Kentucky Proves Not All Equine Research Centers Are Created Equal

Interested in the health and welfare of horses? The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center at the University of Kentucky can’t be beat.

This premier site has been recognized in SEC commercials and is so prestigious that its students don’t come from just Kentucky or even the United States. They hail from many international destinations.

Maxwell Gluck (1899–1984) was an American businessman, diplomat, philanthropist, and Thoroughbred horse breeder. He received the P.A.B. Widener Award and the Eclipse Award, both recognizing him as the best horse breeder in the United States. Established as a nonprofit in the early 1980s, the Gluck Center became a true research facility in 1987 after a $3 million donation from Gluck and his wife, Muriel. Their donation was matched twice — once by the state and once by members of the horse industry. Since then, millions in public and private funds have been invested into equine research and the training of future generations of scientists and researchers from all over the world.

The Gluck Center is the only scientific institute in America with nearly 100 percent of faculty conducting full-time research in equine health and diseases. Among the many unbelievable things they’re working on are reducing parasites in new foals by testing them in utero, identifying substances that cause toxic syndromes, and preventing and managing severe outbreaks of infectious diseases.

“The mission of the Gluck Center is scientific discovery, education, and dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of the health and well-being of horses.” That’s exactly why you’ll find the most passionate students and scientists here working day in and day out, continuing the Gluck Center’s unparalleled legacy of groundbreaking research from genetic test to major vaccine and diagnostic test development. Their complete and total dedication to this mission means there’s no better place in the world to study horses.

In the SEC, It Just Means More.

To the Gluck Center, It Just Means More World-Class Thoroughbreds.