Emerson and Watson Ltd

Emerson and Watson Ltd is an equine-only veterinary practice in Bracknell offering a fully mobile service, with vets attending horses at their usual yards using mobile diagnostic and treatment equipment. The practice states that it provides a 24-hour service, 365 days a year, and highlights investigative work for lameness, poor performance and medical problems, alongside dentistry, pre-purchase examinations and international exports. Recent feedback is largely very positive, with owners often praising thorough investigations, clear communication and follow-up.

Services

• •Mobile equine veterinary care: The practice operates as a fully mobile equine service, attending horses at their home yards rather than from a fixed clinic setting.
• •Investigative work: Website information highlights lameness investigations, poor performance investigations and broader medical investigations. Reviews give practical examples of vets looking into injuries and symptoms that were difficult to detect, and offering advice on lameness and colic-type concerns.
• •Dental care and routine equine support: Dentistry remains one of the listed core services, and reviews also describe ongoing support for larger yards and repeat horse owners.
• •Pre-purchase examinations: Pre-purchase vetting is listed by the practice, and one review specifically describes an old injury being picked up during a prospective purchase exam.
• •International exports: Export-related equine veterinary work is listed on the practice website.
• •Phone advice and follow-up: Reviews repeatedly mention owners being able to get help by phone, being kept updated, and receiving follow-up after treatment.
• •24-hour cover: The practice states that it offers a 24-hour service, 365 days a year.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

• •Ricki Watson (vet): Repeatedly mentioned by name in reviews, with owners praising his depth of investigation, realistic approach, treatment-plan discussions and follow-up support.
• •Charlotte (role not stated): Named positively in a review, with one owner saying she was lovely and that the horses loved her.
• •Mark (role not stated): Mentioned as part of the team and described as experienced, knowledgeable, practical and compassionate.
• •Maggie (role not stated): Named in one review that criticised her manner, while still praising the vets overall.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.8/5 from 21 reviews. Recent written feedback is mostly very positive, with one recurring negative note about a named staff member’s manner.

• •Owners often praise the vets as caring, compassionate and quick to respond, with follow-up after visits mentioned more than once.
• •Several reviews highlight thorough investigations, especially where horses had hard-to-spot injuries, illness or lameness problems.
• •Reviews also mention clear treatment options and sensible discussion of costs, with some owners saying they felt the focus stayed on what was best for the horse.
• •Communication is a consistent theme, including phone advice, updates and aftercare; one review, however, reports a negative experience with Maggie, describing her as rude and disrespectful.