Tasracing offers $20k incentive as vet shortage worsens, threatening Longford Equine Clinic

Chris Cornes is retiring from veterinary practice after 40 years. (Supplied: Longford Equine Clinic)

An extra annual payment will be offered to attract more equine vets to Tasmania to address a critical shortage, but there are doubts about how effective it will be.

Tasracing has offered a $20,000 incentive above the pay offered by the employer in the first year of the deal for equine vets who relocate to the state.