About The Equine Center

Meeting all your equine needs

Located on the beautiful Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo, The Equine Center has been helping the horse community since 1985. We are the only clinic in the county that offers 24/7 emergency services, hospitalization, and intensive care. Whether it be your trusty trail horse or an Olympic athlete, The Equine Center prides itself in assisting every patient and client that come through our doors.

We treat your horses like the valued family members they are.

Our Values

Helping horses live a longer, happier, and healthier life is our primary focus.

At The Equine Center we can assist you and your horse in many areas. Our hospital and staff are prepared and equipped to service any equine medical need.

Whether it be emergency, diagnostics, neonatal, preventative, rehabilitative or reproductive care, we are available to meet your horse’s needs.   Our facility includes a full surgical suite, recovery room, intensive care stalls, breeding shed with a reproduction lab, nuclear scintigraphy suite, and a high speed treadmill. 

Vasil Yordanov DVM

Veterinarian

James K Waldsmith DVM

Practice Owner

Christopher Panarites PhD

Practice Manager