Leahurst Equine Hospital

28/05/2026

☀️ Heatwave Horse Care ☀️ from the Soft Tissue Elective Students ✨

Hot weather can put horses at risk of dehydration, heat stress and exhaustion - especially older horses, overweight horses, foals, and those in work.

To help keep your horse safe during the warmer temperatures:

🚰 Ensure constant access to fresh, clean water
🌳 Provide shade and good ventilation
🕖 Exercise during cooler parts of the day
💦 Hose horses down after exercise and allow them to cool properly
🧂 Consider adding electrolytes to feed
👀 Monitor closely for signs of heat stress, including increased respiratory rate, lethargy, weakness or reduced appetite

If you are concerned your horse may be struggling in the heat, contact your veterinary surgeon promptly.

Stay safe and keep cool this week ☀️

25/05/2026

☀️We hope you’ve all had a fabulous bank holiday weekend and enjoyed the sun!

Kicking off our soon to be vets “social media takeover week,” we’d love to celebrate the incredible hands-on experiences they’ve had with our patients and clients here at Leahurst Equine Hospital.

Have you and your horse been cared for with the help of one of our students? Whether they assisted during a hospital stay, held your horse for a procedure, or simply offered support and kindness during your visit — we’d love to hear your story.

Please share your photos, memories, or experiences in the comments below ⬇️
📸 Bonus points for horse photos!

Your posts will help showcase the important role our students play in patient care and help celebrate the next generation of equine vets. Thank you for supporting their learning journey 💙

24/05/2026

🎓🐴 Our final year veterinary students are taking over our social media channels this week!

Over the next week, they’ll be sharing a behind-the-scenes look at life at Leahurst Equine Hospital, what it’s like training to become an equine vet, and some of the amazing experiences they’ve had during their final year rotations.

We’d love your input! What sort of content would you like to see from our students this week?

Share your ideas or questions in the comments and our students will do their best to cover them throughout the week!

We’re excited for you to meet the future generation of equine vets 🌟

22/05/2026

What a fantastic afternoon we had at Aintree last Friday! 🐎

A huge thank you to all of the wonderful horse owners who joined us for our Leahurst Equine client event. It was brilliant to see so many familiar faces and spend the afternoon sharing knowledge, catching up and enjoying such a great atmosphere together.

We were incredibly proud to showcase the expertise within our team, with fantastic talks from our amazing speakers:

🐴 Chris Baldwin — BVetMed(hons) CertAVP(ESST)(EOS) AFHEA DipECVS MRCVS, RCVS and EBVS®️ European Specialist in Large Animal Surgery
🐴 Maurice Connaughton — MVB CertAVP(EL) DipECVS MRCVS, Resident in Equine Surgery and Advanced Veterinary Practitioner
🐴 Amie Wilson — BVMS CertAVP(EM) DipECEIM AFHEA MRCVS, RCVS and European Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine
🐴 Sarah Willson — BVetMed MRCVS, Lecturer in Equine First Opinion Practice
🐴 Harry Carslake — MA VetMB PhD DipACVIM DipECEIM SFHEA MRCVS, European, American and RCVS recognised Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine

A special thank you also to our brilliant host Sandy Shanklin — MA VetMB CertES(ST) DipECVS MRCVS AFHEA — who helped make the afternoon run so smoothly.

Our clinicians delivered engaging and practical talks covering parasitology, gastric ulcers, transporting sick and injured horses, tendon injuries and rehabilitation, and foals — including when to call the vet.

We are also extremely grateful to our sponsors, Hestevard and Audevard UK, whose support helped make the event possible.

To top it all off, we enjoyed some gorgeous food, a sunny afternoon at the races, courtesy of the Jockey club, and, yes… even the bar opened! 👀🍾

Thank you again to everyone who attended and helped make the afternoon such a success.

15/05/2026

A few tickets left for this fabulous event this afternoon 🥂🐴 book below 👇

Horse Owners’ Afternoon at Aintree Racecourse 🐎
A few tickets still available for our horse owners event at Aintree on Friday 15th May 2026!!

Tickets cost £7 per person with refreshments and evening racing include!!

Book your place here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aintree-client-evening-tickets-1987505450304?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse

14/05/2026

We’re recruiting! Join the Leahurst Equine team 🐴

We have an opportunity for a Temporary Accounts Administrator to join our wonderful, hardworking, friendly Equine Hospital administration team on a temporary basis for 3–6 months.

This role will provide important administrative and financial support within Leahurst Equine Hospital, helping with accurate invoicing, payment processing, insurance/admin queries, debt follow-up and excellent client care. The successful candidate will work closely with our clinical, nursing and administration teams to help keep our hospital accounts and administration processes running smoothly.

We’re looking for someone who is organised, confident with administration, has good attention to detail, and can communicate sensitively and professionally with clients.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience in a busy university equine hospital environment, working as part of a supportive and welcoming team.

📍 Leahurst Equine Hospital, Neston
⏰ temporary post: 3–6 months
💼 Accounts / administration / customer service focus
⏰working hours - ideally fulltime between the hours of 8-6pm but will consider part time applicants.

Interested? know anyone interested? - please share or:

Email a covering letter and CV to:

[email protected]

[email protected]

11/05/2026

We have 5 declared speakers for our “Expert Insights for Horse Owners” Afternoon at Aintree Racecourse on Friday 15th May! 🏇

The field is taking shape nicely for an informative afternoon of equine talks from our experienced vets, including specialist surgeons and medicine clinicians.

The card includes talks on tendon injuries and rehabilitation, preparing for foals, managing gastric ulcers, parasite management, and transporting sick or injured horses.

🕜 The gates open at 1:30pm�🏇 Followed by an evening of racing at Aintree from 5:10pm

Tickets are £7 per person and we still have limited availability remaining with refreshments included

Don’t miss your chance to join us for a great afternoon of equine insight, discussion, and racing.

Book your place here:�https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aintree-client-evening-tickets-1987505450304?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse

07/05/2026

Calling all referring vets 🔔
Sign up to this event taking place at Leahurst campus next week!! 🐎 🩺

We will be holding a free Equine Referral Evening on Thursday 21st May 6pm.

The evening is kindly sponsored by our friends over at

For further information please click here: https://payments.liv.ac.uk/short-courses/veterinary-postgraduate-unit/day-evening-courses/equine-cpd/free-equine-referral-cpd-evening-210526

06/05/2026

We have a few places left 😊🐎🐴

Equine Veterinary Workshops 🐎🤩

Our extensive range of one and two-day equine CPD workshops have an emphasis on both interactive case-based and/or hands-on practical sessions. They are particularly useful for delegates working towards an RCVS Equine CertAVP and vets whether in equine, mixed or other types of practice.

Follow the link below for a list of the workshops we are holding this year 😊

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/vets/cpd/day-and-evening/equine-vet/