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Actually they often do improve, they get worse if a horse is underweight or been suffering from a virus but certainly can improve, I was given this information today by email from Lesley young the equine cardiologist :)

A very high percentage of thoroughbreds have heart murmurs and often continue to compete, there's no medication that can be given for it, I can feel his murmur it's like a mobile phone vibrating

Thank you, I emailed Lesley young last night and she has already got back to me! Feel a bit more positive about his prognosis and going to arrange an echocardiogram :)

Thank you hun, will have a look at contacting her, just worried specialists will dismiss him as not being worth it as he's not a high value competition horse but he's our baby

I have recently taken on a 17 month old tb x Welsh sec c with a grade 2 heart murmur, he was a state when I got him and had previously been pretty much been starved. I had the vet out to do a blood test query kidney problems (came back clear luckily) but the vet has advised that his heart murmur...

Hi, I've recently taken on a 17 month old tb x welsh c who was in an awful state, seriously malnourished but his ribs are slowly going! Found out on Wednesday when the vet came out to do a blood test query kidney problem he has a grade 5 heart murmur, I'm devastated and feel like wrapping him...