CP Metropolitan stands over her two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)”
It’s baby season at Cal Poly Pomona where two new foals have arrived and one more is expected to come later this month.
This spring, three Arabian foals will be born at the W.K Kellogg Arabian Horse Center, continuing the 99-year legacy of breeding Arabian horses in Pomona, according to a news release from the college. Two colts “Declan” and “Julio” are two weeks old and one week old, respectively. The third foal is due within two weeks.
The mother horse, named CP Metropolitan, stands over her two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)”
A one-week-old foal, ‘Julio’ lays in the barn at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)
The fuzzy ears of a two-week-old newborn foal, named ‘Declan,’ born and bred at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center are seen on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)
Two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ sniffs a person’s hand at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)
Two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ approaches the camera at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)
Two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ drinks from his mother named CP Metropolitan at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)
Mother horse, named CP Metropolitan, grazes as her two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ stands behind her at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)”
Two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ runs at a pasture at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)
CP Metropolitan stands over her two-week-old newborn foal, ‘Declan,’ at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pomona. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Sun/SCNG)”
W.K. Kellogg donated the Arabian Horse Center and his former ranch to the state of California in 1932 with the stipulation that the Arabian breeding program and Sunday horse shows be maintained, according to the Cal Poly Pomona website. The ranch was turned over to the California State University system in 1949 and became home to what would become Cal Poly Pomona.
The Arabian Horse Center is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Sunday horse shows are generally held at 2 p.m. the first Sunday of each month, weather permitting.
