Larkspur Carroll, DVM

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Raised on a thoroughbred breeding farm in Fair Hill, Maryland, Lark frequented the training center and Delaware Park in various capacities throughout her childhood, eventually galloping horses pre-dawn before school. Her father, Del Carroll was a famous thoroughbred trainer and hall-of-fame polo player. Her mother a veterinarian, turned trainer after Del Carroll’s untimely death. Both the Dam and Sire sides of her pedigree are steeped in thoroughbreds, so it’s no wonder her zen is on the back of these revered athletes.  

 

Larkspur set her sights high, graduating Magna cum laude with a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland College Park, and then a veterinary degree from the Ohio State University, subsidizing her education and her passions simultaneously by exercising horses every single morning. This habit continued into her veterinary career, which started with an internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.

 

Unsurprisingly, Larkspur fell in love with Kentucky and the local thoroughbred industry.  She immediately felt a sense of belonging, circling back to her roots and Keeneland, where her father raced many successful meets. Now she is fully settled in the area, owning her own farm and veterinary practice. 

 

The veterinary practice embodies many of her passions: the equine athlete, sports medicine, alternative medicine, and physical therapy techniques. But at the beginning and end and sometimes in between, Lark can be found horseback one way or another.  There’s no greater connection than the nonverbal dance between a rider with a thousand-pound athlete, because “horses do speak, but only to those who listen.”

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Credentials

- Undergraduate: University of Maryland (College Park) - Biological Sciences and Zoology
- Veterinary School: The Ohio State
- Internship: Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital ambulatory in Lexington KY

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Other Accomplishments

- Mother of a fabulous teenage daughter