Equine Therapy Centre

Offering a superb learning environment, our Equine Therapy Centre allows students to gain real-world experience or undertake a work placement for those students requiring it as part of their course.

The centre runs a ‘Demo Horse Scheme’ where they involve Hartpury student and staff horses in research projects, in return for exercising them on either or both of our treadmills free of charge or at discounted student rate.

The Equine Therapy Centre offers treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions using a combination of the most up to date facilities, physical therapy and techniques in veterinary medicine. Since 1999, the Centre has helped thousands of horses achieve their full potential whatever their role in life. Dressage world record holder, Charlotte Dujardin is a regular user and attributed Valegro’s fitness to twice weekly sessions on the water treadmill.

The centre has extensive facilities which support the treatment of horses.

These include a Sato high-speed treadmill, an Aquafit water treadmill, veterinary facilities including an examination room where procedures such as nerve blocking, joint medication and radiography are carried out, and a 40mx4m trot up with 12m diameter trotting circle.

There is a separate treatment box where electrotherapy and Zamar treatment is carried out, weighbridge, solarium, indoor and outdoor Andrews Bowen waxed arenas*, off-road training track, Monarch horse walker and restricted turnout pens.