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There are a number of different types of murmurs and different causes.  Without knowing the kind of murmur your mare has, it's not possible to predict her competitive future.  You should know more after getting a workup done on her by the equine cardiologist.  My retired endurance horse developed a murmur late in his career and it didn't affect him at all.  I can't remember what kind it was...it was a number of years ago.

 

Dawn Carrie, Texas

 

On 5/27/08, edna leigh libby <redponyfarm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was just told this morning that my 6 year old mare
Lucy has a heart murmur. It was defined as 1-2
resting, 2-3 after 4 minutes of trot / canter on the
lunge. I was told that is a good sign as it was
behaving as a physiological murmur rather than a
pathological one (?). She will go to Rochester Equine
Clinic in NH to see the cardiac specialist there in
the near future for testing to help define it more, so
I can know if she can continue training with CTR in
mind.

I am very anxious. I hope some of you have some
stories of horses doing fine with Murmurs!




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