Bob Ordidge (Consultant) BVSc CertES(Orth) MRCVS qualified from the University of Bristol in 1968. Following that he worked in Salisbury, Wiltshire for five years in mixed equine and small animal practice before going to Canada. Where he worked for four …
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Ieu Pritchard (Partner) BVSC MRCVS comes from a large farming and show jumping family in Anglesey, North Wales.  Two of his young nieces currently show jump for the British Team. Ieuan graduated from Liverpool University in 1979, after working with …
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Moses Brennan (Partner) BVSc CertES(Orth) MRCVS qualified from the University of Liverpool in 1999 and started work in mixed practice before working at Ashbrook Equine Hospital in Cheshire where he developed a strong interest in Equine Surgery. Moses traveled and …
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Brian Reed BVMS CertEP MRCVS hails from a rugby mad village in the Scottish Borders and his childhood ambition was to pull on the navy blue jersey and run out at Murrayfield in front of a packed stadium but sadly …
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Jonathan Anderson (Partner) DipACVS BVM & S MRCVS obtained his veterinary degree from The Royal School of Veterinary Studies , University of Edinburgh in 2000. Following this he headed across the Atlantic to complete a one year equine surgery and …
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Mandy Platt BVSc MRCVS joined the practice in February 2011. She graduated in New Zealand where she worked with our collegue David Howes, her interests include AI work and teeth. Mandy enjoys spending her free time exploring the North Yorkshire …
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Zoltan Bakos DVM PhD DECEIM joined the practice on Monday 5th September 2011. He has worked as a lecturer in equine internal medicine for 10 years. During this time he was awarded his PhD thesis for work on cardiac and …
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Phil obtained his veterinary degree from The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh in 2005. Following this he took a position as an intern at the Equine Medical Center of Ocala, Florida. During his time there he …
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Jonathon Dixon BVetMed MRCVS joined us on 12th September 2011 as an intern. Jonathon has recently spent some time in Egypt and has graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London.

Matthew Chesworth BVM BVS MRCVS joined our practice on Monday 19th September and is working as an intern. Matthew graduated from Nottingham Veterinary School in 2011.

Lucy Woodhead has worked as a nurse at Rainbow since 2003. She became a qualified equine vet nurse in 2009. Her main interests at work are diagnostic imaging and training student nurses. Outside of work she enjoys socialising with husband …
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Rebecca Trousdale joined us in November 2005 fresh from Iraq with the TA! She became a qualified Veterinary Nurse earlier in 2010 and has also been promoted to sergeant in the TA. Rebecca is from a local farming background and …
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Rebecca Farrow became a qualified Veterinary Nurse earlier in 2010 and has been with the practice since June 08 as a full time Veterinary Nurse, she did work every weekend for a while before hand. Rebecca lives in Hawnby with …
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Emma Williamson joined the practice in September 2008 after working at a local racing yard. She has enjoyed competing in Point to Point races and now loves hunting on her retired pointer, Dell Boy.

Lisa Todd joined the practice in 2006. She currently works afternoons and weekends on the yard. In her spare time she is studying towards a degree.

Tina Carr is our yard lady. She works with Lisa Todd sharing the duties, Tina works mornings and has worked with horses her whole life, she used to train racehorses with her husband John Carr at the Famous Whitewall Stables …
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Bella Sowray joined us full time in July 2011 after helping us out during school holidays. She is training to be a Vet Nurse and hopes to start her college training next year. Bella’s main interests are hunting and competing …
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Lorraine Colgan joined the practice in 1996, she is the Practice Manager and has recently passed her Veterinary Practice Administration Certificate. Lorraine is married to Adrian they both enjoy riding, hunting, racing etc and they have two girls Kiera and …
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Rhoz James joined us in February 1997 and left us to go travelling Australia for a year before returning to her role in the office. Rhoz got married in September 2010 to Jonathon and they both enjoy their time in …
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Karen Stephenson joined us in January 2004. Karen works in the office and came to us from the Middleton Hunt Stables, where she looked after the hunt horses for 13 years. She enjoys long walks in the countryside with her two dachshounds, …
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Emma Corner joined us to work in the office in Sept 2008 and has previously worked in racing and in a local Eventing yard. Emma now enjoys competing in British Eventing competitions riding her talented event horse, Wellshead Chatsworth.

Lisa Evans joined our office staff in November 2010. Lisa writes the Equestrian column in the local Gazette and Herald, has her own horse and a wide knowledge of both office and equestrian based topics.