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[RC] Horses on IV's/risk? - rides2far

ODon't ever hesitate to use intravenous hydration to help  or 

save 
your horse. 


I have a question about risk with IV's. I have now run into 3 riders
whose horses have lost the use of one of their jugulars (yep, there's 2)
to scar tissue caused by an IV. Two of those horses went on to do more
100's with just one jugular, one was Desert Ballad who won the ROC, and
came in 4th in the North American on  one jugular. The third rider chose
to retire a talented horse because she was afraid of what would happen if
he lost the other. Is this that common? When I hear that in the UAE they
give fluids as a precautionary measure I just wonder were these three
unusual cases or should we consider that if a horse is borderline on
needing fluids we consider the risk involved?

Angie

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