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It won't affect canagliflozin as that is a different drug

There is a licensed version coming on the market later this year, at which point all vets will be required to use that version when prescribing ertugliflozin. Presumably the internet veterinary pharmacies will stock it, so there will still be the opportunity to obtain a written prescription and...

Yes, work phone depending! Was it the one that Found A Fifty ploughed a huge hole through in the previous race?

Ah! Got you!! I've actually vetted at loads of EGB events, and always had a writer, but didn't twig this was what you were referring to 🤦‍♀️😆

Out of interest, you say 'vet writing' is on your bucket list. What is that?

You're not going to see horses being bought out of racing (ie. for retraining) at the breeze-ups. These are sales for 2yos (early in their 2yo year, before they have touched a racetrack) expected to be decent horses, and at this point in their lives the dream is very much still alive, and their...

Not that emergency! She rode at two BE events in the interim, including piloting 3 rides into the top 4 in the OI at Lincoln last weekend. She will have access to Oaksey house. Jockeys are regularly back on board a fortnight after collarbone surgery. It may be more complicated because of...

I didn't mention the actual vets because I was responding to a point that was purely about the relevance or otherwise of where the practice is located.

I'm going to disagree and say it genuinely is relevant for an awful lot of things! I have nearly 3 decades of experience on the other side of the coin. I've been an equine ambulatory vet for getting on for 30 years, have been Director of an equine practice for over a decade and been in charge of...

Probably worth remembering that if you are an hour from the practice, and the practice has clients in every direction of an hour's radius, then at a weekend/night the vet could easily be 2hrs away from you. Daytime, vets may be all over the area and there will probably be one closer to you, but...

I think it's important not to confuse the list of conditions for which the insurers will uphold a death claim as being a list of conditions when you should put your horse to sleep. Your insurance company cannot make you do anything. You chose when you think euthanasia is appropriate and for what...

Actually, unfortunately for the type of sudden death we saw yesterday, there is very very little notice at all. Horses have dropped dead in similar circumstances whilst wearing ECG monitors and there can be abnormalities seen for a handful of seconds before death occurs. And seeing it is one...

I do find myself rather offended by this statement. I would be OK with it if you had said 'some vets' or 'a vet I have experienced did'. As a profession however I don't think you can make an all-encompassing statement like that. I do not think I have ever gone 'beyond what is realistically...

You must be thinking of another horse. Envoi Allen hadn't run since November.

I actually cried. A gold cup for Gary!!! 😍