Cavalcade Education

10/15/2025

Our next Equine Ask the Specialist CE Dinner is just 1️⃣ week away!

Join us at Cosimo's in Poughkeepsie for two great talks with leading veterinarians, delicious food, and an in-person happy hour beginning at 5:30pm 🥂

🩺 Cara Wright, DVM MS will present on "Cultivating a Positive Veterinary Practice Culture: Learn how to influence a positive practice culture as both an owner and an associate, using the 7 pillars of a healthy practice culture and real life examples."

🩺 Rhinebeck Equine 's Laura Javsicas VMD, Dipl ACVIM will speak on:
"From Symptoms to Solutions: Equine Infernal Medicine Case Rounds.
Take a deep dive into the workup and treatment of a potpourri of equine cases- from puzzling neurologic signs to classic Strangles and everything in between."

This evening (including 1 hour RACE and 2 hours NYSVMS CE) is made possible through support from Merck Animal Health, Epicur, Endoscopy Support Services, Equine Diagnostic Solutions, and Fluxergy 🤝.

🎟 To save your seat or secure a recording of the event visit https://www.cavalcadeeducation.com/events

10/10/2025

Scenes from a great Future Equine Practitioners Weekend 🎬 😊

If you attended our 10th Annual Event please check your email to complete our quick survey! We're ready to come back better than ever for year 11, but we need your input to shape programming for 2026 🐴 🩺💛

Photos: Kathy Landman

09/26/2025

And just like that, it's been two weeks since , our 10th annual event!

The entire organizing team behind our three independently-owned host practices is beyond grateful for all of the visiting instructors (veterinarians and farriers!) who helped make this weekend such a success. We are also grateful to our industry partners for their support in helping us keep this event going year after year. Shoutout to The Foundation for the Horse as this year's grant helped us with additional programming!

If you attended, stay tuned for surveys hitting your inboxes soon! If not, we've got plenty more to come by way of recaps and thank yous- watch this space 🌟

Millbrook Equine Rhinebeck Equine Equine Clinic at OakenCroft Boehringer Ingelheim NYRA Aurora Pharmaceutical ANTECH Diagnostics Sound Blue Seal Grand Prix Equine CareCredit Merck Animal Health Platinum Performance AVMA PLIT Zoetis Patterson Veterinary Equine Division Purina Feed Greatness

09/15/2025

🌟 Future Equine Practitioners Weekend, 10th Anniversary Edition 🌟

What a weekend we had at and with 35 super motivated and enthusiastic future horse doctors from 7 schools across the US and Canada.

This event is a massive collaborative effort and we owe a huge thank you to our presenting sponsors and for their generous contributions. We made seven (7️⃣ !) hands on wet labs happen for this great group of students happen with financial support from / .

👏 We were also beyond proud to receive grant money from // this year!

Veterinarians from our 3 practices volunteered their time to share knowledge with this year’s student attendees. Weekends are precious and this is lending time to this event is no small gift 🎁. We are so grateful for our colleagues at Dr Mark Baus, Dr Caitlin Rothacker and Dr Melissa Batterton who not only sponsored students for this year but also jumped in to assist with radiographic positioning and joint injection wet lab instruction! Thank you also to Dr Martha Mallicote, Dr Alison Clode, and Dr Rebecca Stinson for guest speaking and teaching this year! Shoutout to ‘s Dr Alex Catalano for jumping in to teach as well!
We owe a massive thanks as well to Hilary Cloos, Aiden Nichols, Lydia Teubl - the trio of tremendous farriers who taught our podiatry wet lab this year.

Many photos, a fun blooper reel, and much more to come. Stay tuned 🩺🐴♥️

09/04/2025

We are just 9️⃣ days away from the 10th annual Future Equine Practitioners Weekend!

The teams at our independently-owned founding practices Millbrook Equine Rhinebeck Equine and Equine Clinic at OakenCroft are so excited to open the doors to 40 equine veterinary students for two days of hands-on wet labs, discussions, and networking opportunities September 13 & 14!

We have teamed up with incredible partners from around the veterinary industry to make this year's programming possible and owe a very heartfelt thank you to the clients, neighboring veterinary practices, and others who have contributed to this weekend through our Sponsor-A-Student initiative!

Special shout outs to those who have so generously sponsored students: Grand Prix Equine, Dr Amy Rabanal, Genesee Valley Equine Clinic, PLLC, Vermont Large Animal Clinic - Equine Hospital, Kathy L, Dr. Alexa Wright, Dr. Katy Sullivan, Lynn B, Glenn S!

We currently have 13 students sponsored, which leaves 27 to go! Consider supporting this year's FEPW by sponsoring a student or making a donation. More information can be found at https://www.cavalcadeeducation.com/fepw

And of course a thank you to our industry partners for funding programming and more for this year: Sound/ Antech, Choice Medical, Zoetis, Boehringer Ingelheim, NYRA, Kent/ Blue Seal, Minitube, Purina, Platinum Performance, Merck Animal Health, Aurora Pharmaceutical, Patterson Vet, VMRD, and CareCredit ❤🐴

Photos by Kathy Landman.

02/07/2025

Don't miss the chance to hear from Equine Clinic at OakenCroft's Dr. Taylor Huffman during this fantastic (and FREE) webinar opportunity 💻

Are you foal-ready?

Join AAEP member veterinarians Drs. Chelsea Folmar & Taylor Huffman on Feb. 12 for a webinar discussion that will help you prepare for the foaling season. Learn how to create a foaling kit, the timeline of parturition (foaling), and how to recognize when veterinary intervention is needed.

Registration is FREE but required. A recording of the webinar will be available if you miss the live event.

Register here: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Ats8dN0E2JxrJYoBUPKU7BW_HtYcwxW988ZYvpWRruqNFu98_uws~AnoL_ZTlIx2iZDbk457AKzpEPWgwMyM1m36OoJWUUyiXJPOgKi4PHJJYdQ

This informative session is brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

02/03/2025

The team behind Cavalcade Education's events is looking forward to a great 2025. We've got lots coming up, stay tuned for details & dates 📆

If you're a vet or a licensed tech don't miss our next CE opportunity on February 11 at Cosimo's in Poughkeepsie. NEW for this EATS dinner is a pre-talk Happy Hour kicking off at 5:30! See https://www.cavalcadeeducation.com/events for details & to save your spot to attend in-person or online.

01/22/2025

Our first EATS 🍽 dinner of 2025 is coming up!

Join us on Tuesday, February 11 at Cosimo's Poughkeepsie (or virtually) for talks on Sinus Pathology with Dr. Gustavo Abuja of Rhinebeck Equine and Insulin Dysregulation with Dr. Amy Polkes.

2 hours NYSVMS CE credit available for both in-person and virtual attendees. Please note this event is for veterinarians, licensed techs, and current equine veterinary students ONLY. Current equine veterinary students - DM us for the code to attend virtually for free!

Get your tickets at https://www.cavalcadeeducation.com/events . Special thanks to ANTECH Diagnostics and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. for helping Millbrook Equine Rhinebeck Equine and Equine Clinic at OakenCroft make this event happen.

01/10/2025

Hey, equine vet students! This one's for you 👩‍💻.

Cavalcade's own Dr. Miranda Gosselin (Millbrook Equine) and Dr. Allie Catalino (Equine Clinic at OakenCroft) will be speaking on this panel alongside great veterinarians from around the country. This is your chance to ask those 🔥 burning 🔥 questions live via Zoom and hear what leading practices are looking for when meeting potential new hires!

Thanks to Hilltop Bio for supporting this alongside our friends at EPIC.

Register here 👉https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5dnnN2pvQmOPcMWEmhtJRw #/registration

01/09/2025

Thank you for joining us 🙌

We had a great day at our annual Equine Reproduction Symposium! It was a full house with attendees from throughout the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and Massachusetts joining us in person and folks from all over the country tuning in virtually.

Shout-out to al of the veterinarians from across our independently owned founding practices Millbrook Equine Rhinebeck Equine Equine Clinic at OakenCroft who took time to present on such great topics and help make this event happen. We wouldn't be able to make these educational opportunities happen without sponsors - thanks to Platinum Performance Merck Animal Health Equilume VMRD, Inc and Minitube for helping out with this one!

If you joined us, keep an eye out for a survey headed your way and of course stay tuned for the recording - coming soon to your inbox via our website 💻

01/06/2025

🌟Last chance to sign up to attend in-person🌟

Horse owners, breeders, or those interested in learning more about stallion, mare, and foal management are all invited to join us for our annual Equine Reproduction Symposium coming Wednesday, January 8!

Tickets, topics, & details are on our website: www.cavalcadeeducation.com/events

This event is made possible through the ongoing collaboration of our independently owned founding practices Millbrook Equine Rhinebeck Equine and the Equine Clinic at OakenCroft with generous support from Platinum Performance, Merck Animal Health, Minitube USA, VMRD, Inc. Doc Lane's Veterinary Pharmacy, and Equilume.

*Please note that this is a hybrid event with both virtual and in-person tickets available*

01/03/2025

Happy New Year 🎉

The team behind Cavalcade looks forward to another fantastic year of educational opportunities for horse owners, equine veterinary students, plus vets & techs!

Photo Credit: Kathy Landman of the 2024 Future Equine Practitioners Weekend participants 🙌