Vets Team :: Nixon Equine Vets
Equine veterinary surgeons Stewart Hastie and Jane Nixon are dedicated to the welfare of all horses through their lifelong desire for knowledge and meticulous attention to veterinary detail. They are supported by an enthusiastic team. To read more about any team member simply click the button.
Nixon Equine Vets senior equine veterinary surgeons
Stewart Hastie graduated from Glasgow in 1944. He worked in general practice in Kent & Northampton before joining a one-man agricultural practice here in 1956. He quickly developed a thriving companion animal section (dog & cat in those days) and in the early sixties, began to species specialise in horse work, in which he was fully occupied 10 years later. It was here that Stewart's pioneering interest in the value of ethical co-operation with recognised complementary disciplines developed.
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Jane Nixon qualified from Cambridge in 1978. Working initially in mixed practice, Jane developed the equine side of Stewart's practice before becoming principal partner of Nixon & Marshall in 1988. She formed Nixon Equine Vets dedicated equine practice with Stewart in 2005. With 25+ years experience, Jane's key interest is the performance horse. Involved in mare & stallion grading throughout the UK & Europe for 20 years, Jane is Consultant Veterinarian to the BEF Futurity Young Horse Evaluation Scheme and recently appeared on Horse & Country TV in this regard. Jane was recently voted onto the SHB GB Council. MORE
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Philip Ivens received an MA in 2000 and a veterinary degree in 2003 from Cambridge. He worked in mixed practice in for 2 years, then as an equine vet in a mixed practice for 18 months. He joined the Royal Veterinary College in 2006 as a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Equine Internal Medicine and Equine Infectious Diseases. He has an RCVS certificate in Equine Internal Medicine in 2008 and is enrolled for the European College of Equine Internal Medicine (DipECEIM).
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Andrew Wallace graduated from Liverpool in 2003 with a Veterinary Science degree, having already obtained an Animal Science degree from Edinburgh. He then spent 3 months with animal charity SPANA in Morocco working with donkeys and mules, followed by 5½ years at a mixed practice near Lichfield pursuing an interest in equine clinical care and in 2007 he gained the RCVS Certificate in Equine Practice. After a year locuming in UK equine practice and a stud season in New Zealand he arrived in Maids Moreton. - MORE
Juliet Blayney qualified from Cambridge University in 1991, having been secretary of the University Riding Club and played polo with the University. She joined Nixon and Marshall in 2000, having worked with the Liphook Equine Hospital in Hampshire and a mixed veterinary practice in Jersey. Having gained additional experience assisting one of the leading equine vets in the SW of France she now works as an associate for Nixon Equine Veterinary Practice.
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Nixon Equine Vets equine veterinary clinic support team
Debbie Spears works full-time as a Client Coordinator and Equine Technician with Nixon Equine Vets. Debbie breeds and shows Highland Ponies from her small stud based in Newton Longville. She is a Highland Pony Society in-hand panel judge and also sits on the BSH, BSPA, BSPS, NPS and Ponies UK judges panels.
Nicola Stothard has worked part-time at Nixon Equine since 2006 and is now full-time as a Client Coordinator and Equine Technician.
Nichola graduated from Writtle Agricultural College in 2010 with a degree in Equine Studies & Business Management, specialising in stud work & equine nutrition. She wrote a dissertation on the effects of feed company marketing on what horse owners feed and why, relating this to the increase in equine obesity.
She competes her horse Red locally and plans to train as an Equine Veterinary Nurse in the near future.
Janet Valentine began working for Stewart 35+ years ago. On leaving school she worked for the Whaddon Hunt treasurer for 2 seasons. She then worked for Sally-Ann Glendinning, MRCVS, where she was in charge of the equine hospital and operating theatre. Janet also ran a small breeding yard with 4 brood mares, foaling all at home and preparing yearlings for sale. Janet has seen many practice transformations over the years. She is now responsible for logistics and the laboratory.
Louisa Thornhill has always lived in North Buckinghamshire. She went to school at Overthorpe and Furze Down in Winslow before going to college at the Fortune Centre in the New Forest, where she studied horsemanship. Louisa has been with Jane for many years, assisting with out patients as well as Jane's own horses. Louisa has her own horse and enjoys riding as much as possible. Image (left) courtesy of Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser.
- Isabelle Hilton-Jones is a qualified radiographer with many years experience in hospitals. Isabelle assists Nixon Equine Vets with X-rays and also enjoys hunting and grooming to her eventing children and has recently retired as DC of the Grafton Pony Club. Picture to follow.
