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Equine vet Toowoomba & the Darling Downs
Dr Christian Bowden-Betts is based in Toowoomba and works across the Darling Downs every week. Performance-horse care — lameness, dentistry, vaccinations and sick-horse visits — delivered to your stable, paddock or track.
Mobile vet · Monday to Friday, business hours · Dr Christian Bowden-Betts BVSc
Darling Downs
Horse country, with the vet to match
Toowoomba and the Downs carry one of the densest horse populations in Queensland: thoroughbred stables around Clifford Park, harness and campdraft horses, eventing, dressage and show jumping, pony club and plenty of pleasure horses on acreage from Highfields to Cambooya.
Being based here means routine work — vaccinations, dentals, soundness checks — can be slotted in around your week rather than waiting for a run through the area. Most Toowoomba and near-Downs visits are available within the week, and sick horses are seen the same day wherever possible.
Local conditions matter. The black-soil plains turn to deep mud in a wet season and set like concrete in a dry one, which drives hoof abscesses and thrush one month and bruising and concussion the next. Flying foxes roost through the city and along the range, so Hendra vaccination is strongly recommended for every horse in the district.
Areas we visit
Towns and districts
- Toowoomba
- Highfields
- Cabarlah
- Crows Nest
- Hampton
- Meringandan
- Gowrie Junction
- Westbrook
- Wyreema
- Cambooya
- Greenmount
- Nobby
- Clifton
- Pittsworth
- Southbrook
- Oakey
- Jondaryan
- Kingsthorpe
- Withcott
- Hodgson Vale
- Preston
Not on the list? Call — Christian can often fit in properties on the way. Also see Equine vet Lockyer Valley.
Services
Everything a working horse needs, on site.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you charge a call-out fee in Toowoomba?
A visit fee applies based on distance from Christian's base in Toowoomba. Properties close to town pay the least, and several horses at one property share a single visit fee. Call for a quote for your address.
How quickly can you see a sick horse in Toowoomba?
Sick and injured horses take priority and are seen the same day wherever possible during business hours. For emergencies after hours, contact your nearest equine hospital.
Which parts of the Darling Downs do you cover?
Toowoomba and the surrounding range towns, plus the Downs out to Oakey, Pittsworth, Clifton and Crows Nest. If you're further out — Dalby, Warwick, Millmerran — call; Christian can often group properties on the one run.
Do you service racing stables?
Yes. Christian has worked as a race-day vet in the thoroughbred and harness industries and provides routine and performance work for stables in the Toowoomba region.
Need a horse vet in Toowoomba?
Call with your address and what's going on, and Christian will tell you when he can be there.
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