DeBolt’s love of animals was fostered by her parents her father is a small-animal veterinarian whom she grew up working with on their 40-acre farm. DeBolt’s knowledge is key to ensuring each horse arrives with all its paperwork, testing and other protocols in place.ĭr. With so many horses in the Commonwealth traveling overseas to race, compete and breed, Dr. DeBolt joined the LEMG team in 2019 as an import/export specialist. He is also part of the Breeders’ Cup Treating Veterinary Team.ĭr. He’s co-authored a paper published in the Journal of Veterinary Dentistry and has presented at the American Association of Equine Practitioners convention. Mason sits on the Kentucky Horse Council Board of Directors and is the chair of the Equine Health and Welfare Committee.
Mason is married with two daughters, Addison(12) and Ainsley (11), and one four-legged daughter, Molly (6), a German Shorthaired Pointer who can be found sleeping in the back seat of his truck most days.ĭr. He also has a classic 1970 Ford Bronco and enjoys motorsports.ĭr. Mason enjoys being outdoors he competes in ultra endurance events (running, biking, kayaking, Ride & Ties) and enjoys traveling, fly fishing, upland bird hunting and backpacking. He currently owns some Thoroughbred breeding stock (mare and foals) and he’s in the perpetual dream market for a polo horse, a foxhunter and a cow pony.
He has several family members who trained Thoroughbred racehorses, so he had exposure to the industry early on. Mason grew up riding cow horses and competed in youth team penning. “Because of the vast case load, I get to treat the uncommon cases commonly!” he explains.ĭr. Mason said that the plethora of horses here afford him the opportunity to call on and use his knowledge, experience and training in a variety of ways. When asked about his favorite thing about working in the Bluegrass, Dr. Mason provides care for everything from racehorses and polo ponies to eventers, gaited mountain horses – and everything in between. Mason is a founding partner of Lexington Equine Medical Group, where he has a special interest in perinatology, advanced reproduction (the management of breeding stallions and mares), internal medicine, preventative and herd health, and performance horse medicine and lameness. I have always been amazed at the bond between humans and animals, and cherished the thought of having an important role in bolstering that relationship,” he explains.ĭr. Mason received a BS in Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Pre-vet) in 2002 from West Virginia University before attending the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, where he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 2006. Becoming an equine veterinarian was a shared dream between Dr.
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