MW Equine, LLC is owned and operated by Wendy Dawn Eldridge-Panuska, M.S. Wendy received her Master's of Science in Biomedical Science, with an emphasis in Equine Reproductive Physiology from Colorado State University in May of 2004. She also received her Bachelor's of Science in Animal Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in May of 2001. She has put her education to good use running the day to day business of MW Equine. 
Wendy has been working with horses for over 20 years. Her dedication to the equine industry is proven, she strives hard to offer clients the best possible service available. MW Equine offers reproduction services as well as breeding and sport horse sales.
Prior to starting MW Equine, LLC Wendy managed small and large sport horse breeding operations. Highlife Farms, LLC located in Orlando, FL offered Wendy an excellent opportunity to mix and mingle with some of the top trainers and warmblood breeders in the country. At Highlife Farms, Wendy was in charge of Breeding and Quarantine Departments. She performed all necessary tasks to ensure pregnancy including but not limited to mare transrectal ultrasound, artificial insemination, intrauterine lavage, embryo recovery, and non-surgical embryo transfer. Wendy also managed the commercial stallion lab where she collected ejaculates, and processed them for fresh, cooled and frozen insemination doses. Highlife Farms also offered Florida State Certified Contagious Equine Metritis quarantine facility. Wendy coordinated with the local vet as well as USDA veterinarians to successfully test imported mares and stallions for CEM.
Wendy received her M.S. from CSU studying under several top researchers in the equine industry. Her primary advisers were Elaine Carnevale, DVM, PhD; Ed Squires, PhD; George Siedel, PhD; Pat McCue, DVM and Jason Bruemmer, PhD. Wendy's thesis research focused on equine embryo vitrification. The research lead to the launch of the commercially available vitrification kit offered for sale via AB Technology. The publication of Wendy's thesis research can be found in the journal Theriogenology 2005;63:1038-1319 titled Establishment of pregnancies after serial dilution or direct transfer by vitrified equine embryos.
In addition to thesis research, Wendy assisted in the oocyte transfer department. There she learned oocyte and embryo morphology, grading, manipulation, maturation/culture and media preparation. Wendy also assisted with surgical oocyte transfer, ovary dissection for oocyte recovery and trans-vaginal follicular aspiration.
As a graduate student, Wendy was a wet lab instructor for the world-renowned CSU reproduction short courses held for Embryo Transfer and Mare/Stallion Reproduction.
Wendy offers all of this experiance to the clients of MW Equine, LLC. Contact us today to see how we can boost your breeding operation this season at 434-664-8588 or mwequine@hotmail.com for more information.
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Wendy’s riding background started with her mother Pat Eldridge thinking horseback riding would be a fun activity for her 10-year-old daughter. Little did she know it would be the most expensive activity ever suggested, HA! Wendy Dawn started riding with Virginia Wiseman at Grenadier Farm in Danville, Virginia. For those of you who may know Mrs. Wiseman, she is one of the greatest balanced seat instructors in Southside Virginia. She served as a mentor and role model for Wendy Dawn growing up. Mrs. Wiseman is one of the major reasons Wendy Dawn chose to make horses her career.
As Wendy, known as Dawn at Grenadier, progressed in her riding she was allowed to work with the foals, weanlings, yearlings and 2 year olds, this is where her 
interest in breeding really started. Mrs. Wiseman always had a few really nice home bred babies around and she could watch them grown up and see the exciting change from playful baby to well trained fox hunters and eventers. Wendy Dawn worked with lots of these foals and competed several of them through USEA Training Level Eventing. She also schooled these young horses with Olympic instructors including Jim Wofford, Karen and David O’Connor. Wendy Dawn was a junior member of the Sedgefield Hunt Club in Rockingham County, NC and introduced numerous young horses to the atmosphere of hunting and the hounds.
Through college at Virginia Tech and Colorado State, Wendy continued to event and competed Feliz Wind (MW Equine’s foundation mare). Feliz has been a part of the family since the spring of 1999 and has produced fabulous foals for the operation. Currently, Wendy is training Finally Friday MW and Perun MW and hope to start their competition careers soon.
