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I have a friend that this happened to about 7 years ago.  She still has the horse, he must remain shod (all this is according to her, they consulted the university in Oregon, Dr. Eleanor Kellon DVM and have a really great shoer, so I'm only relaying the info. I know about.)  The horse is not completely sound, he's a large QH, he trail rides and could do arena work, but for anything longer than about 10 miles I think he gets a little sore or off.  He's a great babysitter for the kids, so he's generally in charge of the younger ones.  She has a testimonial on the Rapid Response website. 

 

heidi

 

"Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M." <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, a navicular fracture isn?t that uncommon.  It usually happens when the foot somehow gets caught in a fence or cattle guard or something like that, fights the entrapment and bingo, fractured navicular.  The horse?s future depends a lot on whether the fracture also displaced, or remained more or less in its original position.  A non-displaced fracture is more likely to heal fairly well, while the more displaced the fracture is, the more likely it is that the fracture will heal with a fibrous union only---think of trying to put a broken plate back together again with scotch tape instead of cement and you get the idea.

 

Yes, they can come back and be sound enough for work at some level.  Would I ever consider one for endurance, CTR, jumping or any of the sports where a trot might be involved and the horse might break into a sweat?  Not in a million years, even more so in a horse that apparently needed to be nerved at the time---if that fracture decided to come loose from its moorings again, the horse wouldn?t know it until the entire foot had come undone.  No way, no how.

 

JMO.

 

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

 

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sabrina
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 12:03 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Navicular

 

I have a friend who wants to look at a horse who, 8 years ago, broke his navicular bone in one of his front feet. The owner had him nerved in that foot only, and pulled his shoes. Now, my question to you all is, has anyone ever dealt with this kind of injury? I have never heard of such a thing as a broken navicular bone. Apparently, this horse has no lameness issues, but was used on the trail and hasnt been ridden in 2 years. I personally like barefoot, and am glad to hear that he is so, but tell me all you know about everything navicular. Can this horse really be ridden and sound? Give it to me people....

thanks

Sabrina

 

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