Texas Pony Clubbers Learn From Veterinary Students

Around 150 pony clubbers from the Rio Grande, Texas, region visited the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) on Jan. 15, “Aggie Day”, to advance their Pony Club ranks and learn to become responsible horse owners. The
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Around 150 pony clubbers from the Rio Grande, Texas, region visited the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) on Jan. 15, "Aggie Day", to advance their Pony Club ranks and learn to become responsible horse owners.

Since 1994, the Rio Grande Region of the United States Pony Club sponsors a large workshop every two years at the college which is run by volunteers from the CVM.

The pony clubbers range in age from 8 years to 21 years old. This workshop allows for them to participate in different hands-on exercises to increase their Pony Club standings and to learn more about veterinary medicine, particularly in the equine industry.

"The pony clubbers had an opportunity to learn about anything and everything ‘equine’," explains Michele Ward, research associate and education specialist at the CVM, as well as the volunteer coordinator for this workshop. "From bits, to equine nutrition, to lameness, to anatomy and physiology, we offered just about everything. Many of the children had procedures done on their horses that they didn’t fully understand until they attended this event

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