Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Inflammed Coffin Joint

I am not sure what you mean when you say "competing him". If he were my
horse, I would go out for a few slow 50's. If he handles the first one with
no problems, I would still try a couple of slow to moderate ones. Based on
what he tells you during these, you may then consider working up to
"compete".
Best of luck...
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "DIANE L KNAPPER" <knaptime@xxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: [RC] Inflammed Coffin Joint


> I'm curious if any of you have had this problem and how your horse
recovered
> from it.
>
> May/June of 2002, my 14 yr old, 1/2 arab came up sore at 2 out of 3 rides.
> The 3rd ride he was head bobbing lame on hard surfaces.  At that point I
> decided no more competition and just to give him some time off.  We did
some
> light trail riding throughout the rest of June and July.  He showed no
signs
> of being off during that time.  In the beginning of August, I went out to
> the pasture to get him and he was lame at the walk.  He was at the vet's
the
> next day and was grade 4-5 lame in the left front.  After doing the nerve
> blocks and x-rays it was determined that he had an inflammed coffin joint
> and no signs of navicular.  He was given legend and another shot, stall
rest
> for 48 hours and instructions to start riding light riding in a week.  All
> of that advice was followed and he recovered.  Based on several
> circumstances, the real light riding continued until Nov/Dec when I
started
> to use him for team sorting.  He has remained sound for this activity.
>
> I guess my real question is, has anyone went through this and brought
their
> horse back to competition level?  I'm a little leary of competiting him
> again next year, I certainly don't want to have to go through this again.
> Cause of the problem, never determined...he had no injuries.  Thanks for
> your input.
>
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