The Oppenheimer Family Equine Center

The Oppenheimer Family Equine Center is a multi-use facility built for educational purposes which expands across nearly 700 acres on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo, CA. The Equine Center embodies the Cal Poly "Learn By Doing" motto by providing students of all majors with the opportunity to interact with horses of all ages, disciplines, and uses. Students can board privately owned horses, ride and train horses, work in nutrition trials, and take part in numerous class labs and enterprises. The pinnacle of the Equine Center is its breeding program. Students participate in the breeding, foaling, training, and riding of the Cal Poly Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds. Currently, Hot Pepper Cat, Backdoor Cat, and Tejons Jaguar stand at the Equine Center. For detailed information about the Equine Science program for undergraduate students at Cal Poly, please click here. 

The Quarter Horse Enterprise Project

Cal Poly’s Quarter Horse Enterprise Project is a program comprised of qualified student trainers who are selected to start and train Cal Poly raised Quarter Horses. In order for horses to be eligible for sale, they must go through the Cal Poly student training program. The Quarter Horse Enterprise, under the supervision of instructor Lou Moore-Jacobson, is a truly unique opportunity that promotes the university’s “Learn by Doing” motto. These two and three year-olds are trained entirely by the students and are geared towards performance, general riding, and ranch work. The goal of the enterprise is to produce a versatile, quiet, and talented horse and a well-rounded, hard working, and knowledgeable student trainer.