Paula enjoys wizard time away from Oz

Senior partner Rob van Pelt said: "I am delighted with this expansion. With the increase of people who own horses in the UK, it proves to us that their care is of the utmost importance to them and that the service we provide is appreciated.

"This has given us the opportunity to achieve our aims with ongoing development in manpower and new equipment."

One of the newcomers is stud vet Paula Broadhurst, who has a lot of responsibility dealing with thoroughbred and performance horse stud work.

Paula qualified in 1997 from Murdoch University in western Australia and worked in equine practice for seven years before deciding to come to the UK.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette April 30