Rachel is a highly experienced Sport Horse Clinician, who is based at Rossdales Diagnostic Centre. She joined our team in October 2019, having spent more than 20 years at the Animal Health Trust where she was responsible for the Equine MRI diagnostic service, ran the orthopaedic research group and provided a clinical service focused on imaging, poor performance and rehabilitation in sport horses.
Rachel graduated from University of Cambridge before specialising in equine surgery, undertaking an internship and surgical residency in the USA, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. After 5 years in the USA, she returned to England as an equine surgeon at the University of Cambridge Veterinary School. She subsequently completed a PhD, investigating exercise-associated joint adaptation and injury in horses.
She has led many studies investigating sport horse training, injury and performance, including for British Dressage, British Eventing, British Equestrian Federation and the FEI. She has also published numerous articles on orthopaedic problems and advanced imaging in horses, contributed to a number of books and edited the standard text on Equine MRI.
Rachel also works for the British Equestrian Federation in various roles, from scientific advice to practical veterinary assessments with various GB squads. Rachel has been providing advice for the BEF World Class Programme since 2009 and has been integrally involved in the maintenance and preparation of numerous team horses for Championships and Olympic Games. She is an FEI treating veterinarian, has worked as a veterinary surgeon with the GB Dressage and Show jumping teams, including as a team vet, and was an official treating veterinarian at the 2012 Olympics.
Rachel has experience training and competing horses to Grand Prix and international level dressage, has competed in a variety of equestrian sports, and is a BHS accredited professional coach.
Lesion Distribution in the Metacarpophalangeal and Metatarsophalangeal Region of 341 Horses Using Standing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Schiavo S, Beccati F, Pokora R, Lin ST, Milmine RC, Bak L, Peter VG, Murray R,
2024 Animals 14 (13) 1866 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131866
Comparison of cone-beam and fan-beam computed tomography and low-field magnetic resonance imaging for detection of palmar/plantar osteochondral disease in Thoroughbred horses.
Lin ST, Bolas NM, Peter VG, Pokora R, Patrick H, Foote AK, Sargan DR, Murray RC,
2024 Sep Equine Vet. J. 56 (5) 999-1007 epub: 2023 Nov 6 doi: 10.1111/evj.14023 PubMed: 37931621
Histological and Histopathological Features of the Third Metacarpal/Tarsal Parasagittal Groove and Proximal Phalanx Sagittal Groove in Thoroughbred Horses with Racing History
Lin ST, Foote AK, Bolas NM, Sargan DR, Murray RC,
2024 Jun 30 Animals (Basel) 14 (13) 1942 doi: 10.3390/ani14131942 PubMed: 38998057
Comparison of cone-beam and fan-beam computed tomography and low-field magnetic resonance imaging for detection of proximal phalanx dorsoproximal osteochondral defects
Lin ST, Bolas NM, Sargan DR, Restif O, Peter VG, Pokora R, Patrick H, Foote AK, Murray RC
2024 Equine Vet J. 56 (3) 485-493 epub: 2023 Jul 24 doi: 10.1111/evj.13973 PubMed: 37488678.
Three-Dimensional Imaging and Histopathological Features of Third Metacarpal/Tarsal Parasagittal Groove and Proximal Phalanx Sagittal Groove Fissures in Thoroughbred Horses.
Lin ST, Foote AK, Bolas NM, Peter VG, Pokora R, Patrick H, Sargan DR, Murray RC
2023 Sep 14 Animals (Basel) 13 (18) 2912 doi: 10.3390/ani13182912 PubMed: 37760312
Saddle Thigh Block Design Can Influence Rider and Horse Biomechanics
Murray R, Fisher M, Fairfax V, MacKechnie-Guire R
2023 Animals 13 (13) 2127 //doi.org/10.3390/ani13132127
Could Pressure Distribution Under Race-Exercise Saddles Affect Limb Kinematics and Lumbosacral Flexion in the Galloping Racehorse?
Murray RC, MacKechnie-Guire R, Fisher M, Fairfax V
2019 J Equine Vet Sci Oct 81 02795 epub: Epub 2019 Sep 12. DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2019.102795 PubMed: 31668303
Management of Primary Injuries of the Medial Collateral Ligament of the Carpus in Two Horses
Quiney L, Murray RC, Dyson SJ
2020 J Equine Vet Sci Mar 86 102878 epub: Epub 2019 Nov 29. DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2019.102878 PubMed: 32067669
Identification of Heterotopic Mineralization and Adjacent Pathology in the Equine Fetlock Region by Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cone-Beam and Fan-Beam Computed Tomography
Lin T-S, Peter VG, Schiavo S, Pokora R, Patrick H, Bolas N, Foote AK, Sargan DR, Murray RC,
2023 J Equine Vet Sci Feb 14 126 104252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2023.104252 PubMed: 36796738
Computed tomographic dimensions of the normal adult equine eye
Hollis AR, Dixon JJ, Berlato D, Murray RC, Weller R
2019 Vet Ophthalmol 22 (5) 651-659 epub: Epub 2019 Feb 4Ho DOI: 10.1111/vop.12636 PubMed: 30716192
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in the Proximal Metacarpal Region of 359 Horses and Proximal Metatarsal Region of 64 Horses Acquired Under Standing Sedation
Murray RC, Tranquille CA, Walker VA, Milmine RC, Bak L, Tracey JB, Bolas NM
2020 J Equine Vet Sci 94 103268 DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2020.103268 PubMed: 33077090Mu
Scintigraphic assessment of the metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints of horses with joint pai
Biggi M, Dyson SJ, Murray RC
2009 Vet Radiol Ultrasound 50 (5) 536-44 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01579.x PubMed: 19788041
How do features of dressage arenas influence training surface properties which are potentially associated with lameness?
Murray RC, Walters J, Snart H, Dyson SJ, Parkin TDH
2010 Vet J 186 (2) 172-9 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.04.026 PubMed: 20888276
Histological Features of the Distal Third Metacarpal Bone in Thoroughbred Racehorses, With and Without Lateral Condylar Fractures
Pinilla MJ, Tranquille CA, Blunsden AS, Chang YM, Parkin TDH, Murray RC
2017 J Com Pathol 157 (1) 1-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2017.04.002 PubMed: 28735663
Standing low-field MRI of the equine proximal metacarpal/metatarsal region is considered useful for diagnosing primary bone pathology and makes a positive contribution to case management: A prospective survey study
Labens R, Schramme MC, Murray RC, Bolas N
2020 Vet Radiol Ultrasound 61 (2) 197-205 epub: Epub 2019 Dec 4. DOI: 10.1111/vru.12824 PubMed: 31800146
Histopathologic features of distal tarsal joint cartilage and subchondral bone in ridden and pasture-exercised horses
Tranquille CA, Dyson SJ, Blunden AS, Collins SN, Parkin TDH, Goodship AE, Murray RC
2011 Am J Vet Res 72 (1) 33-41 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.1.33 PubMed: 21194333
Radiological anatomy of the donkey’s foot: objective characterisation of the normal and laminitic donkey foot
Collins SN, Dyson SJ, Murray RC, Burden F, Trawford A
2011 Equine Vet J 43 (4) 478-86 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00312.x PubMed: 21631583
An investigation of the relationships between angles and shapes of the hoof capsule and the distal phalanx
Dyson SJ, Tranquille CA, Collins SN, Parkin TDH, Murray RC
2011 Equine Vet J 43 (3) 295-3-1 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00162.x PubMed: 21492206
Effect of a Pessoa training aid on temporal, linear and angular variables of the working trot
Walker VA, Dyson SJ, Murray RC
2013 Vet J 198 (2) 404-11 epub: Epub 2013 Jul 30 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.07.005 PubMed: 23911044
Identification of risk factors for lameness in dressage horses
Murray RC, Walters JM, Snart H, Dyson SJ, Parkin TDH
2010 Vet J 184 (1) 27-36 epub: Epub 2009 Apr 14 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.03.020 PubMed: 19369100
Magnetic resonance imaging of distal sesamoidean ligament injury
Smith S, Dyson SJ, Murray RC
2008 Vet Radiol Ultrasound 49 (6) 516-28 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.00433.x PubMed: 19051640
External characteristics of the lateral aspect of the hoof differ between non-lame and lame horses
Dyson SJ, Tranquille CA, Collins SN, Parkin TDH, Murray RC
2011 Vet J 190 (3) 364-71 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.11.015 PubMed: 21169041
The effect of collection and extension on tarsal flexion and fetlock extension at trot
Walker VA, Walters JM, Griffith L, Murray RC
2013 Equine Vet J 45 (2) 245-8 epub: Epub 2012 Sep 4 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00617.x PubMed: 22943288
Effect of Ground and Raised Poles on Kinematics of the Walk
Walker VA, Tranquille CA, MacKechnie-Guire R, Spear J, Newton R, Murray CA
2022 J. Equine Vet. Sci. Aug 115:104005 epub: Epub 2022, May 6 DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2022.104005 PubMed: 35533803
Equine Behavioural and Physiological Responses to Auditory Stimuli in the Presence and Absence of Noise-Damping Ear Covers
Hole C, Murray R, Marlin D, Freeman P
2023 Animals 13 (9) 1574 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13091574
