Fools Motto
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Just got a horse to look after for 6 weeks. (via work). She is technically a yearling still. Quite 'in the rough' mind, doesn't appear to have been handled much although doesn't appear to be nervous/nasty/marish either.
I gave her her (first??) proper groom and came across something I have NEVER seen before. On the outside of BOTH forelimbs she has a lump. This lump, I can only describe as an elbow joint in the wrong place. It is in the middle of the outside, so not near the actual elbow and way above the knee. I can 'grab hold' of it so to speak, - a small fist size. It appears to feel like bone, and when I do touch it, get no reaction from the horse at all. I can guess it therefore doesn't hurt. Both sides are similar,although the nearside maybe a fraction bigger. When looking at it from behind, and the horse is walking, on the moments when the forelimb isn't hitting the ground, the lumps appear to stick out - like some sort of dislocated deformity.
The filly is walking very level, trots sound in the paddock and is quite happy to put in big bucks - applying all her weight on to the front legs.
This is totally new to me, and just by perhaps sheer volumes of people who go on HHO maybe someone can give me hints as to what this could be? The yearling is destined for the racetrack. Maybe she will grow out of it?? Thoughts and ideas please??!
((Would have taken photos, but didn't think they would come out well to show you what I mean.))
I gave her her (first??) proper groom and came across something I have NEVER seen before. On the outside of BOTH forelimbs she has a lump. This lump, I can only describe as an elbow joint in the wrong place. It is in the middle of the outside, so not near the actual elbow and way above the knee. I can 'grab hold' of it so to speak, - a small fist size. It appears to feel like bone, and when I do touch it, get no reaction from the horse at all. I can guess it therefore doesn't hurt. Both sides are similar,although the nearside maybe a fraction bigger. When looking at it from behind, and the horse is walking, on the moments when the forelimb isn't hitting the ground, the lumps appear to stick out - like some sort of dislocated deformity.
The filly is walking very level, trots sound in the paddock and is quite happy to put in big bucks - applying all her weight on to the front legs.
This is totally new to me, and just by perhaps sheer volumes of people who go on HHO maybe someone can give me hints as to what this could be? The yearling is destined for the racetrack. Maybe she will grow out of it?? Thoughts and ideas please??!
((Would have taken photos, but didn't think they would come out well to show you what I mean.))
