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[RC] nosebleed in horse? - which . chickI'm a newbie, been conditioning my horse (9 yr. old arab mare) since the start of the summer for a 30-mile CTR in late September. Over time, our rides have changed from "mostly walk, some trot" to "mostly trot, some walk". I ride 3x a week (or four, if I can), 1.5 to 2 hours per outing. We're doing about thirty miles a week (minimum) and my horse seems happy (ears up, steps out, stays easily in a working trot, eats well, looks bright and healthy, keeping weight on). Yesterday, I rode her on a 7.6 mile training loop that we've done several times before. I increased the workout to include three 1-minute canters (NOT gallops. Slow canters.) along with the 6 or 7 minute trots and 2 or 3 minute walks that we've been doing. (I carry a stopwatch, so these are not estimates.) My goal for the canter parts was "steady and workmanlike" so they were only slightly faster than her medium trot (med. trot is 6.5 - 7 mph, depending on terrain). Untacking her after the ride, I noticed blood on her nose. It wasn't running or dripping -- there was less than that, maybe two teaspoons, and it'd stopped by the time I noticed it, but it was still wet. There was more blood on one nostril than the other but both had some. This was the first I've ever seen anything like that from her. She didn't seem too concerned, ate her feed, cleaned up every bit as usual. When I turned her loose in the field, she put her ears up and trotted happily off to the round bale like always. She seems okay this morning, too, but I'm worried. Google suggests "exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage" but I thought that was only for racehorses going like sixty. We weren't going that fast or that hard. Thoughts? Anything I can do about this? Barring any better ideas, I'll take her out again on Friday (today is a day off) and go a bit easier to see how she does. Maybe this is a one-shot deal, just a weak blood vessel or something. I'm trying hard not to panic, here, but this is very disturbing even if my horse doesn't seem too pressed about it. Jessica =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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