About Bartek Equine

To serve the Equine community with hoof care-centric preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic solutions that improve the overall health, usability (availability) and performance of the horse.

Bart Halsberghe is a double board-certified equine specialist (Dipl. ECVSMR, Equine; Dipl. ABVP, Equine Practice) with a focus on Equine Integrated Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (Cert. ISELP, cVMA, cVSMT, CERT) of which Podiatry is one of the cornerstones. Bart has over 20 years in-depth international experience covering all major equine disciplines and is founder of Global Equine Veterinary Consulting Ltd. providing world-wide veterinary related services.

Bart lives in Aalter, Belgium but spends about one third of his time in the US.

Eric has held a lifelong interest and passion for the care of all animals, with a special fondness for horses and dogs.  After a business career in the heavy horsepower world of construction, mining and marine equipment, since 2019 he has focused on equine hoof care as part of a holistic approach to better horse health.

Applying his bio-mechanical engineering background together with his industrial metal fabricating knowledge, he has been a proud member of the Bartek Equine team and key contributor to the development of the split-shoe approach to hoof care and the Twin Shoe product line.

Eric enjoys the four-season lifestyle that southern Wisconsin provides.  When not working with horse owners, farriers, vets, and trainers he enjoys an active outdoor lifestyle with his family, friends, and chocolate lab “Moose” (a 110 lb. lap dog).

Eric lives in Burlington, Wisconsin, US.

Bart  is a retired senior management executive with extensive international and broad cross functional experience. Bart focuses on the activities of Bartek Equine in Latin America, Oceania, Middle East and Africa.

​Bart lives in Bruges, Belgium but spends about half of his time traveling globally.