Re: [RC] [RC] Inflammed Coffin Joint - DIANE L KNAPPER
Pat,
I guess I should've clarified that. For me, competiting is a 25 mile
competitive distance. He has never been or never will be a 50 miler, nor
will I...I like 25 miles.
I don't want to do anything that will premantely injure him. I know that is
an inherent risk in this sport and I accept that. This guy will never be
for sale and if he can't continue to compete, he will be a trail horse
and/or team sorting/penning horse as long as he is able to do it. My
primary goal for this upcoming season is to have him conditioned enough to
lead novice rides and to stay sound. He offers a lot to the novice rides,
nothing bothers him on the trail, he is mister steady eddy and is great at
calming young nervous horses and riders.
I however, want to do that competitive distance ride again! Especially on
this guy, he is a joy to go down the trail with.
I'm wondering is this is a one time abberation or if I'm going to have to
worry about the inflammed coffin joint for the rest of his life. I've
talked to everyone in our local club and no one has come up against this. I
was hoping by going nationwide with my problem, someone may have had the
same problem.
From: "superpat" <superpat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "DIANE L KNAPPER" <knaptime@xxxxxxx>, "Ridecamp"
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC] Inflammed Coffin Joint
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 19:44:37 -0800
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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