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Karen Ellis wrote:

>  corner. She ducks and dekes at most everything when she is the lead 
> horse or on her own - from a distance - once we get close up and she 
> can see it, she is fine.  Behind another horse - she couldn't care less.
>
> I've thought about asking my vet to check her eyesight but is there a 
> test for far sightedness and if so, what could he do about it?
>
> Karen
Sounds more like an issue with self confidence or confidence in the 
rider than something physical.  Most vet schools have an ophthalmologist 
on staff. You might try there. I did read in a book on equine genetics a 
passage on "spookness" and if it were an inherted trait. The comments in 
this reference is there is not direct proof that spookness it is 
inherted, but spookness seems to be correlated with how wide apart the 
eyes are set. The farther apart the eyes the more spooky a horse seems 
to be.

Truman

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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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