Newmarket Equine Hospital

13/01/2025

We would like to thank all of our staff for their hard work and dedication through 2024 to providing first class veterinary care tailored to the needs of our patients and clients.
In 2024 we cared for more horses undergoing surgical and diagnostic procedures than ever, whilst maintaining exceptionally low rates of complications.

16/12/2024

Last week our staff began to get into the festive spirit, participating in Christmas Jumper Day and raising money to support the fantastic charity - Save the Children UK.

03/10/2024

The brilliant MRI team at NEH had their hard work rewarded by Hallmarq and were inducted into the “Hall of Remarqables” following their August efforts. Thank you to everyone involved at NEH and the referring veterinary surgeons and clients who trust us with such wonderful patients.

30/09/2024

New study shows athletic performance in racehorses is influenced by microbial diversity in their gut as young foals.

This ground-breaking study was published last month, which was co-authored by a number of eminent vets including Newmarket Equine Hospital stud vets Zara Wise and Charlie Smith, analysed faecal samples of over 50 thoroughbred foals from 5 stud farms across the country within the first 4 weeks of life to assess the diversity of bacterial species in their gut.

The study data revealed associations between early-life bacterial community profiles, health events and athletic performance in later life. Foals with lower faecal bacterial diversity at one month old had a significantly increased risk of respiratory disease in later life. Athletic performance up to three years old was positively associated with higher faecal bacterial diversity at one month old and with the relative abundance of specific bacterial species.

NEH would like to thank our clients who contributed samples from their foals for this study and the Alborada trust who generously funded the research.

The full research study, entitled ‘Early life gut bacterial community structure predicts disease risk and athletic performance in horses bred for racing’, has been published as an open access article in Science Reports and is available to read here. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64657-6

19/08/2024

Last week we posted about our recently published work looking at the CT features of short incomplete fractures of the proximal phalanx. The information learnt led us to refine our surgical technique for screw repair of these fractures, which has now been published in the journal Equine Veterinary Education.

https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.13988

13/08/2024

This month in the journal Equine Veterinary Education, Nick Vos, who recently completed his internship at NEH, and NEH surgeon Matt Smith presented their findings on the computed tomographic features of short incomplete fractures of the proximal phalanx in TB racehorses. The information from their work has direct implications for managing these injuries in the most effective way.

Through the process of reviewing clinical cases and their outcomes, we continually strive to improve our success in managing injuries such this.

https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.14026

08/08/2024

Grounds/Maintenance Staff (Part-time)

Newmarket Equine Hospital is seeking to recruit a part-time, multi skilled grounds/maintenance person to form part of an existing team.

For further details and to apply, please follow the link below:

https://www.newmarketequinehospital.com/vacancies/part-time-maintenance-staff

02/08/2024

Please join us in welcoming Eimear Leahy MVB MRCVS to NEH as the first of our summer intake of intern veterinary surgeons.

Eimear graduated from University College Dublin this summer.

17/07/2024

Newmarket Equine Hospital are very proud to be supporting The Great Racing Welfare Cycle this weekend. Good luck to all those participating and please do show your support for such a good cause by following the link below:

Generously sponsored by S W Turner Process & Mechanical Pipework Installation Specialists Ltd We’re back with the biggest cycling challenge of the year! This year we are incredibly excited to bring the next Great Racing Welfare Cycle Challenge from the home of Horseracing, Newmarket Racecourse. Th...

15/04/2024

Vets from NEH (Benoit Herinckx, Mark Tunstill, Fran James) and NEH Cotswolds (Ali Butler, Jodie Daglish) joined forces to provide veterinary cover at Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market International Horse Trials this weekend for Musketeer Events. It was great to be able to provide the on site expertise and equipment for any eventuality or emergency but thankfully very little was needed!

12/03/2024

Ambulatory Vet - Sport & Leisure

Newmarket Equine Hospital is looking to recruit an experienced equine vet to join the sport and leisure horse team in the ambulatory department.

For further details and to apply, please follow the link below:

https://www.newmarketequinehospital.com/vacancies/ambulatory-vet-s-l

06/02/2024

At NEH there are separate orthopaedic and colic operating theatres. Performing these surgeries in separate theatres allows us to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness for orthopaedic surgeries such as fracture repair. It also mean we can undertake immediate emergency colic surgery whilst continuing the busy list of elective surgeries.

02/02/2024

We are delighted to once again publish our hospital case log. 2023 was another busy year, which saw an increase in surgery numbers, and continued low complication rates. This was only possible by the hard work and dedication of our fabulous team.

23/01/2024

At NEH a typically busy day will see six to eight surgeries performed in our orthopaedic theatre, only possible with our four anaesthetic knockdown and recovery boxes. A dedicated prep area outside of theatre, where horses are clipped and cleaned before surgery, enables us to maintain the highest standards of theatre hygiene.

15/01/2024

We’re delighted to see recent patient Hugo back in work after colic surgery at NEH. Colic is one of the most common emergencies seen in horses, with prompt intervention the key to a good recovery. Luckily for Hugo, his team at home and Ryder-Davies and Partners Veterinary Surgeons Equine Page got him to the hospital before irreversible damage to his gut had occurred.

14/01/2024

At NEH we're privileged to have the only portable in theatre CT scanner in the UK, enabling CT guided surgery and unparalleled precision in the repair of fractures. The pedal bone fracture here, referred by Spike Milligan - Performance Horse Consultant nicely shows how valuable it can be.

12/01/2024

NEH is pleased to welcome Toby Anderson to the hospital team as an intern veterinary surgeon. Toby graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2023 and is looking forward to developing a broad range of clinical experience during his internship.

09/01/2024

At NEH we are privileged to have a purpose built theatre suite, designed taking the best from human and veterinary surgical facilities worldwide. These features allow us to deliver the highest standards in theatre hygiene which are critical to successful surgical outcomes.