PRACTICES / Cape Town, ZA
Baker McVeigh Cape was established in 2002 with the intention of being a sister practice to Baker and McVeigh Summerveld. With the exponential growth of the practice and the demand for specialist equine care, the Baker and McVeigh team overhauled the old Cape Veterinary practice in 2006, transforming it into the fully equipped hospital we see today.
Dr. David Timpson is now at the helm of the busy and progressive practice, which was originally spearheaded by Dr. McVeigh, Dr. Clements and Dr. Cameron. In addition, he is assisted by a great team of equine veterinarians, who have a wealth of post-graduate qualifications and experience.
The superb premises provides a comprehensive ambulatory service, and a fully equipped and accredited equine hospital to racehorses, thoroughbred studs, sport horses, polo ponies and the leisure horse community in Cape Town and the surrounding areas.
Hospital Services
Our Cape Town hospital is fully equipped with dedicated surgical suites, state-of-the-art facilities and on-site surgeons who offer a comprehensive range of services.
This includes emergency colic, respiratory tract, orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery. We also provide our clients with assistance in equine reproduction procedures for stallions and mares. Furthermore, our veterinarians offer complete dental care with routine dental work, oroscopy and advanced dental extractions. In addition, we conduct poor performance investigations, gastroscopy, equine medical investigations, diagnosis and management.
Meet Our Veterinarians
Dr John McVeigh
Partner in Summerveld, Cape Town, Newmarket, Yorkshire, Lambourn, Chantilly and Johannesburg.
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Leading the Baker McVeigh group is the renowned John McVeigh, a prominent figure in international horse racing circles. For three and a half decades, John has played a significant role in the expansion and development of our Baker McVeigh practices, overseeing the business’s growth across six practices, over three continents.
John is based in Summerveld and continues to travel to our other practices, offering his assistance, expertise and knowledge.
Dr David Timpson
Partner in Cape Town
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David is a 1981 South African veterinary graduate from Onderstepoort, Pretoria. Following his graduation, David spent two years working as a state veterinarian in both Lebowe and Cape Town. Before joining Baker McVeigh, he worked as a general practitioner in The Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital in Newlands, in 1985.
He then joined the Baker McVeigh group in 2008, spending time in Summerveld and Newmarket before returning to enhance his equine expertise in the Cape Town practice. He is now the Clinical Director and Managing Partner at the Baker McVeigh Cape Town practice. In addition, David's equine interest lies in the performance work of both racehorses and sport horses.
Dr Antony Clements
Partner in Cape Town, Newmarket, Yorkshire, Lambourn and Chantilly
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Antony Clements joined the Baker McVeigh group in 2001, having previously worked in practices in Hampshire and the University of Glasgow. He has extensive experience and post-graduate qualifications in equine orthopeadics. After moving to Durban and helping to establish the Cape Town practice, Antony moved to the UK where he became the managing partner of the Newmarket practice. He now tends to the needs of our larger clients and offers consulting services across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Dr Garth Nieuwenhuis
Partner in Cape Town
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Garth qualified from the Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science in 2012. After doing an a equine locum in Summerveld he went on to the UK to complete an internship at the Donnington Grove Equine Clinic. At the beginning of 2015, Garth returned to South Africa and joined the Baker McVeigh Cape Town team. In 2017 he completed his certificate from the University of Liverpool in equine orthopaedic surgery. Having a keen interest in juvenile orthopaedics and lameness Garth services a number of top studs, sport horses and race yards across the Cape.
Dr Barbara Gillespie
Cape Town
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Barbara qualified from the University of Pretoria in Onderstepoort, in 2011. She first worked at a mixed animal practice in Potchefstroom, which included treating the South African Police horses. She then worked at the Cape Of Good Hope SPCA before joining Baker McVeigh in Cape Town, in 2012. She enjoys all aspects of equine practice and loves the relationships she is able to develop with her clients and patients. She feels passionate about her patients and their performance.
Dr Andre Hanekom
Cape Town
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Andre was born and educated in Namibia. He graduated from the University of Pretoria, in Onderstepoort, in 2013. He then completed a year’s internship at Onderstepoort Equine Department before coming to Cape Town and joining Baker McVeigh in 2015. His special equine interests are internal medicine, especially colic, as well as ophthalmology and neonatology.
Dr Alasdair Graham Cameron
Cape Town and partner in Bahrain
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Alasdair Cameron qualified from the University of Glasgow in 1998. He worked in Yorkshire, Cheshire and The Curragh in Ireland before moving out to South Africa in 2003. Following his time at Summerveld, he became one of the founding members of Baker McVeigh Cape Town.
With a varied sports horse, racing and stud clientele, Alasdair has gained a local reputation as one of the leading performance horse vets. With a keen interest in poor performance investigation, orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery he has been fortunate to travel extensively with his work.
Dr John Hodsdon
Lambourn, Cape Town and Newmarket
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John graduated from Onderstepoort in 2003. As a new graduate, he went to the UK where he practiced in Suffolk and Essex at two different equine practices. In 2011, he returned to Natal Midlands, one of the main thoroughbred breeding regions in South Africa. Here he continued working in the thoroughbred breeding industry. He currently migrates between the Northern and Southern hemispheres for the equine breeding seasons.
Contact Us
Contact No: +27(21) 552 3450
Turf Club Road, Off Koeberg Road, Milnerton, Cape 7400 (SA)