With a heavy heart I write my latest installment of the Lyric
chronicles. She has been so well behaved the last 2 years I have had
nothing but saddle fit issues to post about. Lyric is 14.1 hand, grey,
pure bred polish mare who is from the Bask/Profire lines. She is now 10
years old and has turned into a solid equine citizen. Lyric is my
daughter’s horse and they have literally grown up together as she came to
us when Dani was 10 and Lyric was 4. Lyric has taught us so much,
inspired us, irritated us, made us laugh and cry. When Jerry died she was
as upset as the rest of us. She went nuts in the morning if Dani did not
come to feed her in the morning that first awful week. She is a handful, but
worth every minute and more.
She has taught us about saddle fit, bit issues, hoof
trimming, EZ boots, endurance, CTR and gymkhana, the list goes on and on.
Now she is going to teach us about rhabdomyolysis (AKA tying up). She had
a major episode 2 nights ago. This morning she is back to her normal full
of it self. She needs a muscle biopsy to tell us what form of rhabdomyolysis
she has. My question to the list is this, can Lyric still do
endurance? Is anyone out there riding a horse with rhabdomyolysis that competes?
I am thinking her endurance days are over. Thank you in advance for your
insights.
