Re: RC: Sidebones....

[MtnRondi@aol.com]

I had a mare that was diagnosed with side bone. The vet said it was one of 
the worst cases he had seen. I gave her away to a friend who wanted to breed 
her. After two foals, she came back to me and was sound. However, she could 
not do circles in the arena and she did not stay sound on the trail. She was 
fine for a young girl to use as a light pleasure horse, but that was about 
it.

My vet seemed to think that maybe she would have been OK if she had been 
trimmed properly before I got her. I guess her feet weren't balanced (high on 
the outside or something like that) and the shoer I had then didn't improve 
on it very much.

Bonnie
So. Calif.