Chris Proudman

Professor of Clinical Veterinary Science at University of Surrey. Advocate of higher education, partnership working and equine intestinal microbiota.

[Chris Proudman @cproudman]

Gut bacterial diversity at one month of age predicts future health and performance. Great coverage by the BBC:
https://t.co/8Z3a5DWKqo

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

💬“We recognise the potential this technology offers”

A new BHA pilot will see horses wearing heart monitors while racing - part of ongoing work to improve safety & reduce risk.

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/Yt7MoAnd5n

[Aintree Racecourse @AintreeRaces]

Neptune Collonges, John Hales’ Grand National winner, pictured at his funeral.

An ever-present bond between horse and owner ❤️

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

@BRSNewmarket @Tattersalls1766 @NatStudStallion The BHA will continue to work with APPG Co-Chairs @DanCardenMP and @NJ_Timothy and the wider group to raise awareness of British Racing’s issues in Parliament and with the Government 🤝

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

👋 Yesterday, the BHA organised a trip to Newmarket for the Racing and Bloodstock APPG.

A thread 🧵

[Aintree Racecourse @AintreeRaces]

Love to see it 🙌

The Jockey Club Catering team at Aintree have donated food & drink from today’s abandoned fixture to Aintree Community Fire Station…

They will be distributing it to those who need it most in the area 👏

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

British racing, in partnership with @RoyalVetCollege, is now using data spanning 14 years to identify and help reduce risk in the sport, using the Racing Risk Model (RRM).

@welfareboard | @racinggrants

Click below for full details ⤵️

[Christa Lesté-Lasserre @christalestelas]

"If you're a racehorse owner, you must make sure that that horse has a great life racing, and a great life in retirement. And if you're not prepared to do it, you shouldn't enter the field at all." --Nigel Payne, the Sir Peter O'Sullevan Charitable Trust #GoodLife4Horses

[Chris Proudman @cproudman]

@emmyloutaylor @DannyVet Stunning photos Emma in a stunning venue. I hope you had a very memorable evening with @DannyVet

[Caroline Nokes @carolinenokes]

Congratulations to local trainer @ralphbeckett and Starlust for their victory in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint last week. It is fantastic to see a British trained horse underlining the world leading status of racing in this country @BHAHorseracing.’

[Samantha Martin @sam_angelina22]

Not replying to comments re. Jan Bruegel anymore. I have an essay to finish that is more important than Twitter users’ accusations. Horses are my priority. If you can use the best technology to diagnose potential issues, that’s not oversensitive, that’s potentially lifesaving.

[Sustainable Surrey @UoSSustain]

Looking for a reason to get involved with Green Impact? @UniOfSurrey staff who got involved last year said it didn't just help them take sustainable action, but it also brought their teams together!

Email [email protected] to find out more about this scheme!

#sdg13

[Chris Proudman @cproudman]

Further innovation from @TheJockeyClub to reduce the risk of injury during jump racing. Good to see evidence-based interventions:
Padded hurdles are coming to Cheltenham & Aintree https://t.co/1AGBSKfWuq via @YouTube

[SRUC @SRUC]

Scotland's first new vet school in 150+ years is already making an impact! Over half of the first cohort at SRUC's Vet School in Aberdeen are from rural/remote areas. Meet Abbi Harcus, an HND graduate ready to tackle Scotland's rural vet shortage. More 👉 https://t.co/URGxouHCe5

[Robert Peston @Peston]

It is testament to the UK’s world-class education system that four of this year’s Nobel prize winners (so far) were born and educated in the UK. They are Johnson and Robinson for economics, Hinton for physics and Hassabis for Chemistry. This is cause for pride and celebration. But it is also profoundly depressing that to fulfil their extraordinary potential, all four felt obliged either to move to North American universities (Johnson, Robinson and Hinton) or take US megabucks (from Google - Hassabis, and to a lesser extent Hinton). In other words their success shows both the success and the weakness of the UK. We create the so-called human capital, but the fruits of these outstanding brains are routinely reaped by other countries and economies, usually the US. Any British government should surely focus on what needs to change to retain great British talent, and the commercial revenues their ideas spawn, at home

[Zöe Franklin MP @ZoeFranklinLD]

Today is #AdaLovelaceDay an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Of course, Ada Lovelace lived for many years at Horsley Towers, West Horsley just outside #Guildford. She was a mathematician and is recognised as the world’s first computer scientist.

[Christopher Stewart @CJStewart7]

An important translation of this work involves "restoring" the milk microbiota in donor human milk, which our results suggest is unlikely to reduce NEC, and emphasis should instead focus on increasing fresh maternal human milk intake and researching different therapies for NEC

[Jim Boyle Racing @jimboyle17]

Downs House is looking amazing @GBakerRacing, and we’re looking forward to having you guys joining the training ranks @EpsomRacecourse. You’re going to enjoy having this as your new office when you move in - no finer place than @Epsomgallops in the early morning, as shown today…

[Martine Carter @mcarter79]

Rising star! Well done team Surrey!! https://t.co/ho5f46Ziiv

[The Dalbo Dog @Dalbodog]

This dog's name was Gunner. My uncle brought him back from WW2. He was raised and slept under my uncle's anti- aircraft gun. The gun crew shared their
rations to feed him. By the time he was 18 months old, my uncle said he would stand up and look at the sky. If he laid back down they knew all was ok. If he growled
and put his hackles up they got at the ready. He knew the sound of the German aircraft and my uncle said he
never got it wrong. He said Gunner was better than any early warning system. I'm probably the only one left in the family that knows that story now, so I thought I'd tell it before it's lost forever, like many stories must be from that time. Thanks for reading it.
Credit - Smoky War Dog LLC

[Chris Proudman @cproudman]

Love this show; it delves into the mystery of music!

[Jerome Weatherald @leadbelly61]

Some reet tricky rapidfire notes from #DomenicoScarlatti tonight. But nothing is too much for pianist @DinaraKlinton, as you'll hear on today's #AddToPlaylist! Check it out, with @nickythespence, @AnnaPhoebe & @jeffreykboakye, 1915 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds 🎹🎶🎵