Dr. Valerie Linse is a third generation Montanan, and grew up on her family’s ranch in the Missouri River breaks of central Montana. She graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Ag Business Management. She then attended Colorado State University where she earned a Master of Science in Equine Reproductive Physiology and in the process spent 3 intense years working with the internati
onally renowned experts in equine reproduction Drs. Pat McCue and Edward Squires. Four years later, Valerie received her DVM from Colorado State University and was accepted into an internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington Kentucky, the world’s largest and oldest equine practice. She was privileged to remain with Hagyard for another 5 years, gaining a tremendous amount of experience and expertise while breeding and caring for hundreds of mares each year at the premiere thoroughbred farms in the area. Dr. Linse spent 2011-12 working back in Montana, but has recently returned to Kentucky. She is also trained in large animal emergency rescue, equine veterinary acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. She has authored multiple scientific papers and lectured on equine reproduction, acupuncture, and metabolic imbalances in horses. She and her husband, Stephen (a restaurant consultant) and their young son Austin spend their spare time tending their small farm outside Paris.
