Down Under: My Breeding Season in Australia   Another month down means another closer to those Cotswold summer BBQ and beer garden days I...

Baby on Board   What to expect when you (your mare) are (is) expecting   You have caught the breeding bug. You have chosen your mare. You...

Hi All, It is that time of the year again, hope you are feeling festive, Christmas has come round pretty quick and pretty soon will be...

WORMING It’s getting to the time of year where national hunt is hugely underway. This generally means the temperatures are beginning to...

Tying-up (Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (ER) Hi All,  The National Hunt season has properly kicked off now, as I write this have one eye on...

Sycamore Poisoning It is that time of the year again? The leaves are losing their colour, the days are getting shorter, and the national...

G’day all, You could be forgiven for mistaking the current climate with any season other than summer. For us, the fact that almost all...

Hi All,  It's been a long time since I wrote the last newsletter, in fact I can’t even remember when it was, anyway here we are, and we...

November was a pretty good month all round. Up and down at times, but altogether pretty sweet. First and foremost, all the yards we...

Sarcoids are the most common skin tumour in equids. They are locally aggressive, with a high propensity for recurrence. Since they are a...

It’s been a busy month for all of us: horses are now back in training, there’s plenty happening and we’re all looking forward to a busy...

For sure it has been nice and warm in the past days, horses are being exercised early in the morning to beat the heat and lovely sunny...

This is a short, straight to the point summary of what’s new out there, and what's agreed, on stomach ulcers.

Tendon and ligaments injuries can occur virtually in any ligament in the body, from the horse’s foot to the ligaments at the back of the hea

Flu is an endemic disease in the UK, maintained by sporadic cases and by inapparent infection in susceptible horses introduced into...

A summary to help you understand how we read blood results.

Tying up is similar to our cramps. It is a syndrome of muscle fatigue, pain and spasms associated with exercise. It has different causes.

Stress or fatigue fractures are common in young racehorses as a result of repeated high loading during training.

Castrations are the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the horse. Assuming most of them will receive a post-op course of...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm dysfunction in horses. It most frequently occurs in performance horses.