Welcome to Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center
More than 3,500 horses - from beloved family pets to show horses, to Olympic team athletes, to thoroughbred racehorses - pass through the gates of Alamo Pintado each year, to be placed back on the path to health and peak performance.

On the path to health for 37 years

Established in 1972, Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center is one of the foremost equine clinics in the world. It combines state-of-the-art equine hospital facilities and programs such as rehabilitation, teaching and research with an outstanding field practice that cares for many of the horses in the Santa Ynez Valley. Our staff has played a pioneering role in the advancement of veterinary medicine, striving to develop and refine many of today’s equine treatment procedures and techniques. Our goal remains to provide the best and most advanced in equine medical technology, diagnosis, treatment and care to our patients and to further the depth of veterinary knowledge through research.

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Latest News & Research

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Regenerative Medicine Conference

Alamo Pintado to host the first annual Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Conference in March, 2010.

Meet Alamo Pintado

Learn more about Alamo Pintado’s history, people, innovations and core values.

Nuclear Scintigraphy (Bone Scan)

Dr. Mark Rick talks about the history of bone scans, how they work, and when they’re used to diagnose stress fractures, inflammation, arthritis and a myriad of other conditions that cause pain and lameness.