Carolyn Henderson is a regular contributor to Horse and Hound, Horse and other national equestrian magazines. She is also the author of 27 books on all aspects of horse care and riding. She has owned, schooled and competed horses and ponies in showing, show jumping and dressage.
Karen Coumbe studied at Girton College, Cambridge and qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1984. She worked in mixed practice for five years and then moved to set up a solely equine practice in Kent with a colleague in1989, which has now expanded to become a 15 vet equine hospital. Her special interests are anaesthesia and pain management, as well as ophthalmology and ultrasonography. She is the veterinary correspondent for Horse & Hound and has also published and edited several books and articles both for the general public and vets.