Meet The Team | RD Owen Equine

Richard Owen

BVSc MRCVS - DIRECTOR

Richard qualified at Liverpool in 1974 and proceeded to work in mixed practice in Oswestry for 2 years before following his family’s horse racing background and adventuring to Newmarket for 3 years. This gave him the perfect experience and courage to develop and build an equine practice in North Wales. He was also involved in encouraging Tullis Matson setup the Twemlows AI Centre. The practice has grown into a successful four vet clinic with on-site stabling and full surgical facilities. Richard’s main interest is surgery and lameness and he also enjoys working at Bangor and Haydock race courses.

Christine Roberts

RVN PgCert VBM - Practice Manager

Christine qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2013 after working 6 years in a mixed practice and then set off to Newmarket in 2014 to work at Rossdales Equine Hospital as a neonatal intensive care nurse for the breeding season. She completed two seasons at Newmarket and a season in between in Australia for 6 months. Christine qualified with a Post Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Business Management from Liverpool University in 2018 and is currently Practice Manager. Her main interests are in equine neonatal and intensive care nursing and in her spare time enjoys walking her dogs and riding her beautiful horse Borris!

Jill Owen

DIRECTOR

Jill is the financial director here at the clinic, and keeps us all in line! In 2001 she started up Merlin Animal Rescue, which is a charity involved in rehoming over 300 abandoned dogs from across North Wales each year. In her spare time she enjoys looking after her menagerie of ponies, dogs, chickens and sheep that she has collected over the years!!

Safi Horrocks

Yard Assistant

Safi is a key member of our weekend yard staff and is currently studying towards her A Levels and is very keen to pursue her career in the veterinary profession.

Caroline Morgan

BVetMed MRCVS - Vet

Caroline is originally from Cambridgeshire and graduated from The Royal Veterinary College in 2010. She worked in an equine ambulatory practice in Lincolnshire for 18 months before joining the practice in 2012.

Caroline enjoys all aspects of ambulatory practice, but particularly Stud work during the breeding season, Anaesthesia and Internal Medicine. She is currently studying towards a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice in Equine Medicine. When spare time allows, she enjoys good walks with her two terriers Toby and Ted, one of which is nearly always with her in work.

Jessica Broom

BVetMed MRCVS

Jessica graduated from The Royal Veterinary College in 2017 and recently joined our practice. She has a keen interest in lameness and she looks forward to meeting you all. In her spare time she enjoys going to the gym, walking and spending time with her cat named Sox. Jessica has been riding since the age of 7 and is currently on the look out for a horse of her own. If you haven’t met Jess you will have come across her naughty beautiful dog Daisy.