Recent content by SachaH

I am in New Zealand, our breeding season has just begun. :)

The vet has said there shouldn't be any issue as it is not severe and she is still young. They believe it is from bad management when she was a young horse (I brought her at 4 years old). Her exceptional bloodlines mean it would be a waste to simply stick her out as a 9 year old.

I have a 9 year old mare with osteoarthritis. I am about to get her in foal (it is not hereditary I am told) so her shoes were removed about a month ago (she has been correctively shod since the osteoarthritis was discovered). Around the same time I noticed a circle of grey hair appear on the...

Hi, I am just about to get my 9 year old mare in foal. She has been retired from a SJ career due to osteoarthritis in her hocks. I have been feeding glucosamine and MSM for the past two years but have recently stopped as I did not want to continue when she was in foal. She has now gone sore...