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Dr Michael Robinson

Horse health / Care

Michael Robinson has a lifetime in the horse industry. Michael left school at 15yo to follow his dream to become a jockey. Weight prevented a career in the saddle but Michael continued to work as a stablehand / studgroom for the next six years whilst studying part time.

He was accepted into the veterinary science program at the University of Sydney in 1980 and later also obtained his PhD from the University of Sydney. Upon graduating, Michael worked at the world renowned sports/performance horse practice P.E. Sykes & Partners (now Randwick Equine Centre). During his time at the Randwick Equine Centre, Michael was responsible for the veterinary care of some of the best racehorses, standardbreds and eventing horses of that era. Michael was the first veterinarian to use ultrasound to diagnose tendon, ligament and joint problems in the Southern Hemisphere. He was also instrumental in introducing the first bone scanner (nuclear scintigraphy) unit in Australasia.

Michael has worked as an equine veterinarian in China, Dubai, Qatar and Spain and as an official treating veterinarian at the Asian Games. In China he was Head of the Veterinary Department at the Beijing Jockey Club and responsible for the health and welfare of over 3500 horses. He was also head regulatory veterinarian at the Jockey Club. In 2012, Michael left veterinary science to pursue a long time passion for training racehorses. Entering into a training partnership that achieved top 10 status in the highly competitive Sydney Trainers’ Premiership.

In 2016, Michael joined the Australian-based international equine pharmaceutical company Randlab as its Global Technical Director/Veterinarian. Randlab has facilitated gastroscopies on over 7500 horses and has assembled the largest collection of data on Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome that has been gathered. His current job allows Michael to travel extensively both within Australasia and around the world and meet horse experts of all disciplines

Visit Dr Michael Robinson at the following sessions

Training

Adam Sutton

Training

Adele Edwards

Training

Allysse Smith

Horse health / Care

Amanda Edwards

Training

Amanda Lewer

Training

Amie Power

Lifestyle

Ann-Maree Lourey

Horse health / Care

Anna Minogue

Training

Annette Willson

Horse health / Care

Antoinette Foster

Training

Bruce O’Dell

Horse health / Care

Camilla Whishaw

Horse health / Care

Carol Layton

Horse health / Care

Carole Herder

Training

Dan Steers

Horse health / Care

David Leigh

Horse health / Care

David Nash

Lifestyle

Despina Mitrakas

Training

Dr Angela McLeod

Horse health / Care

Dr Ian Bidstrup

Horse health / Care

Dr John Walker

Horse health / Care

Dr Lizzie McCready

Horse health / Care

Dr Melanie Quick

Horse health / Care

Dr Peter Huntington

Horse health / Care

Dr Raquel Butler

Training

Dr Shelley Appleton

Horse health / Care

Dr. Ben Sykes

Training

Emma Maxwell (UK)

Training

Georgia Kolovos

Training

Guy McLean

Training

Hannah Pikkat

Training

Hayley Hinton

Lifestyle

Helen Fletcher

Training

Jane Hemingway-Mohr

Horse health / Care

Jeremy Ford

Lifestyle

Jess Morrison

Horse health / Care

Jessica Blackwell

Training

Kathleen Kindler

Training

Ken Faulkner

Training

Kim Dyer

Training

Lara Poynton

Horse educator Larissa Bilston talks about nutrition

Horse health / Care

Larissa Bilston

Training

Lauren Woodbridge

Training

Linda Shore

Training

Mark Langley

Horse health / Care

Matt Rannstrom

Lifestyle

Melinda Macaulay

Training

Michelle O’Neill

Horse health / Care

Nathan Marshall

Lifestyle

Paul Davenport

Horse health / Care

Paula Jeffrey

Training

Peter Storr

Training

Phil Webb

Lifestyle

Racing Victoria

Horse health / Care

Rebecca Ham

Horse health / Care

Rhonda Petschel

Training

Sabine Schut-Kery

Training

Sandi Simons

Training

Scott Keach & James Paterson-Robinson

Training

Skye Liikanen

Training

Stacey Rusic

Training

Steph Lancefield

Horse health / Care

Sue Martin

Training

Tanja Mitton

Lifestyle

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia – Fast Track Program

Lifestyle

Todd Cunningham

Training

Tori Jeffress

Horse health / Care

Tracy Whiter

Training

Victoria Police Mounted Branch

Training

Warren Backhouse

Training

Warwick Schiller

Lifestyle

Yvette Frahn

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