Rachel Murray

Rachel Murray MA VetMB MS PhD DipACVS AssocECVDI MRCVS 

Rachel is an experienced veterinary surgeon with a particular interest in advanced imaging, sport horse injuries, performance and rehabilitation, publishing many peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on orthopaedic problems, injury prevention, optimising performance and welfare, rehabilitation and advanced imaging in horses, and edited the standard text on Equine MRI.  

Rachel graduated from University of Cambridge before specialising in equine surgery in the USA, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, returning to University of Cambridge as an equine surgeon. She was based at the Animal Health Trust from 1997-2019, where she ran the equine MRI diagnostic service and the orthopaedic research group, and provided a clinical service focussed on poor performance in sports horses. Rachel has been providing advice for the British Equestrian Federation World Class Programme since 2009 in various roles, from scientific advice to practical veterinary assessments with various GB international squads, pre-Championship clinical assessments, and as a GB team vet. She has been integrally involved in maintenance and preparation of numerous team horses for multiple Championships and Olympic Games. From 2019, Rachel shared her time between working for VetCT, Rossdales Diagnostic Centre in Newmarket and British Equestrian as a GB World class programme vet in multiple disciplines. She is an FEI official veterinarian and was an official treating veterinarian at the 2012 Olympics. 

In addition to clinical work, she has led many studies investigating sport horse training, injury, performance and rehabilitation, including for British Dressage, British Eventing, British Equestrian and the FEI. Rachel has experience training and competing horses to Grand Prix, has competed in a variety of equestrian sports, and is a British Horse Society accredited professional coach.