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Marinera@xxxxxxx wrote:

> For people that tie to a trailer or use one of the Hi Tie systems, if 
> it is possible for your horse to roll, please be sure you have covered 
> up the wheel well some way.  I saw a horse roll while tied to a 
> trailer, get a rear foot caught up between the wheel and the fender. 
> It took four people to get his leg out and the damage was permanent.   
> Julie Suhr

I saw pretty much the same thing happen. Fortunately someone saw him 
when he did it and went over and kept the horse from trying to get up 
and send someone for a vet. They tranq'ed the horse, someone laid on his 
neck to keep him down while they jacked the trailer up and removed his 
leg. All turned out well but if an alert person had not have seen him 
and reacted, it would been a broken leg I suspect.

There are pitfalls in every confinement system. Any of them are only as 
safe as the horse's training to use it and the wisdom shown by the used 
in it's placement with respect to the traffic flow in the camp.

Truman

--

"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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