Understanding Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

SPEAKERS:

Lizzie Drury

Lizzie has an Honours degree in Animal Science, a Master’s Degree in Equine Nutrition and is one of only small number of Registered Equine Nutritionists in the UK. She has worked for Saracen Horse Feeds for 21 years and provides technical advice and nutritional support to our equine clients in the UK, Europe and, in particular, the Middle East. Combined with this, she is a regular contributor to regional and national equine publications, lecturing at colleges and universities.

Lizzie’s area of expertise is in the performance horse, with a particular interest in the feeding and management of endurance horses, which has led to more time in the Middle East supporting some of the largest endurance clients. Some of her other clients include Olympic Gold Medallist, Charlotte Dujardin, and Team Gold Medallist, Carl Hester, as well as International Show Jumpers competing in the Nations Cup Team, top Event riders and Western and Reining clients. However, she is also equally happy helping and supporting amateur and everyday horse owners to ensure that they get the best out of their horses through correct feeding.

During her time at Saracen Horse Feeds, Lizzie has developed new rations, most notably, Essential Balancer, Shape Up and Recovery Mash and more recently a new endurance feed, which will be supporting many performance horses this season in the Middle East. Lizzie is known for being able to bring the science and research element of equine nutrition to the everyday rider and professional to enable them to apply the knowledge in an easy and practical way.

Peter Huntington

Dr. Peter Huntington B.V.Sc., M.A.C.V.Sc. received a veterinary degree from the University of Melbourne in 1981 and then worked in equine practice in Berwick, Victoria. He joined the Department of Agriculture (Victoria) as the horse specialist veterinary officer. While with the Department of Agriculture, he conducted research and investigation into the nutrition of horses.

Dr. Huntington is an external lecturer and examiner at the University of Melbourne Veterinary Science program and holds numerous other appointments in the horse industry. He is a past president and editor of the Australian Equine Veterinary Association and has been a Trustee of the Australian Horse Industry Council for a number of years. In 1993 he joined Rhone-Poulenc Animal Nutrition (RPAN) as Director of Equine Nutrition to spearhead their horse nutrition division. This commenced a relationship with Kentucky Equine Research, who provided consultancy services to RPAN. In 1999, Kentucky Equine Research established an Australasian operation with Dr. Huntington as Director of Equine Nutrition.

Dr. Huntington travels widely to consult with horse owners and managers on equine nutrition and to lecture on the subject. Dr. Huntington is the author of the popular book Horse Sense – The Guide to Horse Care in Australia and New Zealand 2nd edition published in 2005 and is a respected author of many articles and papers on a variety of topics relating to equine nutrition.

Eamon Smyth

Eamon Smyth BA, BVMS, MRCVS has an interest in all aspects of equine practice but has a specific interest in equine dental care, sports horse evaluation, and management. He has completed the BEVA (British Equine Veterinary Association) Modern and Advanced Equine Dentistry Courses and is experienced in routine and advanced equine dental techniques and surgery. Eamon enjoys working closely with riders and other equine professionals as part of a team to improve performance, aid in the early detection of injuries, provide appropriate treatment, and advise on complimentary rehabilitation programmes. Eamon is also an FEI permitted treating vet.

Jack Ashby

Jack Ashby BVSc, Cert AVP, MRCVS joined Equivet as a full time member of the team in January 2015 and in 2019, after several years of studying, attained his Certificate of Advanced Veterinary Practice in equine lameness diagnostics and therapeutics. Jack particularly enjoys equine lameness and poor performance investigation, dental work, wound management, and parasitology. Jack is also the practice's primary endoscopy vet, being involved in all gastroscopy, tracheoscopy and (occasionally) cystoscopy procedures. Jack is also an FEI permitted treating vet and is often on duty at local events during the season.

Katie Powell

Katie started riding at the age of 4 and has ridden all her life. Deeply passionate about horses Katie’s riding took her to competing in Eventing and horses have been always been integral to her.

Katie graduated from Bristol University with a degree in Economics having also spent her three University years with the RAF where she gained her PPL in addition to continuing her competitive riding. Fast forward a few years and Katie’s career took her initially to London and subsequently all over the world where she successfully managed Marketing & Brands for leading FTSE companies. Katie has been nominated and won many accolades and awards during her corporate career and acted as a mentor to many. Katie continued to ride and compete during these years alongside starting a family of which she now has 3 children aged 6-12!

Katie’s passion for horses has never weaned and in the background, she was always planning on bringing her dreams to life. In more recent years Katie has retrained and spent many years in the education of rehab for horses, also gaining her BHS stage 4 qualifications and is an accredited BHS coach across dressage, show jumping, and eventing. Katie plans to do her BD coaching certification next year while producing her 4 year old recently backed dressage mare alongside competing her other horses.

Katie along with her husband and business partner set-up Nodwoood House Equine in 2020. Built during two lockdowns Nodwood is now arguably the leading rehabilitation and livery yard in the South East of England. The horse is absolutely at the centre of everything we do and we are deeply committed to working with the industry to develop and drive changes in the management of our horses. Nodwood has made its mark already helping many horses across all disciplines from racing to polo, dressage to eventing and setting a new benchmark. Katie firmly believes the horses deserve the best, working with the best. Katie & Anthony have built a brilliant team who share the same vision.