Official Site of The State of New Jersey
The Horse Breeding and Development Program supports the state's ever growing pleasure horse industry.
- Extensive youth educational programs
- Equine related activities for children
- Boy and Girl Scout badge program
- Sponsor Equine research
- Non-racing breeder awards
- Horse shows and other events
- Promotion of the equine industry, overall
- Horse Park of New Jersey
- Jersey Bred
Junior Breeders Program
The New Jersey Junior Breeders' Fund is looking to future generations of agricultural education/FFA students and 4-H members to continue to advance the breeding of purebred livestock and the production quality of grade livestock. In doing so, we are offering loans to help agricultural education/FFA students and 4-H members of the state carry out this goal. For information, you may visit: www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/prog/juniorbreeders.html
Equine Advisory Board
The mission of the Equine Advisory Board is to assist the department in the above mentioned efforts. The panel has 48 members, which represent 16 different breed groups and additional agricultural organizations. One of the board's primary functions is to recommend horse breeding and development programs to the State Board of Agriculture.
Equine Advisory Board Members
- Agricultural Fairs Association of New Jersey
- American Saddlebred Horse Association of New Jersey
- Arabian Horse Society of New Jersey
- Eastern States Dressage and Combined Training
- 4-H Horse Clubs
- Garden State Appaloosa Association
- Garden State Horseshoers Association
- Garden State Horse and Carriage Society
- Garden State Paint Horse Club
- Gladstone Equestrian Association
- Health and Recreation through Horses - home of HRH of New Jersey (hrhofnj.org)
- Rutgers Equine Science Center
- New Jersey Farm Bureau
- New Jersey Half Arabian Association
- New Jersey Pinto Horse Association
- New Jersey Professional Horseman's Association
- New Jersey Quarter Horse Association
- New Jersey Region Pony Club
- New Jersey Thoroughbred Horseman's Association
- New Jersey Association of Equine Practitioners
- Standardbred Breeder and Owners Association of New Jersey
- Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey
- Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey
For more information concerning the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board and its program, contact Lynn Mathews or call (609) 913-6514.