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Re: [RC] Sidebone - heidiWhat I would like to know is if any of you have horses that have had legs x-rayed and sidebone revealed? The texts I have read all say that sidebone doesn't normally cause lameness, but my experience has been 50% lameness. I would appreciate responses with the following info from anyone who has ever had front leg x-rays of their horses: Was there evidence of sidebone? How old was the horse? Was the horse lame? How was the horse used? Arena only? Trail only? Gymkhana? Endurance? NATRC? My foundation stallion Surrabu had sidebones. He was ridden hard at a very young age, which I suspect is what caused them. He was one of the soundest horses I ever rode, and I used him for everything. I got him at age 5 (he already had the beginnings of them), and we bashed around in the central Idaho mountains chasing cows in places that I now shudder to think about when I go back and ride them as an adult endurance rider. He did his first CTR with his previous owner at age 5 right before I got him, and I continued doing CTR with him for a few years, and threw in our first endurance ride (the Virginia City 100) when he was 7. Started endurance riding him in earnest at age 9, and he was in the PNER Top 25 six or seven different years. He was only lame twice in his life--once from a bruise that abcessed, and once because he fractured a sesamoid at age 16. He came back 14 months after the fracture to do a 50, and the following year Top Tenned five 50s and won one of them. He did his last endurance ride at age 20. In addition to endurance, I used him to pony horses at Les Bois racetrack in Boise, I did gymkhana events on him in high school, I showed him at local open shows, I pulled skiers with him in the winters, I volunteered to ride turnback for the local cutting club at their practices, and I continued to do ranch work on him. His sidebones were quite evident on x-rays, and could be palpated easily. They were, however, not "tipped in" and were quite uniform, both sides on both feet. And they were not huge. He did have nice, large, well-constructed feet and very good legs. He could have had a better shoulder angle, which may have contributed by causing more concussion. But I think the main problem was too much hard use at too young an age. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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