Deidre Huff, DVM

Despite her apparent youth, the new owner of Edisto Equine brings a wealth of experience with her. Dr. Deidre Huff has over 10 years as a private practitioner on the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred racetracks of Louisiana and Kentucky. She is proud to have served as an official state veterinarian for the Kentucky Derby and the Breeder’s Cup at historic Churchill Downs. She has also served on the circuit as both a competitor, official, and practitioner for western performance (pleasure, trail, speed events, and roping), dressage, jumping, and endurance throughout the southeast. She carries an international FEI ranking in the discipline of Endurance and has had the privilege to travel in the US and abroad as team veterinarian for USA Southeast Young Riders Endurance Team. She has completed externships at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala, as well as having worked at lameness specialists, House and Jackson Equine Hospital in Essex, England. Some of you may remember her when she worked for Dr. Malark here at Edisto Equine from 2009-2011, an experience which provided her the model to start her own mobile equine practice in Kentucky.

Dr. Dee Dee, as she prefers to be called, is an Auburn University graduate who began her veterinary career in 2003, but her lifelong love for horses began much earlier. She grew up in western Kentucky farm country and got her first horse at age 9 (even though she was riding way before that). She learned how to ride on Saddlebreds, and with her first horse began running barrels and poles, then went on to western pleasure, showmanship, halter, dressage, and jumping before finally ending up a competitor in the sport of endurance. She currently splits her time between Edisto Equine Clinic and her other practice, Winterwood Equine Services.

In what little spare time she has, her favorite thing to do is ride her horse Izzy down a trail she hasn’t yet explored. Since the Lowcountry is such a diverse place she is hoping you will tell her about your favorite riding trails. She also enjoys rock climbing, diving, traveling, skiing, hiking, dancing, spending time with her dog Munchkin and her family, or just reading a good book. (Source)

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