W. Ruel Cowles, II, DVM

Ruel Cowles has been raising thoroughbreds and assisting clients in raising horses since 1984. He graduated from Florida State University and then attended Auburn University Veterinary School. He initially started as a resident veterinarian for Spendthrift farm, before opening his own equine practice and thoroughbred nursery. Now he oversees Gunston Hall’s 300 acres as well as its veterinary activity. He with his family has a broodmare band of twenty mares and a small racing stable, which runs primarily on the east coast. (Source)