Practice Staff

Conor Fenelon MVB, MRCVS.

Conor Fenelon was born in Ireland and was a member of the Kildare Pony Club representing them in the national championships.  He went to university in Dublin and represented the faculty of Veterinary medicine at the national university championships for several years.  He also represented the combined Irish universities at Berne in Switzerland.  Whilst still at university he purchased a thoroughbred mare (by the Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe winner ‘Levmoss’) who subsequently bred a couple of good runners on the flat in Ireland and Hong Kong.  She went on to become the grand dam of several international standard show jumpers!  Conor graduated in 1983 and has settled in equine practices in Essex since 1985. His wife and two daughters (Katie and Amy) all ride regularly. Both Katie and Amy are members of the Essex Hunt North Pony Club.  Katie regularly competes her pony 'Spot That' at both affiliated and riding club showjumping competitions.

In his spare time Conor enjoys reading, fine wines (semi-finalist in the national amateur wine tasting championships), photography, the theatre, foreign travel and history (especially the Napoleonic period).

  Postgraduate (CPD) courses attended include the following:

• BEVA. Stud medicine course at Newmarket 1988.
• BEVA. Stud medicine course at Newmarket 1995.
• BEVA. Equine Orthopaedics (modules1 and 2) at Liverpool University 1997.
• BEVA. Equine endoscopy course at Newmarket 1997.
• BEVA. Annual congress at Harrogate 1997.
• BEVA. Equine abdominal medicine /surgery course at Newmarket 1998.
• BEVA. Equine orthopaedic surgery course at Newmarket 1999.
• BEVA. Equine stud medicine course at Newmarket 1999.
• BEVA. Equine dentistry course for veterinary surgeons at Liverpool 2000.
• BEVA. Annual congress at Birmingham 2000.
• BEVA. Equine musculoskeletal ultrasound course at Melton Mobray 2001.
• BEVA. Annual congress at Harrogate 2001.
• BEVA. Equine emergencies and critical care course at Liverpool 2002.
• BEVA. COPD /RAO clinical meeting at London 2002.
• BEVA.  Treatment and management of back problems in the horse at Chester 2003.
• BEVA.  Annual congress at Birmingham 2004.
• BEVA. Lameness and corrective farriery course at Newmarket 2004.
• BEVA. Equine wound management course at the RCVS 2005.
• BVA.  Riding Establishment Inspectorate course, Wiltshire, June 2005.
• BEVA.  Annual congress at Harrogate, 2005. 
• BEVA.  Corrective farriery course, Stonleigh, November 2005.
• BEVA. Spring Meeting, Kent, (MRI scanning, Iliosacral disease, muscle disorders), April 2006.
• BEVA. Summer Meeting, Cheltenham, (The young performance horse), June 2006.
• BEVA. Annual congress, Birmingham, September 2006. 
• BEVA. The investigation of poor performance in horses (back and hindlimb problems), Newmarket, October 2006.
• BEVA.  Advanced diagnostic imaging and forelimb lameness, Newmarket, November 2007.
• RCVS.  Abdominal and Thoraccic ultrasound, London Veterinary College, July 2008.

Conor in action with a very relaxed patient !

Kate Johns MRCVS

Kate was born is Essex and graduated form the Royal Veterinary College in London.  She has worked in an equine and small animal practice in  Harlow before coming to our clinic.  She is a keen horse rider and competes regularly in dressage, one-day eventing and showjumping.  She also holds her BHS stages One and Two certificates.

Post graduate (CPD) courses attended include the following:

• BEVA. Equine emergencies for general practitioners, Newmarket, December 2005.

• BEVA. Equine lameness workshop, RCVS, March 2006.

• BEVA. Diagnostic techniques in Equine practice, Newmarket, March 2007.

• BEVA. Equine gastroenterology meeting, Newmarket, December 2007.

This is Fiona (a previous veterinary assistant). Fiona has sadly now left our clinic but we wish her every success in her future career.

The horse belongs to Fiona and her name is Chloe.