swelling on inside front leg?

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When you have swelling on the inside of the front leg, between the knee and
the fetlock, is this possibly tendon damage?

The horse is not lame, and I certainly have seen worse swelling(in another
horse I had), but it is uniform swelling about 1/4 of an inch in that whole
area.

We just did a 15 mile training ride in the mountains (probably the most load
I've put on this horse since his training began 6 weeks ago)...with alot of
climbing, and more cantering and trotting than he has done so far.

Is it fair to say without anyone seeing this horse, that I obviously
over-stressed him?

Also, I have never seen this before, but i am noticing *clips* of hair missing
from the front of his rear legs (cannon bones)...like he could be clipping
himself ??? And it's all up and down that area...not just in one spot. No
swelling, just hair missing, and no lameness.

This horse has medium to long pasterns upfront, but other than that is pretty
much conformationally correct, ( a 14.2 Arab).

Thanks for any help with this.

I have already obsorbed myself in Nancy Loving's book "Veterinary Manual For
The Performance Horse", and all other Endurance Books I have.

Kathleen

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