Re: bowed tendon

[Mia Nalias <arabs2go@yahoo.com>]

Tivers@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/15/98 9:48:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> zebella@northrim.net writes:
> 
> << Can a young <5 yr old>arab racehorse with a grade 2 bow come back
as an
>  endurance horse, or will the bow always be the "weak link"?
>  
>  TIA,
>  
>  
>  tracy >>
> 
> She'll come back and endurance work will be perfect therapy for
strengthening
> the tendon.
> 
> ti
> 


I've also known a couple of horses with bowed tendons that recovered
and continued their endurance careers.
Not sure, but I think the severity of the bow makes a difference.
Mia 
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