PRACTICES / Newmarket, UK

Baker McVeigh Newmarket was established in 2006 and has proved to be the central hub for our group’s expansion throughout the UK and further afield. 

Located in the heart of Newmarket, our practice focuses on all aspects of sports and performance horse work. 

Our clinicians look after several local and international thoroughbred and racing yards, and are renowned for our prophylactic approach. Our thoroughbred-based services expand to vettings, both locally and internationally. Furthermore, the Baker McVeigh vets provide a regular service at all major thoroughbred auctions throughout Europe and beyond. 

Additionally, Newmarket has developed a growing presence in the sport horse world in recent years, with notable key clients ensuring that Baker McVeigh’s name is now synonymous in these fields.

Baker McVeigh Newmarket have extended their presence to Longholes Stud. In our new specialised setting, Longholes is a facility for your horse to be assessed, cared for and where our vets can help with every demand. The development of our new facilities presents an exciting and new chapter for Baker McVeigh Newmarket. To find out more information, please visit: www.longholes.com

We are now listed as official measurers with JMB

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We are now listed as official measurers with JMB -

 

Meet Our Veterinarians

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Antony Clements

Partner in Cape Town, Newmarket, Yorkshire, Lambourn, Chantilly and Bahrain

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Antony Clements joined the Baker McVeigh group in 2001, having previously worked in practices in Hampshire and the University of Glasgow. He has extensive experience and post-graduate qualifications in equine orthopaedics. After moving to Durban and helping to establish the Cape Town practice, Antony moved to the UK where he became the managing partner of the Newmarket practice. He now tends to the needs of our larger clients and offers consulting services across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

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John McVeigh

Partner in Summerveld, Cape Town, Newmarket, Yorkshire, Lambourn, Chantilly and Johannesburg.

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Leading the Baker McVeigh group is the renowned John McVeigh, a prominent figure in international horse racing circles. For three and a half decades, John has played a significant role in the expansion and development of our Baker McVeigh practices, overseeing the business’s growth across six practices, over three continents.

John is based in Summerveld and continues to travel to our other practices, offering his assistance, expertise and knowledge.

Duncan Moir

Partner in Newmarket, Yorkshire, Lambourn and Bahrain

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Following several years with Baker McVeigh in South Africa, Duncan returned to the UK to help establish our Newmarket practice. Since then, he has developed an extensive client base in all areas of thoroughbred racing and sports horse fields. With a particular interest in sports medicine, Duncan manages several racing yards in Newmarket. In addition, he vets and consults for various private clients both in the UK and internationally.

Fernando Perez de Villar

Partner in Newmarket, Yorkshire, Lambourn and Bahrain

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Hailing from Spain, Fernando joined our Baker McVeigh practice in Newmarket soon after its inception, in 2006. Following his graduation from Madrid, he worked for three years in Spain before moving to the UK where he has been residing for the last twenty years. Fernando worked in a large animal practice in Surrey, where he dealt mostly with horses. Moreover, he has a wealth of experience in all aspects of equine practice and gained the RCVS Certificate in Equine Practice, in 2006. In 2011, Fernando became a partner and has been instrumental in the success of our Baker McVeigh Newmarket practice.

Eoghan Nagle

Partner in Newmarket and Bahrain

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Eoghan joined Baker McVeigh Newmarket in August 2019. He developed a passion for horses and horse racing when his family moved to Cork, close to where his uncle T.J Nagle trains National Hunt horses. He spent his weekends there riding horses and competed in pony races growing up. Eoghan graduated as a veterinarian from Warsaw in 2018 and moved to Lexington, in Kentucky, where he completed an internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. His main interests are surgery, diagnostic imaging, and lameness.

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Jenny Owen

Newmarket

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Jenny graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London. Before joining Baker McVeigh in 2014, she worked in a busy equine practice based in Cheltenham, servicing both flat and jump racing clients. Jenny has now settled in Newmarket with her husband James who runs a pre-training yard in town. She is kept busy in one of our largest yards and by her growing list of clients.

Dr Sophie de la Farge

Newmarket

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Sophie conducted her veterinary studies in Maisons-Alfort. After some time spent in the South African and Newmarket practices, she joined our Baker McVeigh team in Chantilly, in January 2011 and became a partner in 2014. Sophie has contributed significantly to the growth of the practice. In addition to aiding a world championship level endurance team, Sophie looks after several top-level racing and show jumping yards, where she regularly flies overseas to service these clients.

In 2017, Sophie graduated with the internationally recognized ISELP certificate (International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology). This highly specialized degree in lameness examination has been achieved by only 50 veterinarians around the world.

Joshua Alcock

Newmarket

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Josh graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2018. He started his career in a busy ambulatory and second opinion equine practice in the south east of England. Josh has previously spent time in our Durban and Johnannesbury practice and since April 2023, he has moved back to Newmarket. He enjoys all aspects of equine clinical work, but has a particular interest in sport horse lameness and poor performance investigations.

Diogo Sanches

Newmarket

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Jock Goold

Newmarket

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Jock grew up with horses through hunting and showjumping on a property near Melbourne, Australia before he graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2022. Prior to joining Baker McVeigh Newmarket in 2024 he completed his 18-month Equine Surgery and Medicine Internship at the Ballarat Veterinary Practice Equine Clinic. Jock has special interests in equine lameness, diagnostic imaging and sports medicine.

Sebastian Macaspac

Newmarket

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Sebastian graduated from the University of Adelaide in Australia. Prior to graduating, Sebastian worked for several high profile racehorse trainers and studs back home in Australia. He joined the Junior Associate Program in 2024 and has spent time in several of our practices around the world. He enjoys all aspects of racing and sports medicine, with a particular interest in poor performance investigations.

 
 

Contact Us

Contact No: +44(0) 1638 667602

Hill House, 2 Falmouth Ave, Newmarket,  Suffolk CB8 0NB  (UK)

Longholes, Cheveley, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9EJ (UK)