Meet the Equine team
Our Equine team are passionate about teaching and active in both the research community and industry; their experience means your learning is always up to date. In addition, we regularly engage a number of industry experts to support the curriculum and inject additional industry experience and insights to our students education.
Natalie Stones
- Worked as an Equine Veterinary Nurse within clinical, surgical and on‑call roles, gaining an interest in colic and equine dysautonomia, as well as lameness and diagnostic modalities
- Specialist areas of interest include equine nutrition, gastrointestinal and neurological conditions, veterinary science and rehabilitation
- Industry experience includes working, producing and grooming in a variety of settings, including dressage studs and rehabilitation yards
- Competitive rider across all disciplines, enjoying self‑producing horses from a young age
- Completed MRes in July 2020 on rider body image and positive impact on rider biomechanics.
Cameo Knight
- Studied at undergraduate and postgraduate level at University Centre Sparsholt
- Career focused in Sales and Marketing, particularly within the agricultural and events sector
- Experienced in both the equine and agricultural industries
- Editorial pieces published in numerous equestrian magazines, all focusing on equine nutrition and its effects on health and welfare
- Varied industry experience from the racing sector to showjumping
- Independent research focusing on utilising equine faecal pH and masticatory kinematics to indicate hindgut health
- A key interest in the utilisation of Electromyography by way of data collection
- Has previously worked alongside Dodson & Horrell Ltd on research relating to nutrition and its effects.
Abigail Heaman
- Senior Curriculum Leader for Higher Education
- Career focused within equine breeding industry with specific experience foaling at a racing stud yard and working at an equine embryo transfer centre
- Additional varied industry experience working at riding schools, equine rescue and rehabilitation centre, eventing groom for an Olympic rider, equine veterinary laboratory analysis
- Competed own horse in various disciplines
- Research into factors influencing the success of equine embryo recovery and transfer
- Holds an MRes in Equestrian Performance Management
- Specialist subject areas breeding and stud management, genetics, artificial reproductive technologies, health and welfare, animal behaviour.