THE HOME TEAM

Carl's horses receive the very best car, both from Carl's experienced team of staff and from the close attention of the vets, farriers, equine physio and equine dentist that are very much part of the team. The staff never take short cuts, every detail of each horses well being is thorough and if extra time is needed it is taken.

Carl has chosen the very best vets, farriers, equine physio and equine dentist to care for his horses. Each brings a wealth of knowledge and experience and different expertise. Carl's professional integrity, experience and knowledge forms an understanding between Carl and the practioners he chooses. 

WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCE

As part of the World Class Performance Programme,  supported by Lottery funding thorough UK Sport, Carl receives support from the British Team vets, farriers, equine physiotherapist and nutritionalist,  working with Carl's 'home team', they closely monitors the horses to ensure every horse maximises its performance. This support extends to a professional management team that is focussed on supporting the riders, coaches, vets and other key staff at major intenational competitions.

Tel: 02476 698871 Email: info@bef.co.uk 
website: www.bef.co.uk

VETERINARY PRACTICE

Buffy Shirley-Beavan & Co. Buffy has been friend and vet to Carl for over 10 years. Previously with former Olympic Team Vet John Killingbeck, Buffy started her own practice in 1992. Over the years this has grown into a five vet specialist performance horse practice. The practice has an excellent laboratory for monitoring horse health and fitness and they take a particular interest in nutrition and stable enviroment. Their philosophy is to look at the whole horse and to prevent rather than just cure.

The team includes Emma Tomlinson who specialises in polo work and runs her own embryo transfer business. Ben Brain, specialist respiratory surgeon, who spends a lot of his time doing Hobdays and soft palate surgery. New Zealander Tim Beauregard does most of the sport horse work for the practice and does consultancy work for Vetcall- the leading company in stem cell treatment in horses. Isabel Tompsett from Wales is the final member of the team joining the practice in July 2008.

Buffy's credentials include being vet to the Dubai Polo Team, UK vet to the New Zealand Event Team and the Japanese Event Team at the Sydney Olympics. Her clientel include many top racing yards including champion trainer Paul Nicholls,  her practice is based close to the yard of winning trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies who over the years as a client has become a loyal friend and supporter. Buffy travels regularly across the UK, Ireland and France doing private sales and vetting work, mostly for racehorse purchases.

Tel: 01451 850086 Email: office@buffythevet.co.uk

EQUINE DENTIST

Mark Slingsby. Mark has been practicing equine dentistry for 10 years. He works closely with all his client's vets, he believes a good working relationship with the veterinary profession is vital the the success of good dentistry.

Carl's horses are treated twice a year, good equine dentistry  is crutial for them to perform at their best. and Mark works closely with Carl's team to discuss each individual horse.

Mark has a referral arrangement with Nixon Equine in Buckingham, a specialist centre for periodental disease. Mark is the specialist who carries out this work and he treats horses from a wide area who are referred to the practice.

Tel: 07977 076920 Email:  mpsdentistry@btinternet.com

EQUINE PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Marnie Malgarin. Marnie is a highly qualified Equine Sports Therapist, trained by well known Veterinary Physiotherapist Mary Bromiley. Marnie specialises in treating competition and sport horses and focuses particularly on the musculoskeletal system. Marnie views her equine clients as athletes and see her job, along with the rest of the team, as helping them to do the work that is required of them. Not only treating problems but aiming to maintain the horses and prevent problems occuring. The more a horse can remain in free motion, the more the rider can ask of him and therefore train him to the next level.

Marnie visits Carl's yard once a fortnight to discuss the horses with him and his team. Marnie travelled to the Sunshine Tour to help the horses after the long journey.

FARRIERS

Haydn Price. Following graduation with the Worshipful Company of Farriers in 1983, Haydn went on to deveop a farriery business specialising in shoeing performance horses. With a particular interest in equine lameness the practice developed a specialist Equine Referral Centre. With his interest in locomotion, in 2004 Haydn developed the Equinalysis Gait Analysis system, now used by World Class Performance.

Haydn is Consultant Farrier to the British Equestrian Federation and Team Farrier to the british Dressage and Show Jumping Teams.

As co-author of 'Shoeing for Performance' in 1986, it gave an opportunity to explain some of the more basic concepts of shoeing criteria along with some misconceptions in current shoeing treatment procedures. Haydn is a regular contributor to publications and research programmes, he also lectures internationally within Europe, America and Mexico.

Tel The Farrier Centre 01291 672826 Email: price.haydn@virgin.net