Facilities: Horse Teaching Unit (HTU)

Equine Faculty and Staff Directory

The University of Florida Department of Animal Sciences operates the Horse Teaching Unit three miles south of campus. This 65 acre farm is being developed to teach the Equine student many aspects of the industry with a hands-on practicality. The wide range of exposure includes breeding, training, marketing, farm management and health care. The HTU site also serves as a location for Extension functions such as judging contests and horsemanship clinics.

• Horses for Sale
• Stallion Services

Contact Information

Joel McQuagge
HTU Faculty Supervisor
Phone: (352)392-6363
Email: mcquagge@animal.ufl.edu

Justin Callaham
HTU Farm Manager
(352)376-0562
Email: callaham@animal.ufl.edu

Tour

Facilities

• 120' x 300' Outdoor Arena.
• Reproduction barn/laboratory with three palpation chutes, collection phantom, 2 stalls and bleachers.
• T-barn with 12 stalls, office and restrooms.
• Mare and foal feeding barn with 10 stalls.
• Housing for six student employees.
• Hay storage barn.
• Equipment storage barn.
• Three one acre stallion paddocks.
• Forty acres of bermuda and bahia pasture.
• Five Round Pens.
• Horse Walker.

Horses

The HTU maintains a primarily Quarter Horse based teaching herd numbering around 45 head. Offspring from this herd are trained by the students, and sold in the Sealed Bid Sale held each spring. Occasional fillies are kept as replacements. The farm also stands three Quarter Horse stallions that are bred to UF and outside mares. All income generated through the sale of horses or stallion services is utilized by the farm for maintenance and improvements.

• Weanlings
• Yearlings

Courses

Classes held at the HTU include:

• Equine Health Management
• Foal Imprinting & Handling
• Weanling Handling
• Farrier Science Practicum
• Thoroughbred Yearling Sales Preparation
• Horse Psychology and Training I & II
• Techniques in Equine Science
• Techniques in Horse Reproduction
• Lab sections for additional Animal Science classes

Course descriptions and any online information may be found on the Undergraduate Courses page

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