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Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons The official page of Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons, Newmarket - dedicated equine vets We are an RCVS Accredited Practice.

Rossdales is an internationally renowned, equine veterinary practice in Newmarket providing first opinion, emergency, referral and laboratory services via our ambulatory practice, Rossdales Equine Hospital & Diagnostic Centre and Rossdales Laboratories. Our reputation as a world leader in equine veterinary healthcare has been built on specialist expertise, the provision of innovative and specialised treatments, and our commitment to providing an always-available quality service.

๐‰๐Ž๐ ๐Ž๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜: ๐•๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž (๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ)Rossdales Equine Hospital is looking for a qualified and experienced Registere...
14/10/2026

๐‰๐Ž๐ ๐Ž๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜: ๐•๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž (๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ)

Rossdales Equine Hospital is looking for a qualified and experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse to join its friendly, professional and dedicated nursing team.

The role includes:
โœ… All aspects of inpatient nursing care, including intensive care and routine care
โœ… Working alongside a supportive and experienced team
โœ… Developing your skills across a wide range of disciplines

๐Ÿ•– Shift pattern: 7pmโ€“7am, with three set nights (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), alternating Saturdays, followed by three nights off.

This is a full-time role, but part-time applications will also be considered.

We offer:
โœ… Excellent benefits package
โœ… RCVS and BEVA membership paid for
โœ… Three days of funded CPD per year
โœ… Excellent learning and development opportunities

Previous referral practice experience is preferable but not essential, as training and support will be provided to help you reach your full potential.

If youโ€™re passionate about equine nursing and delivering outstanding patient care, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

๐Ÿ”— Find out more or apply here:
rossdales.com/veterinary-nurse-nights

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

(The British Veterinary Nursing Association)

12/10/2026

With widespread reports of West Nile virus affecting horses throughout northern Europe, including in areas of France bordering the Channel, BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association and British Equestrian Equine Infectious Disease Advisory Group recommend that all horses travelling to compete on the continent are vaccinated.

If you're travelling your horse to Europe before the end of November or from late February onwards, speak to your vet about vaccination against West Nile virus.

While West Nile virus is expected to reach the UK in the future, horses currently residing here who are not travelling abroad are not at risk and don't require vaccination at this time.

Find out more about this disease via the link below ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿด ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž: ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ“ Rossdales Equine Hospital, Exning,...
09/10/2026

๐Ÿด ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 
๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž:
๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐Ÿ“ Rossdales Equine Hospital, Exning, Newmarket
๐Ÿ“… Monday, 2nd November 2026
โฐ 6.30pm - 9.30pm

Have you booked your place yet?

Join us for an informative evening exploring the practical management of Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS). Hear from experts from Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons Surgeons (Lorna Brokenshire-Dyke, Jane Lawson-Payne and Catriona Mackenzie), Dengie Horse Feeds (Katie Williams) and Hoof and Habitat Ltd (Sian Constantine), followed by Q&A.

Our fantastic team of speakers will cover the following topics
๐ŸŒฟ Pasture & environmental management
๐Ÿฅ• Feeding for metabolic health
๐Ÿฉบ Diagnosis & medical management
๐Ÿƒ Exercise & healthy weight loss

This event is kindly sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and is free to attend. All welcome. Light refreshments will be provided on arrival.

See the full programme at rossdales.com/ems-client-evening

๐Ÿ“ฉ Book your place(s) now by emailing [email protected]

Huge congratulations to Lucy Cameron (wife of Rossdales' Clinical Director Ian) and her mother, Dianne Stennett. On Wedn...
09/10/2026

Huge congratulations to Lucy Cameron (wife of Rossdales' Clinical Director Ian) and her mother, Dianne Stennett.

On Wednesday, their much-garlanded mare KBF Lucia (Poppy), ridden by producer Jayne Ross, claimed the Ladies Side Saddle Horse of the Year Championship at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS).

This incredible achievement brings Poppyโ€™s tally to an amazing six HOYS wins, including last yearโ€™s Supreme Championship.

Jayne has produced Poppy since she was three years old, making history at HOYS as the first Supreme Champion to graduate from the Coloured Horse and Pony of the Year Championship.

All eyes now turn to Friday, when Jayne and Poppy return to the ring to contest the Coloured Championship once again.

Best of luck to the whole team!

Rossdales Hertfordshire's Veterinary Technician Sophie Edwards and her sport horse Thomas recently achieved an incredibl...
08/10/2026

Rossdales Hertfordshire's Veterinary Technician Sophie Edwards and her sport horse Thomas recently achieved an incredible milestone by completing their first Open Team Chase at the Belvoir 2.0 Team Chase as members of โ€˜The Pheasant Pluckersโ€™ team.

Now 16 years old, Thomas came to Sophie two years ago, but his journey to the top level of team chasing hasn't been without its challenges. A few years ago, he was diagnosed, treated and carefully rehabilitated for hind suspensory ligament damage.
Thanks to a structured rehab programme, he made an excellent recovery and returned to full work stronger than ever.

More recently, Thomas was diagnosed with equine asthma. Managed under the expert care of our team here at Rossdales, his routine, treatment, and airway health are closely monitored to keep him feeling and performing at his best.

Sophie said: โ€œThomas is a Warmblood and bred to showjump, but he thinks heโ€™s a racehorse! He runs on all-Thoroughbred teams and keeps up with them well, which is unusual in Team Chasing, but he flies round making up time and ground by taking tighter turns, where some of the Thoroughbreds struggle!โ€

Itโ€™s great to see that Sophie has been able to manage Thomasโ€™s health problems successfully and come out competing at the highest level and we wish them continued success! ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘‰ You can follow Sophie and her team of horses at Diary of a Hedge Hopper or on Instagram .of.a.hedgehopper

๐Ÿ“ธ: Nico Morgan Media

๐Ÿ“† ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ - ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ“ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ, ๐„๐ฑ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‚๐๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ•๐๐Weโ€™re delighted to be holding...
07/10/2026

๐Ÿ“† ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ - ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ
๐Ÿ“ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ, ๐„๐ฑ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‚๐๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ•๐๐

Weโ€™re delighted to be holding another of our popular equine weight clinics on the morning of Saturday 31st October, and weโ€™d love to see you there!

The clinic is FREE to attend and open to all Rossdalesโ€™ clients. Our vet Mark Grant will be joined by experienced sport horse nutritionist Claire Akers from Dengie Horse Feeds to provide practical, expert advice on managing your horse or ponyโ€™s weight and nutrition.

Attendees will benefit from:

โœ… A one-to-one discussion with Mark about managing your horse or ponyโ€™s weight, along with feeding advice from Claire.
โœ…Use of the Dengie weighbridge to determine your horse or ponyโ€™s accurate weight.
โœ… Advice on reducing the risk of laminitis, as well as information about conditions including Equine Cushingโ€™s Disease (PPID) and Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS).
โœ… Guidance on body condition scoring and how to correctly use an equine weigh tape.
โœ… Year-round advice on weight control and nutrition to help you keep your horse or pony healthy.

....and thereโ€™s a FREE goody bag for everyone who attends!

Whether youโ€™re concerned that your horse or pony is overweight, underweight, or you simply want to learn more about maintaining a healthy weight, this is a great opportunity to get individual advice from our experienced team.

Places are FREE but must be booked in advance, so make sure you reserve your place(s).

Time slots are available between 9.00am and 1.30pm, so email ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ @๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ now to book your place. We will allow approximately 20 minutes for each appointment, or 25 minutes if you are bringing two horses. Please include your name, your telephone number and your horse's name in your email.

๐Ÿ›‚ Please note that all horses and ponies attending will need to be accompanied by their passport and should have an up-to-date equine 'flu vaccination.

rossdales.com/equine-weight-clinic

๐Ÿ† BADMINTON BOUND! ๐Ÿ†We were delighted to be sponsors at Little Downham Horse Trials last weekend - congratulations to al...
06/10/2026

๐Ÿ† BADMINTON BOUND! ๐Ÿ†

We were delighted to be sponsors at Little Downham Horse Trials last weekend - congratulations to all competitors who were successful in the Regional Championship National Qualifier classes for next yearโ€™s BE80, BE90 and BE100 Championships.

Amongst those winners were our client Dr Ruth Armstrong and her wonderful 18-year-old Connemara, Oxhill Rio, known to his friends as Timmy. They had a fantastic day, heading Section B of the BE90 Regional Championship National Qualifier and finishing on their impressive dressage score of 29.5! ๐Ÿฅ‡

Ruth and Timmy have enjoyed Eventing success from BE90 through to BE105, as well as competing successfully up to Medium in British Dressage. This result means that Ruth and Timmy will be heading back to Badminton Horse Trials for the Grassroots Championships for a third time! They previously competed there in 2019 (BC BE90) and in 2023, where they finished 13th in the BC BE100, making this latest qualification another superb milestone in their 10-year partnership.

Ruth said after their win: โ€œWhat an honour and a privilege to have a win at our local event and to qualify for the Badminton Grassroots Championship. A fabulous weekend of eventing, generous prizes and some wonderful people and ponies! Huge thanks to everyone who has helped us, and those who came along to support us on the day โ€“ we couldnโ€™t have done it without you!โ€

Congratulations, Ruth and Timmy, what an achievement! ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“ธ Action Replay Photography

Great work by our vet Grace Twitchett and the team at Rossdales Hertfordshire to help get 20 year-old mare Storm and her...
06/10/2026

Great work by our vet Grace Twitchett and the team at Rossdales Hertfordshire to help get 20 year-old mare Storm and her owner Christie out and about enjoying beach and forest rides again! ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ™Œ

Also, a big 'well done' to Christie, whose dedication and careful rehabilitation have played such an important part in Stormโ€™s progress. ๐ŸŒŸ

Read their story here ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ: ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ Weโ€™re pleased to introduce our new Placental Function Panel, developed to ...
02/10/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ: ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ

Weโ€™re pleased to introduce our new Placental Function Panel, developed to support the assessment of placental health in pregnant mares.

The panel measures:

โ–ถ Progesterone (P4)
โ–ถ Oestradiol-17ฮฒ (E2)
โ–ถ E2:P4 ratio

Progesterone has been shown to increase, oestradiol to decrease, and the E2:P4 ratio to decrease in mares with placental dysfunction, including ascending placentitis (Fedorka et al., 2021). Our own research in UK Thoroughbred mares supports these findings (paper publication pending), and weโ€™re now pleased to make this test commercially available.

Potential uses include:

โœ… Screening high-risk pregnant mares
โœ… Supporting the investigation of suspected ascending placentitis
โœ… Pre-surgery screening for elective procedures
โœ… Monitoring placental function following emergency surgery, such as colic surgery

The test is useful from 7 months' gestation. Results should be interpreted alongside clinical signs, and with caution during the 5โ€“7 days before foaling, when normal pre-partum hormonal changes occur.

The cost for this panel is ยฃ55 + VAT

๐Ÿ‘‰ For more information, please contact Sarah Moore on [email protected] or the team at Rossdales Laboratories on [email protected]

๐ŸŽฌ Watch Sarah Moore's presentation ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ/๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ as part of the Gerald Leigh Lectures 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xveC0wewgR0

Hospital Intern Archie Weetch and Rock or Bust (Rocky) stood Reserve Supreme Champions at the WORLINGTON RIDING CLUB Aut...
28/09/2026

Hospital Intern Archie Weetch and Rock or Bust (Rocky) stood Reserve Supreme Champions at the WORLINGTON RIDING CLUB Autumn Show yesterday - made all the more special by the fact that coincidentally the class was sponsored by Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons!

Archie rode Rocky, who is owned by Sarah Muzzo-Sweeney, to win Ridden Best New Combination ๐Ÿฅ‡ before going on to take the afternoon Ridden Championship, qualifying them for the Supreme Championship, where they were awarded Reserve Champion. ๐ŸŒŸ

Rocky is a 10-year-old Warmblood ร— Thoroughbred gelding by Ramiro B and was bred by Sarah. He has previously competed in eventing, showjumping and ridden showing, most notably placing at the Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead as a Lightweight Ridden Hunter.

Looking ahead, Archie said: โ€œWe're planning on competing in all disciplines, as Rocky is a true all-rounder!โ€

Congratulations to Archie, Sarah and Rocky on a fantastic result! ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“ธ AGL Photography and Sarah Muzzo-Sweeney

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Rossdales Equine Hospital, Cotton End Road, Exning
Newmarket
CB87NN

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