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Hv GRACE SHIPPENS State budge) reductions coupled with .1 lull in the racehorse industry have lefl the Veterinar) School in icrioua financial trouble, accordl Budget Directoi i ilen Stinc Oovernoi William I atey announced in lanuary thai the state mas im pose .1 low ceiling on appropriations uii private institutions meaning thai the i diversity's funding would noi increase I inproposed budget reductions mil afreet the entire i niversity, but ■he Veterinary School will hc.it the bruin ol the cutbacks because ii cut rently receives almost rorty perceni ol its funding, 01 about SM 2 million. iioin the state ilie final state budget will not be approved fot several months and University administrators said this week thai Ihej are hoping fbi .1 finan cial reprieve before ihat time. In addition to the potential redui lions in appropriations, .1 gradual decline in the racehorse industry dui mg 1 inpast decade has also hurt the Veterinar) School Ks the value ol racehorses goes down, horse owners become less willing 10 pay foi expen live surger) According 10 Budget Directoi Glen Stine, yearling horse prices tend 10 fluctuate with oil prices because horses arc often bought with oil money With relatively low oil prices, ihe price ol yearlings has adjusted accordingly \s .1 result, owners tend 10 eithei destroy their horses or take them 10 less expensive clinics translating to ftwet tnajoi racehorse surgeries at the Ne» Bokon ( cntci < innc.il services lo racehorses Have been a majoi source ol funding -nice the (enter opened "The puce ol horses lias changed and people will not pay 101 .1 surgery ihai \A 111 exceed the value ol the horse, ' said Stanley Panko, executive directoi ol the rhoroughbread Breeders Vssociation ol New lersey