In February, 2020, Coral Brighton & Hove Stadium inaugurated a coveted ‘Hall of Fame’ to celebrate outstanding human or canine achievement at the ‘showplace of greyhound racing’ and the long-serving Veterinary Surgeon, Sue St Pierre, was an inductee in August, 2025.

Sue St Pierre, born in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London, in 1947, matriculated at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1971 and subsequently tended to many various creatures great and small for more than half-a-century until her retirement in 2025.

She was a practitioner at various veterinary surgeries in and around the Greater London region before she married and relocated to Brighton in the early-1980s, where Sue St Pierre discovered her passion for greyhounds – she served as the resident vet at Hove’s Albourne kennels for a decade.

Also in the 1980s, Sue St Pierre presided over her own practice in Burgess Hill and twenty years later she successfully made a smooth transition to an appointment as the leading vet at Coral Brighton & Hove Stadium.

In 2002 showground vet Sue St Pierre was presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth II at the ‘South of England Show’ – the show was founded in 1967 by the South of England Agricultural Society and attracts up to approximately 80,000 visitors each year.

Sue St Pierre with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

The following year Sue St Pierre received considerable acclaim following her development of a new horse ambulance that enabled injured or sick horses to be evacuated swiftly from the scene and with as little discomfort as possible – she covered about 40 events per annum and gained sponsorship from Natural Animal Feeds to defray the expenses.

Sue St Pierre was also an official vet for the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, which was responsible for all competitive equine stars at a multitude of international events, including Hickstead, Royal Windsor, Olympia, the European Championships and the 2012 London Olympics.

Sue St Pierre had an enormous passion for Show Jumping and her favourite horse was Milton, who won over £1.25 million in prize money, a silver medal in the 1990 Individual World Championships and three gold medals in the European Championships before his retirement at the 1994 Olympia Horse Show.

Her favourite equestrian rider was John Whittaker (born 1955), who won the Hickstead Derby on four occasions – Monsanta (1991, 1992 & 1993) and Gammon (1998) - and achieved huge success at World and European Championships across four decades.

The retirement of Sue St Pierre in 2025 was perceived as the conclusion of a glorious era – she is heralded by her peers as a veterinary surgeon of outstanding ability with infinite patience and understanding of animals, especially greyhounds and horses.