming fall but stay tuned for events and updates! We are receiving frequent reports on our newest graduates (i.e.: Koda, Sierra and ShyAnne are all started under saddle and doing exceptionally well!) and will be updating the site regularly throughout the year.   Equine Science Center Rutgers University Search Rutgers For questions about the program or the website, please contact Dr. Sarah Ralson at ralston@aesop.rutgers.edu © 2011, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. All rights reserved.