Equine Performance Center Opens

Health care for the nation’s horse population entered a new era June 7 when the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center officially opened at Michigan State University.

Occupying more than 18,000 square feet of space, the center

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Health care for the nation’s horse population entered a new era June 7 when the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center officially opened at Michigan State University.


Occupying more than 18,000 square feet of space, the center expands the College of Veterinary Medicine’s facilities for clinical evaluations and research studies of equine health problems.


By combining such traditional diagnostic techniques as radiology, ultrasound and arthroscopy with cutting-edge methods such as computerized gait analysis, the building is one of the nation’s foremost centers for diagnosis and treatment of performance problems in sport horses.


“The facility will have two functions,” said Hilary M. Clayton, who holds the McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine. “It will be used for clinical purposes as well as for research and will allow these two functions to be fully integrated

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Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director, grew up riding and caring for her family’s horses in Central Virginia and received a B.A. in journalism and equestrian studies from Averett University. She joined The Horse in 1999 and has led the editorial team since 2010. A 4-H and Pony Club graduate, she enjoys dressage, eventing, and trail riding with her former graded-stakes-winning Thoroughbred gelding, It Happened Again (“Happy”). Stephanie and Happy are based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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