Derek Knottenbelt und seine VETS WITH HORSEPOWER gehen auf ihre bereits 14. Charity Tour. Dieses Jahr fahren sie auf ihren Motorrädern wieder tausende Kilometer von Schottland bis nach Polen und halten viele Stunden spannende Vorträge für den guten Zweck.
Einziger Deutschland Stopp wird dieses Jahr in Oelde, im Kreis Warendorf (NRW) sein.
Wir freuen uns sehr, dieses einzigartige CHARITY-Projekt ein weiteres Mal als „Local Organizer“ unterstützen zu dürfen.
VERANSTALTUNGSORT: Landhotel Meier-Gresshoff – OELDE in Westfalen, direkt an der A2
Programm Vets with Horsepower 2026
„Vets with Horsepower“ meets „The Power of the NEXT GENERATION“
Montag, 22. Juni und Dienstag, 23. Juni 2026
OELDE (WAF) – Landkomforthotel Meier-Gresshoff
Tag 1 – Montag, den 22. Juni 2026
Vets with Horsepower # 14 – „The Germany, Poland & Baltics Run”
(Vortragssprache: Englisch)
08.30 – 09.00 Registrierung und Begrüßung
09.00 – 09.30 New treatments for equine sarcoid tumours
Derek Knottenbelt
09.30 – 10.00 Oral neoplastic disease
Jenny Croft
10.00 – 10.30 Managing ocular and periocular neoplasia – its all about the diagnosis
Derek Knottenbelt
10.30 – 11.00 Kaffeepause
11.00 – 11.30 Interpreting the function significance of equine eye abnormalities
Josh Slater
11.30 – 12.00 Neuro – ophthalmology: The eyes have it
Caroline Hahn
12.00 – 12.30 Herpesviruses and equine ocular disease – what can we learn form other species?
Josh Slater
12.30 – 13.30 Mittagspause
13.30 – 14.00 Veins, vessels & WTF-Is-That? A Practical Guide to Vascular Ultrasound
Gunther van Loon
14.00 – 14.30 The intelligent immune system
Sanne Wilmink
14.30 – 15.00 Shivering and stringhalt
Caroline Hahn
15.00 – 15.30 Kaffeepause
15.30 – 16.00 Update on treatment of equine back conditions
Jessica Kidd
16.00 – 16.30 Overview of Contrast Radiography in Equine Practice
Davide Zani
16.30 – 17.00 Diagnosis and management of hindlimb proximal suspensory
desmopathy
Jessica Kidd
Im Anschluss: Get together/Abendessen mit den Vets with Horsepower
(ACHTUNG! Das DINNER ist NUR VORAB buchbar!!! Das Hotel hat KEINEN Restaurant-Betrieb)
Tag 2 – Dienstag, den 23. Juni 2026
„The Power of the NEXT GENERATION“ Erkrankungen des jungen Pferdes
(Vortragssprache: Deutsch)
08.45 Registrierung und Begrüßung
09.00 – 09.30 Magenerkrankungen beim Jungpferd und deren Management
Katja Shell
09.30 – 10.00 Kleine Strongyliden und Salmonella – Partner in Crime?
Bianca Schwarz
10.00 – 10.30 Lawsonia intracellularis
Frauke Uhlendorf
10.30 – 11.00 Kaffeepause
11.00 – 11.30 Angeborene Atemwegserkrankungen
Ann-Kristin Barton
11.30 – 12.00 Pneumonie beim Fohlen – Nicht nur Rhodococcus!
Monica Venner
12.00 – 12.30 Druse
Rosa Barsnick
12.30 – 13.30 Mittagspause
13.30 – 14.00 Knieerkrankungen beim Jungpferd
Anja Kasparek
14.00 – 14.30 Fesselgelenksbefunde beim Jungpferd und die Prognose für die sportliche Nutzung
Felicia Wehrenpfennig
14.30 – 15.00 „Use it or loose it“ – Funktionelle Aspekte der Jungpferde-Aufzucht
Kirstin Becker
15.30 – 16.00 Kaffeepause
16.00 – 16.30 Leberprobleme – vom Fohlen zum Jungpferd
Dominika Wrobel-Stratmann
16.30 – 17.00 Vom Fohlen zum Jungpferd: Besonderheiten der medikamentösen
Therapie
Nina Steenbuck
17.00 – 17.30 Wichtige Aspekte der Fütterung beim Jungpferd
Anne Mößeler
17.30 – 18.00 Abschlussdiskussion
ENDE der FORTBILDUNG
Programmänderungen bei Bedarf vorbehalten
ATF Stunden beantragt
Team Vets with Horsepower #14 – The Riders Group 2026 – english Speakers
Prof Derek C. Knottenbelt
OBE, BVM&S, BVM&S, DVM&S, DipECEIM, DACVIM, MRCVS
Director – Equine Medical Solutions
PROFESSOR EMERITUS (University of Liverpool – Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital)
Derek is our chief, founder and driving (riding) force behind the project. He lectures on any internal medicine related topic, and makes sure everyone knows exactly what our charities and sponsors do to improve lives around the world!
Dr Jessica A. Kidd
BA, DVM, CertES(Orth), DipECVS, MRCVS
Jessica has been a part of HP from the start, always making sure we have what we need and doing much of the behind-the-scenes work. She lectures on topics related to equine surgery, orthopaedics, foals, melanomas and imaging.
Prof Josh Slater
BVM&S, PhD, DipECEIM, MRCVS
Life Fellow – Girton College University of Cambridge
Josh was Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the Melbourne Veterinary School, Professor of equine clinical studies at the Royal Veterinary College London, President of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine and the Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations, EBVS recognised specialist in equine internal medicine, President of the BEVA, co-director of the British Animal Rescue Trauma Association and is chairman of the Horse Trust
Dr Caroline Hahn
DVM, MSc, PhD, DipECEIM, DipECVN, MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Neurosciences – The University of Edinburgh
Caroline is a board-certified neurologist with a special interest in equine cases. She has so far biked each and every mile the VwHP time has ridden!
Prof Gunther van Loon
DVM, PhD, DipECEIM, Assoc. Member ECVDI
Gunther van Loon is a specialist in Equine Cardiology, Associate Member ECVDI and the Past-President of the Belgian Equine Practitioners Society (BEPS)
Dr Jenny Croft
BVMS, CertEP, MRCVS
Clinical Director – Loch Leven Equine Practice
Jenny has been a big part of VwHP with boundless energy, and a wealth of experience in equine first opinion practice. We’re excited to see her back on her bike with us this year!
Dr Sanne Wilmink
DVM CertAVP MRCVS
Equine Vet
Dilliway and Bosley Equine Veterinary Practice
Sanne graduated in 2009 from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and after an internship at an equine hospital in the Netherlands moved to the UK to embark on an Equine Medicine residency at the University of Bristol. Enjoying the English countryside and windy beaches, she decided not to go back to the Netherlands. Since completion of this residency she has been combining first opinion work at two practices in the Southwest of England with work as technical adviser for a small pharmaceutical company. She is now fulltime back in equine first opinion practice in Devon.
Prof Davide Danilo Zani
DVM, PhD
Davide serves as an Assoc. Prof in Lodi, and leads courses in equine surgical clinic, diagnostic imaging for equine patients and on elements of podiatry and farriery within the degree program in Animal Husbandry and Welfare of Companion Animals. From 2017 to 2025, he has been in charge of the Diagnostic Imaging Department at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Milan, which operates 24/7 and receives over 2,100 patients annually.
Team NEXT GENERATION – Fohlen und Jungpferdemedizin – Deutsche Vorträge
Dr Bianca C. Schwarz
DVM, DipECEIM, Fachtierärztin für innere Medizin des Pferdes
Dr Rosa Barsnick
DVM, MSc, Fachtierärztin für Pferde und Innere Medizin für Pferde, DipACVIM LA, DipECEIM
Dr Ann Kristin Barton
PD DVM, DipECEIM, Fachtierärztin für Pferde
Dr Anja Kasparek
DVM, Fachtierärztin für Pferdechirurgie, Fachtierärztin für Pferde, AVMA/ECFVG Zertifizierung BCSE
Dr Anne Mößeler
PD, DVM, DipECVCN, Fachtierärztin für Tierernährung und Diätetik
Dr Katja Shell
DVM, Fachtierärztin für Innere Medizin des Pferdes, DipACVIM LA, DipECVIM
Dr Frauke Uhlendorf
DVM, Fachtierärztin für Innere Medizin des Pferdes, DipECEIM
Dr Monica Venner
PD, PhD, DVM, DipECEIM, Fachtierärztin für Pferde, FEI-Treating Vet
