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Angie:
       With the caveat that I am probably not the most experienced person to
answer you, let me say that nothing that you told us about the horse should
x it for 25 mi.  A flex test stresses the tendons/ligaments around a joint
more than testing for arthritis.  Scar tissue tends to have nocioceptors
(pain) in it, however it is very amenable to physiotherapy.  A more telling
test to look for serious damage, i.e. arthritis, would be an x-ray.  Many
sound horses fail flex tests.  Many pass the flex test despite a few lame
steps.   It is totally amazing what horses will recover from,   if put on a
regimen of progressive loading.  Rather than seeing this animal as a reject,
I see him as potentially a more rewarding challenge for your friend.

Quentin


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