Veterinarian Mike Fugaro received the Governor’s Award from the New Jersey Equine Advisory board, part of the organization’s activities during the state’s month of the horse to recognize outstanding individuals. Dr. Fugaro owns and operates Mountain Pointe Equine Veterinary Services in northwestern New Jersey.
Dr. Michael Fugaro.
He was the resident veterinarian and a tenured full-professor at Centenary University, and taught as a visiting instructor at Rutgers University in the Animal Science Department. Other positions he has held have been with the state Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health and the state Racing Commission.
The Morris County resident also has been president of the state Association of Equine Practitioners, an advisory board member for the Rutgers University Board for Equine Advancement and an admissions committee member for University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine, from which he graduated.
Other award winners include Karl, the New Jersey Sire Stakes Award /Horse of the Year; the Standardbred of the Year honors went to Sig Sauer and who else but the brilliant racehorse Book’em Danno could have been Thoroughbred of the Year.
Katharina Boucke is the Youth Horse Person of the Year, the Superior Horse is Lightning Moon, Mark Mullen took Breeder of the Year and Standardbred Pleasure Horse of the Year is Slippery Slope.