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I am just looking for a little bit of advice. Please
e-mail me directly.
I have an 11 year old gelding that I have been
endurancing with since he was 6. This is his first
year at doing 50 milers prior to this it has been 25
and 35 LD. This year seems to
have been a rough year for him as he was pulled from
two rides in our area for a similar problem. He does
50 mile rides. I should also let you know our ride
season here is a short one, starts in June and ends on
the last weekend in August. There are 5 rides in the
area. So far he has completed two of the 5 with one
left to go, maybe, fingers crossed.
Well here goes the problem is:
He has a splint on his cannon. The splint is just
slightly behind the cannon. I have had the leg
ultrasounded and x-rayed to ensure that the splint is
not interfering with tendons and ligaments. And it is not.
Anyway my question goes like this.
At our last ride this weekend, he stumbled and fell
down. He left me behind and trotted into the vet check
-- sound. When I got to the vet, and he went through
the check with A's. So off we went on to do the next
loop. He was fine through 3/4's of the loop. The
trail was rough, and a few boggy spots. He was moving
just fine. Got out to the road and still fine.
Trotted down the hill and lame. Stopped checked to see
if he picked up a stone or something, all was clean.
Let him eat and drink, walked him a ways then tried a
slow
jog/trot and still lame. I pulled him at that point
and we walked back to the vet check.
I put my horse away, the time is 12:30 pm. He is left
on a long line to eat and drink as he pleases so that
he is not left standing by the horse trailer. I
applied Blue Ice to his legs and by 5:30
pm his leg was swollen. The ride vet comes by to check
on him and she says that that was classic tendon
swelling and
she thinks that the splint is not stable and this is
what is causing all the grief. She told me months off
to heal. So I get him home ( 35 min trailer ride). I
give him his night feeding, apply more Blue Ice and by
the next morning the swelling is fine. With any other
horse that I have ever seen with tendon troubles the
swelling generally lasts a lot longer than one
evening. Right now he is off, I am hosing his leg with
cold water, applying Blue Ice and wrapping his leg.
Could anyone out there give me any advice on this,
could it be a tendon, could it be a sprain/strain is
endurancing a horse for 5 years too long??
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Cathy & Sundown Moses (please don't retire me mom, I'm
having fun!)
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