Vicky qualified from the University of Cambridge in 2014. After graduating she completed a Clinical Training Scholarship in Equine medicine and surgery at the Cambridge Equine Hospital before working in a busy polo practice in Ascot. She joined Rossdales Equine Hospital in June 2017 as the Margaret Giffen Resident in Clinical Research, where in addition to carrying out research projects she attained an MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health. After time away in a specialist role as a Veterinary Epidemiologist at Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS), Vicky returned to Rossdales in July 2023 as a Research Associate, a role kindly funded by the Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust.
She has a strong interest in the care and welfare of sports horses and drives forward the practice’s application of evidence-based medicine through implementation of clinic-based research and production of associated publications. Her ResearchGate profile can be viewed here.
In her spare time Vicky can be found playing netball for a local team or running in the countryside with her whippet Archie.
Overground endoscopic examination following laryngeal tie-forward in horses with dorsal displacement of the soft palate
Barnett, TP, Colgate, VA, Smith, LRC, Barakzai, SZ
2025 Vet. Surg. Aug; 54 (6) 1053-1061 epub: 18 March 2025 https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.14245 PubMed: 40099351
World Equine Veterinary Association Congress moves to Chile: A collection of articles for the South American practitioner
Colgate VA, Fernanda Sepulveda Caviedes M
2023 Equine Vet. J. 55 (6) 940-943 https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.13993
Outcome and racing performance following standing fracture repair in 245 horses
Colgate VA, Robinson N, Barnett TP, Bathe AP, Coleridge MOD, Smith LCR, Payne RJ
2023 Equine Vet. J epub: Early View 6 Oct 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14016
Contagious equine metritis- control via industry-led protocol
Colgate VA, Newton R
2023 Vet. Times 53 (27) 12-13
Equine flu: epidemiologists behind its surveillance provide UK update
Whitlock F, Colgate VA, Newton R
2023 Vet. Times 53 (25) 8-9
Guide to equine exotic vectorborne diseases and their risks to UK horses
Whitlock F, Colgate VA, Newton R
2023 In Practice 45 (4) 232-238 https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.312
Vaccination – horses that will benefit and persuading owners
Colgate VA, Newton R
2022 Vet. Times 9 (1) 10-11
Equine influenza bi-annual boosters: What does the evidence tell us?
Colgate VA, Newton R
2022 Equine Vet. J. 55 (1) https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.13898
Clinical and imaging findings, treatment details and outcomes in foals with extensor tendon rupture- A multicentre retrospective study
Mokry A, Bernhard C, Faulkner K, Colgate VA, Dumoulin M, Pille F, Vanderperren A, Delling U, Oosterlinck M
2022 Equine Vet. J. Early View https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.13893
Impingement of the dorsal spinous processes in Thoroughbred racehorses
Castro Martins M, Shepherd M, Maiorino G, Colgate VA, Peter V
2022 Equine Vet. J. 54 (57) https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.15_13855
Overground endoscopic examination following laryngeal tie forward for treatment of soft palate dysfunction in horses
Barnett TP, Colgate VA, Smith LCR, Palmer L, Barakzai S
2022 Vet. Surgery, ECVS Abstracts https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13693
Factors affecting racing performance following composite laryngeal tie-forward surgery
Colgate VA, Newton R, Offord SCR, Smith LCR, Barnett TP
2022 Vet. Surgery, ECVS Abstracts https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13693
Outcome and racing performance of 194 horses undergoing standing Fracture Repair (2007-2018)
Colgate VA, Newton R, Barnett TP, Bathe AP, Boys Smith, S, Smith LCR, Payne RJ
2021 Vet. Surgery, ECVS Abstracts https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13672
Surgical treatment of phimosis due to preputial stenosis in a Thoroughbred colt
Colgate VA, Payne RJ
2021 Equine Vet. Ed. Early view doi.org/10.1111/eve.13430
Cause, outcome and survival of pregnant mares admitted to a UK hospital for investigation of colic
Colgate VA, Newton JR, Payne RJ
2019 Equine Vet. J. 51 Suppl 53 8 doi.org/10.1111/evj.06_13152
Mare and foal survival following emergency Caesarean section at a UK hospital
Colgate VA, Newton JR, Boys Smith SJ
2019 Equine Vet J. 51 6 doi.org/10.1111/evj.02_13152
Equine tendon injuries: best treatment and future needs
Colgate VA, Payne RJ
2018 Vet. Times 48 (46)
Hospital admission of mares showing colic signs within 7 days of parturition
Colgate VA, Barnett TP, Newton JR, Payne RJ
2018 Equine Vet.J. 50 (21) 20-21 doi.org/10.1111/evj.36_13008
Do oral or minimally invasive equine cheek tooth extraction techniques reduce the incidence of post-operative complications in the horse when compared to repulsion methods?
Colgate VA, Wylie CE, Barnett TP
2018 Veterinary Evidence 3 (3) doi: 10.18849/ve.v3i3.158
Science-in-brief: Risk Assessment for Reducing Injuries of the Fetlock Bones in Thoroughbred Racehorses
Colgate VA, Carpenter R, Kawcak C, Muir P, Palmer S, Parkin T, Powell SE, Ramzan P, Riggs CM, Spriet M, Stover SM, Whitton C, Marr CM
2020 Equine Vet J. 52 (4) 482-488 doi: 10.1111/evj.13273. PubMed: 32525619
