We are the largest private equine practice in the Northumberland and County Durham area. With our experienced and friendly equine vets caring for all types of horses, ponies and donkeys.

We are passionate about providing gold standard care to our clients and their horses.

We provide 24 hour emergency care and have fully equipped hospital facilities at Hexham.

 Services

At our Hexham Practice, we have modern equine hospital facilities, with 24-hour monitoring by staff ensuring your horse receives the best of care throughout the day or night:

• Experienced equine vets and nurses
• 24-hour on-site care
  
• Large, covered stables for continuous monitoring
• Lunge pen and trot up area for lameness evaluation
  
• Operating theatre with full monitoring equipment
• Padded “knock-down” and recovery area
• Examination room fitted with stocks for reproductive examination
  
• Offical JMB measurement pad
  

Preventative Healthcare

Preventative healthcare forms a crucial role in the management of all equines. We will work with you to design a health plan to reduce the risk of injury and disease and discuss the use of monitoring tools to assess your horse's health and performance.

​We promote the use of annual health plans including dentistry and vaccination to help keep your horse in top condition. We also provide regular client newsletters and talks to help you stay up to date with veterinary matters.

Equine Team

Our patients are looked after by:

• Equine vets Colin, Steph, Emily, Euan, Sally, Ivana, Liz.
• Registered Equine Nurse Rebecca
• And the nursing and support team Clare, Ellie, Helen, Kirsten, Becka and Sara. 

Sally, Steph and Euan are our racecourse vets.

our team

Zone Days

All clients are able to benefit from our monthly zone day visits, offering an excellent saving for routine procedures such as vaccinations, dentals, examinations, blood sampling etc. Standard Zone visits cost £20 per owner, and must be booked more than 24 hours in advance.

We are able to offer this service by mapping the most efficient route around the calls – therefore it is not possible to specify a time, or a vet, for a zone visit. Please note the following cannot be carried out on a zone visit: emergencies, castration, pre-purchase, x-rays, gastroscopy, surgery.

Take a look at our recent newsletter to find out more about the zones and dates available, and give us a call to book in!

Equine Newsletters, Prescriptions and Sustainability

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Prescriptions
Sustainability
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Equine Physiotherapy
Kirsten G. Smith, DipAPhys

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Kirsten is a qualified and fully insured animal physiotherapist, offering intensive physiotherapy, exercise programmes, surgical rehabilitation, and regular maintenance checks. These can be done either out at your yard, or here at the Hexham surgery. 
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Equine physiotherapy can help with:

• Improving core stability
• Muscle development
• Increasing the horse's fitness levels
• Correcting, or improving, muscle movement patterns
• Assisting soft tissue structure (i.e. tendon or ligament) repair
• Wound healing
• Lymphatic Drainage

Give us a call on 01434 608999 to find out more.
Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm