FACILITIES

1. Horse Barn (present main horse barn), 1923-1926 to present.  more

“The two wings designed to house animals were built in 1923. The interior of the building is largely original in both design and material (Dr. S. A. Ewing).” In the west wing, six box stalls are present and 15 tie-stalls (some with original wood block floors). In the east wing, seven box stalls and four over-sized stalls are present. These two barns are used to house stallions, sale horses, mares & foals, weanlings etc. The center wing was originally built in 1926 to house machinery. Currently, it holds a high-speed equine treadmill used for research and by ISU veterinary clinicians to evaluate performance in client horses. The U-shape provides a courtyard that is utilized for turnout of horses.

 2. Horse Barn (previous ruminant nutrition laboratory), 1927 to present.   more

Used as a horse barn until 1957, when it was remodeled and again in 1989 for use in basic ruminant nutrition research. In 2000, it was returned to the horse barn. The barn serves as the primary location of the breeding program, housing a reproductive laboratory, breeding stock and an artificial insemination phantom. Seven stalls are housed on the south side of the building. Horses housed in this barn are injured horses, broodmares, and horses for sale.

 3. Turnout

A total of eight paddocks exist behind the horse barn. The three furthest to the west are used to house stallions. The central paddock is used as an outdoor arena and to hold horses.  Two round-pens are present that are used in course ANS 316 – Training the Horse and to prepare sale horses. Five additional paddocks exist. Two of the eight paddocks have shelter. The paddocks are used to house horses.

 4. Pastures

A)    Horse pasture that is adjacent to the campus at Iowa State University on the north and south side of 13^th Street. The pasture area is divided into two pastures — one on the south side of 13^th street and one on the north side of 13^thStreet. Horses are moved from the south to the north pasture and vice versa under the 13^th Street bridge that crosses Squaw Creek. The pasture south of 13^th Street is used during the nongrazing season for an exercise area and as an area to feed hay to the horses during the winter season. The north posture is used to grow hay (at least one cutting during the spring/summer). There is no water source on the north side.

B)     The 40-acre Iden Farm is located west of North Dakota Avenue in Ames. The pasture is used to grow hay during the spring/summer. The area is also used to house horses. Generally, timid horses and yearlings are kept in this pasture.

C)     This horse paddock/pasture is north of the railroad tracks, adjacent to Frederiksen Court student housing. There are two horse paddocks. They are relatively small and are used to house mares & foals on during the spring/summer.