The Team - RD Owen Equine

Richard Owen

BVSc MRCVS - Director

Richard qualified at Liverpool in 1974 and proceeded to work in mixed practice in Oswestry for 2 years before following his family’s horse racing background and adventuring to Newmarket for 3 years. This gave him the perfect experience and courage to develop and build an equine practice in North Wales. He was also involved in encouraging Tullis Matson setup the Twemlows AI Centre. The practice has grown into a successful four vet clinic with on-site stabling and full surgical facilities. Richard’s main interest is surgery and lameness and he also enjoys working at Bangor and Haydock race courses.

Seamus Kirby

MVB MRCVS

Seamus is our locum vet. He attended Liverpool Vet School and graduated in 2001. Seamus has worked all over North Wales and the North West of England, looking after small and large animals, and was a partner at Celyn Veterinary Group. His main interests are dentistry and emergency work. Outside of work you can find Seamus diving and coaching his sons’s football team.

Jill Owen

Director

Jill is the financial director here at the clinic, and keeps us all in line! In 2001 she started up Merlin Animal Rescue, which is a charity involved in rehoming over 300 abandoned dogs from across North Wales each year. In her spare time she enjoys looking after her menagerie of ponies, dogs, chickens and sheep that she has collected over the years!!

Michelle Williams

Veterinary Assistant / Yard manager

Michelle is our veterinary assistant and yard manager. She has been with us since May 2021 but has worked with horses on hunt and event yards for over 20 years. In her spare time you can find her on the hunting field, drinking gin or out walking her dogs.

Lucy Rudd

BVM BVS MRCVS

Lucy attended Nottingham Vet School and graduated in July 2020; she then spent a year completing a hospital internship at Dubai Equine Hospital. This gave her extensive experience in lameness, surgery and treatment of colics, as well as experience in internal medicine. Lucy’s main interests include lameness, poor performance, surgery and gastroscopy, with a blossoming interest in reproduction. When not at work, Lucy enjoys playing badminton, drinking gin and playing with her rescue cat Siren.

Alice Reid

Yard Assistant

Jessica Smith

BVSc MRCVS

Lucy Cunnah

Yard Assistant

Lucy is our weekend yard assistant, who has worked with us for 2 years now. She’s involved with all duties on the yard at the weekend, as well as taking calls. Lucy is currently sitting her A-levels and hopes to continue her studies with horses at Harper Adams College in the future.