Meet The Team

David graduated from UCD, Dublin in 2011.  He worked in mixed practice in Devon for a year and then moved into an equine practice, in busy Surrey, for five years.  He moved back home to Northern Ireland in 2017 and set up an equine practice.  At work he enjoys vettings, lameness and performance work, as well as scanning mares and equine dentistry.  He has an interest in equine eyes.

David provides veterinary care at Downpatrick and Down Royal racecourses, and at point to points in Tyrella, Loughanmore, Largy, Kirkistown and Taylorstown.

David is current vice-president of the Irish Equine Veterinary Association (IEVA) and is an active member of the CPD sub-committee. He organises equine courses for vets throughout Ireland.  He is also on the committee of the Association of Irish Racecourse Veterinary Surgeons (AIRCVS).

In his spare time, he enjoys following the racing and point to point scene, and watching live sport.  He also enjoys spending time with his kids, Emma and Ben, at pony club competitions and has recently being reliving his youth, competing at Eventing Ireland.

Chris graduated from The University of Nottingham in 2013. Following graduation he completed an equine internship at the prestigious Oakham Equine Hospital. It was here, working under a very experienced team of surgeons and sports horse practitioners, that Chris developed his passion for imaging, orthopaedic assessments and lameness work ups. Following his year at Oakham Chris moved on to become an ambulatory vet at the world renowned Rossdales. Chris later rejoined the team at Oakham into a position with both ambulatory and hospital based roles.

More recently Chris practiced at Tullyraine Equine Clinic where he further developed his interest and experience in lameness and poor performance. Chris is an accredited FEI treating vet, and has been a treating vet at both Down Royal and Downpatrick since 2018. Chris has put significant time into the development of the sports horse services offered at KR Equine. Since 2024 Chris has led the team in the development and expansion of services into much of County Antrim.

Chris is a passionate family man and loves nothing more than a weekend at home with his wife Courtney and children Rupert and Winnie. Courtney is also a professional dressage rider and the couple would like to develop their interest in Dressage horse production and sales. As a cycling enthusiast in 2010 Chris proudly completed an unassisted cycle from Canada to Mexico in aid of The British Heart Foundation. He received a nomination for the charities “Most Inspiring Award” for his achievements. Aside from family and work Chris enjoys walking with his dogs Oscar, Skoda, Kevin and Kia, who may well become familiar faces around the clinic.

Kara graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2015. Following graduation she worked for a short period at Ridings Equine Vets in Yorkshire as an equine ambulatory vet. Following this she spent 18 months as an on site Vet at a large stud in North Yorkshire, her time was spent looking after the stud while working alongside reproduction specialists. It was here Kara developed her love for equine stud medicine.
She took this love to her next job at Hird and Partners in West Yorkshire where she had an ambulatory role with a main focus in stud medicine. Kara’s main roles involved many cases in frozen and chilled artificial insemination and some cases of embryo transfer. Thankfully Kara missed the Emerald Isle and returned to join our team in October 2022.
Kara is an accredited FEI treating vet and also has a qualification in Equine Acupuncture. She completed her Advanced Veterinary Practitioner certificate in 2021, with a reproductive and stud medicine bias.

Kara has returned to Northern Ireland to be closer to family and last year welcomed her beautiful daughter, Charlee, into the world. In her spare time Kara enjoys walking her two mintature daschunds who can always be found in her car. She also enjoys horse riding.

Victoria has been working within the veterinary environment for the last 21 years in mixed and small animal clinics. She joined us recently when looking for a change of scenery and new opportunities within the animal care industry.

Before KR Equine, Victoria worked in an emergency hospital for small animals where she had been for over 16 years. Here she has gained plentiful experience in reception and clinical administrative roles.

She is passionate about caring for all species of animals but her three horses fill up most of her spare time.

As a graduate of Greenmount College, Jane supports our vets as an equine veterinary nursing assistant at KR Equine Clinic.

Jane has a keen interest in equine veterinary nursing having previously assisted Howard for a number of years in his practice work.

Jane currently sits on the British Horse Society (Ireland) Committee and has acted as their Welfare Representative for over 12 years. In London in 2012 the British Horse Society awarded Jane an Award for ‘Outstanding dedication to Equine Welfare’. She currently acts as the Northern Welfare Adviser for The Irish Horse Welfare Trust (Wicklow). Jane has previously worked in an equine welfare capacity in Kenya and in South East Spain.

In her spare time Jane enjoys competing and showing her Connemara pony, in a wide variety of disciplines. She has represented Ireland (on the Irish Long Distance Riding Association team) at the Home Internationals in both Scotland and Wales. Aside from equine hobbies Jane enjoys walking her Cavalier Spaniel.