STUDENT-RAISED HORSES HEADED FOR AUCTION BLOCK The students were there for the breeding, birthing and training of the young horses. And they'll be there for the bidding when the seven yearlings and one weanling are put up for the sale at UC Davis' sixth annual horse sale Saturday, June 27. This year the pleasure-horse sale will include among the yearlings two quarter horses, two quarter-horse and throughbred crosses, one thoroughbred, one Arabian and one mule. One weanling--a quarter-horse and thoroughbred cross--also will be sold. The sale, to be held at the campus horse barn and arena on La Rue Road, is the culmination of the Equine Management Program, which provides hands-on experience for students preparing for careers in the horse industry or for further studies in veterinary or graduate school. During the program, students learn to plan and carry out the breeding, deliver the foals and coordinate overall training and health care for the herd. They also train the young horses to be led, tied, bathed, clipped, groomed and transported in horse trailers. As they now prepare for final exams in their classes, students in the program are also busy planning the auction and readying the horses for sale. But the biggest challenge will be in saying good-bye to the young horses they have raised since birth. The event will begin with viewing of the horses at noon, followed by an artificial insemination breeding demonstration at 3 p.m., barbecue dinner at 4 p.m. and auction at 6 p.m. During the auction the horses will be walked around the arena and displayed for the potential buyers.