About Us

Blaircourt Equine Veterinary Clinic has been in operation for over 30 years. We offer a prompt & reliable ambulatory service, as well as excellent purpose built facilities in Woodham Ferrers, less than ten miles from the centre of Chelmsford.

The practice area covers Essex, Hertfordshire, East London and South Suffolk. However, our veterinary surgeons regularly travel around the UK to carry out “Pre-Purchase” examinations.

Blaircourt’s veterinary care covers all aspects of preventative medicine, such as worming schedules and routine dentistry, to more complicated medical matters such as Arthroscopy and Laser surgeries. We are fortunate that our veterinary surgeons have a wide variety of interests ranging from orthopedics, back issues and reproduction and have gained an excellent reputation in this field, especially when faced with chronic, low-grade lameness.

Our philosophy towards veterinary care is simple – to use the highest level of diagnostics and treatment appropriate to any given case, whilst at the same time, maintaining a good mix of care, compassion and common sense in treating your horse or pony. This applies to ALL our patients, be it foals, leisure horses, competition horses or geriatrics. We pride ourselves on a trusting client-vet relationship and the vets at Blaircourt are available for informal chats on the telephone to reassure owners and answer any queries they may have.

Due to the clinic’s ongoing success, we have now been able to substantially re-invest. For example: expanded our nurse training programme and now all but one of our equine nurses are fully qualified (one of our nurses is currently in her second year of study to qualify). Our state of the art equipment has been upgraded and added for example; a new therapeutic and surgical laser system (ideal for effectively removing sarcoids), mobile Gastroscopy unit, the latest haematology and biochemistry machines to produce the most accurate and “on the day” blood results; new state of the art anaesthetic monitoring equipment; digital radiography equipment, to mention but a few. This philosophy of re-investing profits back into the practice is what we feel allows us to provide a first class service and makes us to stand out from the crowd. To this we must thank our very loyal clients and their treasured charges.

We have also developed excellent working relationships with surrounding hospitals. Should we feel it necessary, we may advise referring your horse to one of these facilities whether it be for emergency colic surgery or further diagnostic imaging such as Scintigraphy or MRI.