Equine Park

The Cornell Equine Park has operated for over 40 years. Spanning 250 acres of rolling green pastures and multiple barns a short distance from Cornell University Hospital for Animals, the park is staffed and equipped to accommodate a variety of services supporting teaching, breeding, foaling, post-operative care and rehabilitation. See how it all started and dive in our history illustrated with black and white images.

Layup Facilities

Opportunity for extended recovery and rehabilitation exists at the Cornell University Equine Park. Horses are welcomed to stay here while receiving extended care and rehabilitative treatments. Come back soon for more!

The McConville Barn

The Baker Institute horse herd is stabled at the Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Barn, a historic agricultural building on the Cornell campus. The Barn dates to the mid-1800s and was part of Ezra Cornell’s original Ithaca farm. Since the early 1900s the Barn has been the site of important agricultural research at Cornell, including the first successful use of frozen-thawed semen for artificial insemination in dairy cattle in the United States by Prof. Robert Foote, and the development of nutritional recommendations for horses by Prof. Skip Hintz, both faculty members of the Department of Animal Science. The extensive renovation of the Barn in the 1980s, funded by Mrs. D. H. McConville, was recognized with an award from Historic Ithaca. Since that time, the Barn has been home to Cornell-bred Thoroughbred horses that provided the founding DNA for the Equine Genome Sequence. Groundbreaking discoveries about the early stages of equine pregnancy and the development of the horse placenta continue at the Barn today. The McConville Barn site is graced by the beautiful Butler Family Pavilion that serves as an outdoor classroom and meeting space. The Pavilion memorializes local Welsh pony breeder Mollie Butler and her husband Karl. The McConville Barn site also includes heated indoor space for horse procedures and laboratory work, a mixture of different types of stalls and run-in pens, and several grass paddocks for turn-out.

The Kleberg Barn

The Kleberg Barn was built in the mid-1980s to accommodate the growing equine research program at the Baker Institute for Animal Health. The Barn is named for the Texas-based Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, which provided critical financial support for construction. The Kleberg Barn provides stabling for up to 24 horses in well-ventilated conditions maintained using European deep-litter bedding. The Barn has modest facilities for horse procedures and is complemented by 20 acres of pasture divided into five sections that allow rotation throughout the grazing season. The Barn’s efficient operation and proximity to the Baker Institute make it a valuable resource for Cornell Equine.

Equestrian Center

The Oxley Equestrian Center maintains two modern well-lit barns and a heated indoor arena along with, restrooms with showers, laundry facilities, offices, video and meeting room and USEF regulation jumps. Come back soon for more!