Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital announced today (Sept. 17) that, following a Sept. 16 real estate closing, the company had expanded its veterinary services to New York. Located in Saratoga Springs, the clinic—which will be known as Saratoga Equine: A Rood & Riddle Hospital—is Rood & Riddle’s first clinical venture outside Kentucky.

"We believe that this is the time to expand," Bill Rood, DVM, Rood & Riddle CEO, said in a release. "With the number of farms opening operations in New York, the strong numbers at the Saratoga sales, and the number of our clients training in Saratoga, the shareholders of Rood & Riddle feel that this is the time and the location to expand the veterinary services for which we are proud to be known in Kentucky.”

The clinic—previously known as Saratoga Equine Veterinary Services and owned by Bill Barnes, DVM—is located less than a mile from Saratoga Race Course and the Saratoga Springs Horse Show.

Last year Scott Ahlschwede, DVM, a Rood & Riddle ambulatory veterinarian, began providing ambulatory veterinary services to the operation’s New York clients