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Course dates
18 Dec 2025 09:00 - 19 Dec 2025 17:00
London International Horse Show - ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, , E16 1XL
Not your usual CPD... and that's the point
This December, we’re bringing something completely different to London International Horse Show. Christmas Cracker is two days of deep-diving and in depth discussion for equine vets working with sport horses. Expect emerging evidence, insider perspectives, and bold conversations which you won’t hear anywhere else.
Forget the traditional monologue of the lecture theatre. This is about real-world experiences, challenging cases, unpublished data, and opinions that don’t make it into PowerPoint. Expect stalwarts of the subject, alongside the fresh voices of legends who rarely say “yes” to the spotlight.
Who should attend?
All vets working with sport horses, from low-level amateurs to elite competitors and national teams. Whether you’re new to the field or an established practitioner, this is CPD that will challenge, inspire, and elevate your practice.
Equine veterinary nurses and vet students with an interest in sport horses are also warmly welcome to join the festivities and learning.
Why attend?
- Engage with world-class experts, from FEI officials and European team vets to leading names in imaging, sport horse medicine, and behaviour.
- Gain practical insights you can apply in practice. From youngstock suitability and selection, to monitoring and managing elite horses with the aim of maximising career longevity.
- Explore mental and physical fitness, ethics, and the future of the sport horse in an interactive, discussion-led format.
- Participate in challenging case discussions with riders, breeders, and practitioners who are at the coalface.
- Enjoy the Thursday or Friday evening performances at the London International Horse Show with an exclusive 50% discount.
Course highlights
Day 1: Can we better select sport horses for greater athletic longevity?
- Mental and physical soundness from the start: selection for breeding, giving youngstock the best chance, and PPEs of all ages
- Case discussions across the disciplines (eventing, dressage, and showjumping).
- Rider and breeder perspectives.
- Public perspective and social license - what can we all do better?
- Injury detection - using our old school eyes, ears and hands... and those newer imaging kids on the diagnostic block.
Day 2: Management and maximising career longevity in the sport horse
- Updates on treatment options for eventers, showjumpers and dressage horses.
- Competition management and FEI perspectives.
- Enabling our athletes to reach their potentials in terms of success and career longevity, whether in competition, for subsequent breeding or moving into some form of retirement.
- Open discussion panels with all speakers, tackling prevention, intervention, and giving these horses the best life we can.
Featured speakers
Andy Bathe, Fred Barrelet, Gemma Pearson, Rasmus Westergen, Edwin Enzerink, Mark Sinnott, William Funnell, Shane Breen, Kathryn Bills (Zoom, Penn State), Gabriel Manso Diaz, Ed Lyall, Liz Brown, Marcus Swail
Learning outcomes
By attending, you will:
- Further your knowledge in the management of youngstock through elite competition to retirement.
- Improve your advisory skills for selection, training, and management strategies for enabling athletic potential to be reached and career longevity to be maximised.
- Enhance your ability to critically assess performance management techniques, refine injury detection, utilise diagnostic imaging and tailor treatment plans, with evidence-based insights from across the world.
- Participate in open discussions that challenge conventional thinking and broaden your perspective further than ever before.
Course fees
BEVA members: £579 or £295 for one day
Non-members: £1158 or £590 for one day
Exclusive discounts for performances at the London International Horse Show
All BEVA members can book selected performances* with a 25% discount using code BEVA2025 when booking on the London International Horse Show website
Course delegates will receive a 50% discount on the Thursday and Friday evening performances, you'll receive your discount code once you're booked.
*Discount is valid on tickets for the Friday afternoon or evening, Saturday evening, Sunday evening and Monday afternoon or evening performances at the second, third or fourth price types, plus all top price types for Sunday evening and Monday evening.
Terms and conditions
By registering for this course you agree to the following terms and conditions:
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All payments must be made in pound sterling. Your place on the course is not guaranteed until full payment has been made.
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Booked places can be transferred to another person free of charge if requested two weeks before the start of the course. If the transferee is not a BEVA member, they will be liable for the difference between the member and non-member rate. If a transfer is requested less than two weeks prior to the start date a 10% administration charge will apply.
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A full refund will be made, less a 10% administration charge, if cancellation is more than six weeks before the start of the course.
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A refund cannot be guaranteed if cancellation is less than six weeks before the start of the course. A full refund will be made if we are able to resell the place, less a 20% administration charge.
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In the unlikely event that we are required to cancel or postpone the course you can opt to receive a full refund or receive a CPD credit. The CPD credit is valid for one year from the date of issue and can be used on any BEVA CPD event.
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You must have appropriate liability and professional indemnity insurance to attend BEVA courses.
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You must bring appropriate safety wear (for example coveralls, hard hats and boots) to courses that involve practical sessions. When relevant an equipment list will be provided to you via your course page.
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Unless you actively specify otherwise, we may share your contact details with course organisers and sponsors.
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At the point of booking you self-certify that you are suitably qualified to attend the course and qualified to undertake the procedures being taught. If you are in training for such a qualification BEVA must be made aware of your training status at the time of booking.
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Photography and videography may take place during the event. All photographs may be used for marketing purposes by BEVA. Please inform the course organiser if you do not wish to be included in photography. All images become the property of BEVA.
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Whilst the course programme is correct at time of print, BEVA reserves the right to change details of the event without notice. All best endeavours will be made to present the programme as publicised however alterations may occasionally be necessary due to circumstances beyond our control.
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Where there is an online aspect to the course you will receive 12 months access to the course materials. Recordings of live aspects of the course will be made available as soon as possible after the live date.
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You are required to be a BEVA member at the time of the event to be eligible for a BEVA member price. If you do not have a current membership at the time of the event you will be charged the difference between the member and non-member rates.