Nashwa and Hollie Doyle winning the Nassau Stakes 2022
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Inspiral
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Mostahdaf winning the 2023 Juddmonte International
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Mishriff
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Nashwa and Ben De Paiva at York.
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Palace Pier winning the Lockinge in 2021 with Lady Bowthorpe a gallant second.
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Enable, Kempton Park Racecourse, September 2020
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Nathaniel, sire of the dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable, and Lady Bowthorpe.
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Lady Bowthorpe winning the Nassau Stakes 2021
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North Light wins the Epsom Derby 2004
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Starcraft
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Mishriff
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Enable wins the Breeders’ Cup Turf 2018 in Kentucky
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Nathaniel, sire of the dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable, and Lady Bowthorpe.
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Thunder Snow, two-time winner of the Dubai World Cup, 2018 and 2019
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Cockney Rebel wins the 2000 Guineas at The Curragh in 2007
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Enable wins the Investec Oaks 2017, the first of 11 Group 1s.
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Kate with Cracksman, joint World’s Best Racehorse 2018
Cracksman wins the Investec Coronation Cup 2018
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Enable has a rub down on returning from the Arc in October 2020
Veterinary physiotherapy service for racehorses ONLY
Australian born, Kate Hesse graduated from La Trobe University (Melbourne) in 1995 with a four-year Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPhysio). Her early training in equine physiotherapy was predominantly with the Academy of Equine Sport Therapy in Germany. Moving to the UK in 2002, Kate qualified as a Category ‘A’ Member of ACPAT, the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy. In 2009 she attained a distinction in the Master of Science (MSc) degree in Veterinary Physiotherapy from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
Kate treats horses at a number of racing yards in Newmarket. As an expert in the field, she spent 20 years working in association with Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons, and a decade providing clinical education for the Royal Veterinary College and thereafter the University of Liverpool on their MSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy programmes. Today she continues to occasionally present at professional conferences in the UK and abroad.
Occasionally Katharine (Kate) Stephens BSc (Hons) MSc MCSP ACPAT(A) provides cover for Kate through Complete Performance Physiotherapy.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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Some noteworthy Group One winning champions with whom Kate Hesse has worked include:
- Three-time winner of the Dubai Turf (2021, 2022 & 2023) Lord North, also a Royal Ascot winner (Prince of Wales’s Stakes 2020).
- U.S. Champion Female Turf Horse 2023 and Cartier Champion Two-year old Filly, Inspiral. Winner of multiple Group 1s as a 2, 3 and 4-year-old (Fillies’ Mile 2021, Coronation Stakes 2022, Prix Jacques Le Marois 2022 & 2023, Sun Chariot Stakes 2023, Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf 2023).
- Graceful racemare and Classic-winning global success, Nashwa (Prix de Diane 2022, Nassau Stakes 2022, Falmouth Stakes 2023).
- Outstanding dual Group 1 winner, Mostahdaf (Prince of Wales’s Stakes 2023, Juddmonte International 2023)
- Globetrotting Mishriff, World’s Best Turf Horse 2021, with prize earnings close to £12 million. His glittering CV includes the Saudi Cup (2021), Dubai Sheema Classic (2021), Juddmonte International (2021), and French Derby (2020).
- Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt 2020 and Champion Older Horse 2021, Palace Pier, retired as World Champion miler with 5 Group 1s to his name. Rated the best racehorse in the world after his Lockinge and Queen Anne wins in 2021, he also won the St James’s Palace Stakes 2020.
Kate Hesse with Nashwa- The people’s favourite, Lady Bowthorpe, brought the house down at Glorious Goodwood when winning the Nassau Stakes. The Racehorse Owners Association rightly crowned her Top Filly or Mare 2021.
- The phenomenal, multiple award winning Queen of the Turf, Enable, winner of 11 Group 1s across two continents and four countries including two Prix de l’Arc Triomphes (2017 & 2018), three King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2017, 2019 & 2020), and the Breeders’ Cup Turf (2018).
- Thunder Snow, the only two-time winner of the Dubai World Cup (2018 and 2019); with career earnings in excess of £12.5 million.
- Joint World’s Best Racehorse 2018, Cracksman (Champion Stakes 2017 and 2018, Coronation Cup 2018)
- World’s Best Three-year-old 2018 and Cartier Horse of the Year 2018, Roaring Lion (Coral-Eclipse 2018, Irish Champion Stakes 2018, Juddmonte International 2018, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes 2018)
- Persuasive (Queen Elizabeth II Stakes 2017)
- Rizeena (Moyglare Stud Stakes 2013, Coronation Stakes 2014)
- Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly, Taghrooda (Epsom Oaks 2014, King George 2014)
- Cartier Horse of the Year, Kingman (Irish 2000 Guineas 2014, St James’s Palace Stakes 2014, Sussex Stakes 2014, Prix Jacques le Marois 2014)
Nathaniel, sire of dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable (King George 2011, Coral-Eclipse 2012)
Thunder Snow, two-time winner of the Dubai World Cup,
2018 and 2019.
Courtesy of Erika Rasmussen- US$5 million Dubai Sheema Classic winner 2010, Dar Re Mi (Pretty Polly Stakes 2009, Yorkshire Oaks 2009)
- Aussie sensation, Starcraft (5 Group 1s across both hemispheres including the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes 2005)
- Winner in a then record time of the 2005 Japan Cup, Alkaased (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud 2005)
- Epsom Derby winner 2004, North Light
Another major highlight in Kate’s career was her appointment as the official physiotherapist for Veterinary Services at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Further information on Kate HesseN.B. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE UNABLE TO TAKE ON ANY WORK EXPERIENCE STUDENTS
For information on qualifying as a veterinary physiotherapist in the UK, please visit Careers and Development at ACPAT.