I raised a mare that developed a bone
spavin in her hock by the age of 5. She never did recover from it and
is still off at the trot at the age of 14. Many years ago, we had a QH
with spavin and corrective shoeing helped him for some time, though it got him
in the end.
Hi guys, just a question (I think I always start that way?!-sorry)
We are looking for a horse for my daughter for her pony club riding and
had one offered to us that sounds nice, with a nice temperment (most
important), but he supposidly has a bone spavin. I was told that it had
been "injected", and that it also had fused, and that the gelding was running
around healthy and seems to be very sound.
The horse is in Paso Robles, owned by a nice older woman whom I believe
was being honest. She is into more "driving" of horses as she doesn't
feel she should do the riding like she used to.
Anyway, I live in Auburn. So, before I drive down that far to look
at a horse I thought I'd ask you guys. Any vets out there want to
respond.
My daughters activities would be many. Trails, Dressage, Eventing,
Jumping. For those who know Pony Club ratings she rides as a C1
currently and is going for her C2 rating in September IF we can find her a
good horse. He goal is to become an "A" by the time she is 19 or 20
which is a lot of work to get there and a lot of riding.
Anyway, we want to becareful what we chose as we don't want to overburden
or over stress an animal, or cause problems of discomfort. We like to
condition them properly, but also take good care of them and try to prevent
problems.
Bottom line question, should we even look at this gelding? He is 7
years old, 15'3, bay, and seems to have no other problems. He is fine by
himself which is also important, and the lady says he likes to "free" jump in
the arena.
Any imput, thoughts would be helpful as we want to make the right
decision.
