Vets
Partners
David Ellis BVetMed DEO FRCVS
David qualified in 1968 from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
He initially spent two years in Petersfield prior to settling in Newmarket and becoming a partner at Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1975. He specialises in equine orthopaedics, with a strong interest in foals. He obtained his Diploma in Equine Orthopaedics in 1990 and Fellowship of the RCVS in 1984. He is widely published and a well recognised expert in this area. David is the senior partner at Greenwood Ellis & Partners and has been closely involved with the development of the practice and the new hospital facilities.
Since 1999, David has been Director of the Veterinary Defence Society and a member of the Veterinary Advisory Committee to the Thoroughbred Breeders Association. He is also a Member of the Veterinary Advisory Committee to the HRA (for the second time), Veterinary Advisor to the Racehorse Owners Association, ROA Representative on the HRA Counter Analysis Advisory Committee, and a member of the Tattersalls Adjudication Panel re ‘wind’ Conditions of Sale. He is also a member of the Advisory Board to the Equine Veterinary Journal and the TBA Courses Committee, an Associate Lecturer at Cambridge University Veterinary School and Chairman of the Examiners for the RCVS Certificate of Equine Practice as well as a Hong Kong Jockey Club Nominated Veterinary Surgeon.
David was a member of the BEVA Council for 10 years and was President in 1990-91. He has also won the BEVA Richard Hartley Clinical Prize (1987) and the BEVA Sir Frederick Hobday Memorial Medal (1992).
James Crowhurst MA VetMB MRCVS
James graduated in 1978 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
Having worked in Queensland, Kentucky and New South Wales, he returned to the UK to work with Professor 'Twink' Allen at ARC before joining Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1981. He became a partner in 1984.
James's principal interest is stud medicine and he was Chairman of the Newmarket Stud Farmers Association between 2001 and 2006.
Andrew Edgar BVM&S MRCVS
Andrew qualified 1978 from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh. He spent three years in mixed practice in Shropshire before moving to Newmarket to join Greenwood Ellis & Partners. Andrew become a partner in 1986. He now works exclusively as veterinary advisor to an owner/breeder.
Huw Neal MA VetMB MRCVS
Huw qualified in 1983 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
After a period in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, Huw joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1984 and became a Partner in 1990. His main commitment is to stud farm work, particularly the development of new services including foetal sex determination and laparoscopic techniques for evaluation and treatment of subfertility.
David Dugdale MA VetMB CertEP CertESM MRCVS
David qualified in 1986 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
After some time working in mixed practices in Hertfordshire and Malton, North Yorkshire, David joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1989 and became a partner in 1995. He has responsibility for a number of Thoroughbred stud farms and racing stables and has a particular interest in the control of inflammatory airway disease in horses in training.
David obtained his Certificates in Equine Practice in 1990 and in Equine Stud Medicine in 1992. He held the position of Chief Examiner for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in Equine Stud Medicine for several years and has lectured regularly at the TBA Stud Farming Course, the National Stud and Cambridge University. David joined the Council of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) in 1998 and in 2008 became President. He also sits as a veterinary representative on the BHA Industry Committee and is a Trustee of the University of Cambridge Veterinary School Trust.
Benoit Herinckx DrMedVet CertEP MRCVS
Benoit qualified in 1986 from the University of Liege.
He undertook his military service, attached to the cavalry, prior to joining the practice in 1988. He obtained his Certificate in Equine Practice in 1993 and became a partner in 1995.
He specialises in racehorse lameness and medicine and has a strong interest in competition horses. He also carries out many pre-purchase examinations for private sales and at all major yearling and horses in training sales.
Ian Wright MA VetMB DEO DipECVS MRCVS
Ian graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1979 and spent 5 years in private practice before returning to the University as Lecturer in Equine Surgery. After 5 years in this position, Ian moved to the Animal Health Trust where he spent 6 years as Senior Equine Surgeon, and Head of the Equine Clinical Unit. He joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1996 and is now a partner in the practice, where he runs the surgical referral service.
Ian obtained the Diploma in Equine Orthopaedics from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1991 and became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgery in 1993. To date he has made over 150 national/international scientific presentations and taught post-graduate courses in surgery, arthroscopy, internal fixation, stud medicine and diagnostic techniques. He has published over 50 papers on equine surgery and orthopaedics, written 5 book chapters and edited 2 text books including the 2005 third edition of Diagnostic and Surgical Arthroscopy in the Horse. He has been recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as a specialist in equine surgery since 1992 and was awarded the Equine Veterinary Journal Richard Hartley Clinical Prize in 1994 and 1999.
Charlie Smith BVetMed CertEP MRCVS
Charlie qualified in 1987 from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
After a brief period in mixed practice, Charlie moved to a small equine practice where he specialised in competition horses and polo ponies. He joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1993 initially working predominately on the racing side of the practice. He took sabbaticals gaining experience in stud medicine at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Charlie obtained his Certificate in Equine Practice in 1999. He became a partner in 2000 and now divides his time between racetrack medicine, stud medicine and referral clients.
He has spent time on the committee of the Association of Racecourse Veterinary Surgeons.
His interests focus on lameness investigation, cardiology and stud medicine.
David Bartram BVsc DVA MRCVS
David qualified in 1989 from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool.
After qualifying, David specialised in anaesthesia at Liverpool University and the Animal Health Trust and obtained his Diplomate in Veterinary Anaesthesia in 1992. He joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1996 and became a partner in 2005. His principal involvement is with horses in training. David is a Hong Kong Jockey Club Nominated Veterinary Surgeon and a member of the veterinary panel of Doncaster Bloodstock Sales.
Mathilde Texier DEDV MRCVS
Mathilde qualified in 1991 from the Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Nantes, France.
After spending 3 years in a mixed practice in France, she joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 1994 and become a partner in 2005. She took a sabbatical in the winter of 1998/9 and divided her time between several equine practices on the racetracks of Southern California and in Kentucky.
She specialises in racehorse medicine and lameness and attends all the major UK and international thoroughbred sales and is also a Hong Kong Jockey Club Nominated Veterinary Surgeon.
Simon Waterhouse BVetMed CertEP MRCVS
Simon qualified in 1994 from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London and he obtained his Certificate in Equine Practice in 2003.
Simon worked in mixed equine practice prior to going to Australia. On his return in 1997, he joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners and became a partner in 2005. He has also worked in South Africa and spent time in Turkey and Morocco, where he worked with SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Overseas).
His role covers both horses in training and stud work.
Associates
Mark Hillyer BVSc PhD DipECVS DipECEIM MRCVS
Mark graduated from the University of Bristol in 1987. After graduation he worked at the Veterinary School at the University of Bristol as an equine and farm animal clinician. Here he developed his interests in equine internal medicine and soft tissue surgery. Following completion of a residency training, he became a Lecturer in 1995 and completed a PhD on equine colic in 2002. The same year he moved to Newmarket providing a hospital based referral service in equine internal medicine and soft tissue surgery. Mark has RCVS certificates in equine practice, equine soft tissue surgery and equine internal medicine and is also a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and a Diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine.
Mark has published over 45 scientific papers, written 5 book chapters and is co-author and editor of Diagnostic Techniques in Equine Medicine, which is now in its second edition. In addition Mark has given presentations at over 30 national and international meetings. He is an Editorial Consultant of Equine Veterinary Journal as well as co-chairman of the Clinical Evidence Board. In 1997 he was awarded the Equine Veterinary Journal Richard Hartley Clinical Prize. Mark is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Equine Board and has been both a regular examiner and advisor for the RCVS equine certificates.
Gaynor Minshall BVSc CertES(Orth) MRCVS
Gaynor graduated from the University of Bristol in 1998 and following a brief period in first opinion practice undertook an internship at Liphook Equine Hospital. On completion she returned to equine practice before joining the referrals department of Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 2002 where she is now an associate partner. Gaynor gained her certificate in Equine Surgery (Orthopaedics) in 2007 and has published in peer reviewed scientific journals and presented on the same. She has also written veterinary articles and presented by invitation. Her primary interests are lameness investigation and orthopaedic imaging.
Zara Wise MA VetMB MRCVS
Zara qualified in 2000 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
She joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in October 2001 and has spent the last seven years doing mainly stud work, including all aspects of mare and foal care. She specialises particularly in neonatal care and artificial insemination (A.I.). In 2004 she spent a season doing stud work in Scone, Australia.
Rob Pilsworth MA VetMB Bsc(Hons) CertVR MRCVS
Rob qualified in 1981 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge as a mature student after taking a Physiology Degree at the University of Birmingham.
He spent 4 years in mixed practice before joining an equine practice in 1985, becoming a partner in 1986. He started at Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 2006 to work on a secondment to a large racehorse training yard. He is also an Associate Lecturer at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
Rob’s interests lie in imaging, lameness and skin diseases and he has been widely published. He completed his Certificate in Veterinary Radiology 1987 and was employed by Doncaster Bloodstock Sales as part of their veterinary panel from 1995-2005. He was course organiser of the Radiation Protection Supervisory Course (2003) and Equine Dermatology Course (2005) both for BEVA.
Assistants
Matthew RW Smith BVetMed CertES(Orth) DipECVS MRCVS
European and RCVS Specialist in Equine Surgery
Matt graduated with honours from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 2001. He undertook a 2-year surgical internship at Reynolds House Referrals, Greenwood Ellis and Partners in Newmarket, before entering a 3 year residency training programme in Equine Surgery at The Royal Veterinary College. Matt obtained the RCVS certificate in Equine Surgery (Orthopaedics) in 2004 and the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) diploma in equine surgery in 2007. He is recognised by both the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as a specialist in Equine Surgery.
After completing his surgical residency in 2006, Matt returned to work for the referrals department of Greenwood Ellis & Partners and is interested in all areas of equine surgery, but with particular interest in minimally invasive surgery, including arthroscopy and laparoscopy, fracture repair and colic surgery. He has published 10 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals on subjects including endoscopic surgery techniques, use of mesenchymal stem cells in equine tendonitis, bone cysts and colic. Matt has also presented on these and other topics, at many national and international meetings across Europe, and received awards in 2004 and 2006 from the European College of Veterinary Surgeons for presentations given. He has written review articles in the veterinary press by invitation. In addition to his clinical work, Matt has also maintained an active role in undergraduate teaching, regularly delivering lectures and small group teaching sessions. Since 2006, Matt has been a Special Lecturer in Equine Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham.
Rachel Bennett VetMB Cambridge, MA, VetMB, DipACVA, CertVA, MRCVS
Rachel qualified in 1991 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge and obtained her Certificate in Veterinary Anaesthesia in 1994.
Jeremy Allen BSc Vet MB MRCVS
Jeremy qualified in 1998 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge having taken a degree in Animal Science.
He enjoys all aspects of equine practice and often finds his work takes him to clients with general riding horses. He has a particular interest in equine dentistry and also covers anaesthesia in theatre when required.
He is a keen polo player who particularly enjoys breeding and training young ponies – often local thoroughbred ex-racehorses!
Tom Eaton-Evans BVetMed MRCVS
Tom qualified in 2000 from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
He then spent a two year internship with the referrals team at Greenwood Ellis & Partners prior to joining the ambulatory team. He has a particular interest in yearlings, radiography and the early stages of racehorse training. He also attends all the sales at Tattersalls where he is the main radiographer for the practice.
Jan Pynn BVSc MRCVS
Jan qualified in 2001 from the School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol.
She worked in general equine practice for three years where she gained an interest in reproductive work and artificial insemination (A.I.). Following a stud season in New Zealand, she joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 2006.
Her interests include all forms of stud work, including A.I. and neonatal care.
David Cunningham MVB MRCVS
David qualified in 2005 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dublin.
David worked for a year in a general equine practice in Greater Manchester prior to joining Greenwood Ellis & Partners. He is interested in all aspects of both stud and racing work.
Charlie Pinkham BVSc MRCVS
Charlie qualified from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool in 2005.
He was awarded the Thouron Scholarship to perform an internship in medicine and surgery at the New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Following this, he moved to Melbourne, Australia where he worked at the Goulbourn Valley Equine Hospital for the 2006 stud season. He joined Greenwood Ellis & Partners in Autumn 2006 and is primarily involved in stud work.
Mark Tunstill BVetMed(Hons) MRCVS
Mark qualified from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 2004.
He spent a two year internship with Greenwood Ellis & Partners where he was involved with the referral and surgery teams. Having spent 6 months in New Zealand undertaking mixed equine work, Mark returned to Greenwood Ellis & Partners as an assistant on the ambulatory team.
His interests are mainly associated with horses in training and lameness.
Tristan Sander BVSc MRCVS
Tristan qualified in 2006 from the School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol.
He worked initially in a mixed animal practice before joining Greenwood Ellis & Partners in 2007. He is now assistant vet within a large racing yard dealing with all aspects of veterinary practice surrounding racehorses in training. He spends six months of the year in Newmarket and six months in Dubai, where the yard transfers its horses for the winter months.
Sally Bainton BVSc MRCVS
Sally qualified in 2004 from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool.
Sally spent three years in equine practice around the UK where she developed a special interest in stud medicine and anaesthesia. She spent the 2007 stud season in Australia before joining Greenwood Ellis & Partners in early 2008.
Sally has also done charity work for the Donkey Sanctuary and for SPCA in South and eastern Africa.
Interns
Ian Beamish BVetMed MRCVS
Scouse qualified in 2006 from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, and started at Greenwood Ellis & Partners in Autumn 2006.
Katie Wilcox BVSc MRCVS
Katie qualified in 2007 from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool. She started work at Greenwood Ellis and Partners as an intern with the Referrals team in July 2007
Will Barker BVSc MRCVS
Will qualified in June 2008 from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool. He joined Greenwood Ellis and Partners in July 2008 as an intern with the Referrals team.
Ben Jacklin BA VetMB MRCVS
Ben qualified in June 2008 from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. He joined Greenwood Ellis and Partners in July 2008 as an intern with the Referrals team.
Helen Jones BVSc MRCVS
Helen qualified from the School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol in 2008. She joined the intern programme at Newmarket Equine Hospital in October 2008.