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25/1/2026 0 Comments

Quite possibly the nicest thing to happen to me in a very long time!

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From Changing Lives Malawi:

Sarah’s blog 12/1/26
We are always grateful for the support and kindness we receive. As a very small group of volunteers, we work very hard and appreciate help we receive from others. Thanks to a donation we received from charity Vets with Horsepower, two new classrooms have been built.
The two new classrooms are a dedicated nursery classroom for Bright Futures Nursery and also a classroom for sewing and textiles. It is hoped that, in future, sewing lessons can be given to vulnerable people in the community and be a hub of activity. By learning new skills, people will be able to have a brighter future for themselves and their families.
Jessica Kidd, whom one of the classrooms has been named after, is a top equine vet and one of the key people in the charity Vets with Horsepower. She, Professor Knottenbelt (whose name is already above one of the other classrooms), and the other vets, are making a huge difference to the charities they have chosen to support. We are delighted to have been one of the charities to benefit.
Each year, talented equine vets give up their time and talents to share their knowledge and experience with other vets. As well as being equine vets, their other love is motorbikes. Hence, Vets with Horsepower. Different destinations are chosen in Europe. Last summer was ‘The Italian Job’. The team of vets travelled hundreds of miles on their motorbikes giving lectures in their various fields of expertise.
Here are photos of the finished building. There will be more photos and videos of the two new classrooms shared over the coming weeks. If you would like to support our charity to ensure that children and young people have a brighter and better future then please do get in touch [email protected] You can help by sponsoring a vulnerable young person’s education, or supporting the weekly feeding programme. There is a food crisis in Malawi and food is scarce. None of the children and young people we support have enough to eat. Or would you like to make a donation to an existing sustainable project or to a new one?
Thank you again to Vets with Horsepower. Thank you for all the organisation that goes into your trips. Also thank you to all the people who attended your lectures and contributed financially to enable the two new classrooms to be built. We are delighted that slowly and surely things are improving for that community and people living in extreme poverty. By supporting vulnerable teenagers through education and opportunities to learn new skills for life, they have brighter futures. They now have choices and chances that they wouldn’t otherwise have had. Thank you also to the people who support and sponsor the vets to ensure that they have the time off work and backing they need to give these lectures for their charity. Also to their families for supporting each of their trips. As we say about our charity too….it is always a team effort!

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30/1/2024 0 Comments

2023 wrap up

2023 was another busy year!
February brought a new conference: the Horses Inside Out conference organized by Gillian Higgins. This is a remarkable conference for paraprofessionals with lectures from across the equine spectrum. The knowledge in the room was remarkable. Due to some scheduling issues, the boys came along!

March brought the Finnish Equine Conference in Helsinki as the key note speaker. Another visit to Helsinki is always a pleasure and both new and old colleagues and friends were there. A superbly organized congress held jointly with small animal sessions, it was a wonderful weekend.

In May, a quick trip to Munich to give two foal talks for the MSD Expertise conference meant time with German friends and colleagues and Vets with Horsepower member Hedi Georg who works for MSD.

June brought a new undertaking which was involvement in a Boehringer Ingelheim (A long time staunch supporter of Vets with Horsepower) workshop, and then Vets with Horsepower set off for Scandinavia!! (See below).

October was a full day of live webinars on equine orthopaedics for Horses Inside Out- which necessitated some bribery for little boys to stay quiet and off camera!

The year also involved a new adventure which was to create and deliver an online lecture on the equine stifle for The Equine Practice Company. This is a new project, largely spearheaded by the company and Dr Sue Dyson which provides online lectures covering the entirely of equine lameness diagnosis. It was an honour to be asked!
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30/1/2024 0 Comments

Vets with Horsepower 2023

After four years off the bike, the Vets with Horsepower team hit the road again in May/June 2023 and headed for Norway and Sweden. Due to the enthusiasm of the Norwegian and Swedish organizers, vets, and the veterinary companies, the trip raised over £85,000 which took the total raised by the team to over £1,000,000! We couldn't do this without the support of our colleagues, the veterinary industry and the general public.
With this money we were able to support five charities this year. We donated funds to The Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust, Saving the Survivors, Power for Ukraine, HACK horse sanctuary in Wales and a grain warehouse in Ukraine to provide feed for over 300 Ukrainian horses. For more details, see Vetswithhorsepower.com or find it on Facebook. 
We are heading across Europe in June 2024 so watch this space!
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9/2/2022 0 Comments

Intelligent Horsemanship webinar on Poor Performance

Once again, Kelly Marks and the Intelligent Horsemanship community came out in force for a webinar- this time on Poor Performance for Owners. This group have equine welfare as their collective aim, and the quality of the questions posed was superb.  Come join these webinars- it's equine professionals, vets, farriers....  Intelligent Horsemanship
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30/1/2022 1 Comment

January 2022: SIVE congress, Bologna, Italy

Finally, to travel again! SIVE, the Italian Equine Veterinary Congress, is a favourite and Jessica has been attending many times since 2008. This year there were four UK based speakers: Professor Debra Archer from the University of Liverpool, Dr, Veronica Roberts from the University of Bristol, and Dr James Crabtree from Equine Reproductive Services in Yorkshire.  As a first trip for many of us after various lockdowns, it was reassuring to travel together.  The SIVE group were their usual charming selves, and although some familiar faces were missing, the congress had a large number of delegates as everyone was finally able to come together again in such a setting. And Bologna is beautiful with amazing restaurants tucked away down tiny side streets.....

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29/4/2021 0 Comments

Vets with Horsepower- the online webinar marathon!

Because the Vets with Horsepower trips couldn't happen "on the road", Derek Knottenbelt decided we do something in the spirit of Horsepower...demanding! We gave an online, live 25 hour webinar with speakers from around the globe. The feat of technology was down to Lizzie Barnard and organised by Derek, Sanne Wilmink and Jessica. We had a few guest speakers including Dr Sue Dyson, Dr Bara Bedzekova, and Dr Bianca Schwartz (all long standing HP supporters) and guest sessions chairs including  Dr Dylan Gorvy (in Sweden), and Dr. Patrick Pollock (in Scotland). It was quite the organisational and endurance feat but raised £116,000 for our chosen 2021 charities!! In 2022 we hope to be back on bikes.... it will seem much easier in a way....
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24/12/2020 0 Comments

2020 was the year of the webinar...

After becoming on a first name basis with everyone at Heathrow in 2019, 2020 shifted gears to web based lecturing. Many practices asked for online CPD for their vets and topics covered included bent legs in foals, foal ICU, colic in the foal, Sports Horse lameness,  and reconstruction of nasal  and facial wounds. Intelligent Horsemanship had a series of webinars for owners.  On line talks for vets included an overview of the bock, participation in a panel on equine backs and a panel on angular limb deformities, and subchondral bone disease all for VetPD. But by 2021 no travel was yet in sight.
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4/12/2019 0 Comments

VETPD foal course in Mestec, Czech Republic

December 2nd: Jessica has just returned from teaching on a VetPD CPD course in the Czech Republic held at the Veterinari Klinika Hermanuv Mestec, about 90 minutes east of Prague. Also lecturing were Emily Haggett from Rossdales in Newmarket and Professor Pam Wilkins from the University of Illinois. The course was Neonatology in 1st opinion practice and combined lectures and practical sessions. Pam even brought medical model foals so delegates could learn to place over the wire catheters!
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16/11/2019 1 Comment

teaching in South Africa

Jessica is just back from a week's teaching on South Africa for VetPD. The other lecturers included Professor Derek Knottenbelt, Professor Pam Wilkins, Wade Tenney and Suzanne Brenner. It was four days of intensive lectures and practical sessions bookended by game drives in the stunning Dinokeng game reserve north of Johannesburg. Hard work for the lecturers but a wonderful and enthusiastic group of delegates made it a great event.
While we were there, we had the opportunity to see Johan Marais and his team from Saving the Survivors dart two White Rhino and place anti-poacher tracking devices. This was a real privilege to be able to see this, particularly as Vets with Horsepower have supported Saving the Survivors for the last two fundraising tours.  For more information on Saving the Survivors, please visit www.savingthesurvivors.org.
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25/5/2019 0 Comments

May 2019: The New Zealand Equine Veterinary Association congress

Although it is a long way to go, Jessica was delighted to be asked to be a keynote speaker at the NZEVA annual congress in Wellington, New Zealand. The trip enabled her to see many old friends and colleagues and meet new ones. The congress was organised by NZEVA president Andrea Ritmeester, Professor Joe Mayhew and Alanna Zantingh and the hospitality was superb. Talks included subchondral bone disease, angular limb deformities, flexural deformities, septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in foals, and conditions of the back and neck. The trip ended with a few days in Matamata with Andrea and a trip to Hobbiton!
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