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Stop Guessing. Start Knowing. Master clinical assessment of your horse.
When your horse colics at 2am, will you panic… or will you be prepared?
You know your horse better than anyone. But when they’re in distress, that knowledge means nothing if you can’t translate it into the clinical data your vet needs to make life-saving decisions. Become your vet’s most valuable asset: a clinical partner who speaks their language, sees what they need to see, and buys precious time when it matters.
WHAT YOU’LL MASTER IN ONE DAY:
The 30-Second Emergency Brief
Learn the “BLUF” method (Bottom Line Up Front) used by professionals. Deliver critical information instantly and clearly, no rambling, no guessing, no wasted time.
Clinical Assessment Skills That Save Lives
Confidently use a stethoscope to assess heart rate and gut sounds; the two most vital indicators in a colic emergency. Know the difference between “call the vet” and “get the vet here NOW.”
Hands-On Triage
Practice Body Condition Scoring and locating digital pulses on live horses. Turn vague observations into objective data your vet can act on immediately.
The Confidence to Act
Replace anxiety with a structured, calm response. Because when your horse needs you most, freezing isn’t an option.
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YOUR DAY:
10:00 - The Horse’s Heart
Understand why heart rate is the #1 indicator of pain and shock
10:30 - Stethoscope Skills
Master the tool that unlocks vital data
11:00 - PRACTICAL 1: Hearts
Find the heartbeat. Determine the rate. Build confidence.
11:30 - Abnormal Sounds
Recognise when things aren’t right
12:00 - Lunch Break
13:00 - Colic & The Clinical Picture
Connect heart rate and gut sounds. Learn the BLUF Method.
13:45 - PRACTICAL 2: Guts
Map the gut. Interpret what you hear (or the silence).
14:15 - Coffee Break
14:30 - Body Condition Scoring
Objectively assess your horse’s condition
15:00 - PRACTICAL 3: BCS & Pulses
Score a horse. Locate the digital pulse.
15:30 - The Final Brief: Role-Play
Put your skills to the test in a simulated vet call. Leave confident.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is for dedicated horse owners, riders and yard managers who want to feel informed in an emergency. Whether you have one horse or manage an entire yard, this training improves your horsemanship and allows you to be clinically informed.
If you’ve ever felt that sick panic when your horse is off-colour and you don’t know if you’re overreacting or under-responding—this course is for you.
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WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- Expert instruction from world-leading veterinary specialists
- Your own stethoscope to take home (provided)
- Comprehensive digital course notes
- Certificate of Completion
- Tea, coffee, and light lunch
- Hands-on practice with live horses
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LEARN FROM THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS
This isn’t just another first aid course. You’re being taught by the same specialists who train your vet.
Dr. Mark Bowen & Dr. Gayle Hallowell – Internationally recognised equine cardiologists and internal medicine specialists. Gayle is one of the UK’s only dedicated equine critical care specialists working in private practice. When they teach, you’re learning what the specialists know.
Sam Tibbetts EVN – Equine Veterinary Nurse with frontline experience at Europe’s largest equine hospital. In high-pressure environments, Sam’s job was rapid assessment and accurate reporting. She knows exactly what vets need to hear and exactly how to teach you to deliver it.
£75 per person including tea / coffee and a light lunch
To book please email Sam at loddingtonequinecare@gmail.com
Friday 20th June
Hosted by Loddington Coppice Equine Healthcare and presented by Mark Johnson Dip WCF
An Equine Lower Limb Dissection
For me, looking at hoof, limb and whole horse anatomy has shaped the way I think about and how I approach hoofcare in a big way!
Starting at 10am prompt and finishing around 4pm (so not very prompt ) join us at Loddington for an interactive dissection where you will be able to physically touch and interact with the specimen (if you wish) and begin to appreciate the link between functional anatomy and our everyday interactions with our horses
Everything connects to everything and everything influences everything so along the way and intertwined with the dissection comes more topics of how to help hooves develop, maintaining healthy hooves whether shod of barefoot, discussing ways to reduce repetitive stress injuries and anywhere else our conversation takes us
Finishing the day with a demonstration (crumbs I hate that word so find me another please!) of me trimming some horses, everything we do to a horse should have a thought process attached and reasoning behind it so I will do my best to give you mine
Places will be limited to 15 atendee’s, we want to make sure EVERYONE gets what they need from the day to the best of our abilities, oh! And that includes some food! (Very important! )
The cost of the day will be £60 per person and please could you contact Sam at Loddington Coppice to book Email to book
