**Anyone elses tb stupidly, stupidly accident prone?!!!**

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I have the most accident prone horse ever i think :( has gone beyond a joke and just at a complete loss as to what to do now, all injuries are done in the field and he wears turnout boots, is turned out with a horse thats never kicked in his life until about 2 weeks ago when he put him in his place and sliced his knee open, he's so playful (mounts and chases) but when out by himself just runs round like an idiot.
so tempting to keep in 24/7!!!! but then hes a horse and would hate him in all the time but lost out on most of the season this year due to numerous injuries and hes so capable which is even more frustrating! :(
any miracle cures and does anyone else have the same problem or is it just my horse that hates me! :)
 
Reg rolled on a flint, gashing his side open. He then continued rolling on the flint- a year on he still has the pretty intense scar. He looks like he's been knifed!! The following week, he managed to cut the bulb of his heel in half on another flint. Not gonna lie, he must dig them up specially as we meticulously remove them several times a week!

I think they go through phases of being particularly spesh though...
 
Vet due out this evening to assess horses breathing issue and a physical work up regarding his jumping issues in case it's physical. Hacked horse out at 7am no problem.

Get to yard at 5pm and horse is lame, not happy weight bearing on off hind... horse has trodden on something and cut his sole so none of the above planned work ups for the vet can be undertaken but she does diagnose new injury *bangs head on stable wall*

Although my favourite has to be a week after I agreed to buy him, he trod ON HIS OWN HOOF cracking it from the coronet band down and nearly removing the rear quarter.

Wouldn't change him for the world though!
 
he isnt a tb but i complete idiot i have owned him for 9 years and he has never worked a full winter - one winter he was on box rest from end of october til may when we had to let him out as acp had stopped working :o and last winter we were right on track i thought we were gonna make it but then end of feb he barbed his leg on a stick which ripped his muscle up so he was off for that so this year rather then encouraging injury he will not be working through most of it :) so no your not alone the only thing left insured on him is his spine - i have my doubts on that too and it is being investigated soon :o hes only 10 :o
 
A friend of mine had an horrendously bad TB, often lame on all 4 legs with bad feet/bad tendons, KS, problem patellas, I think when she bought it she really got taken for a ride (not on the tb though, usually too lame :D)
He put me *right* off TBs for absolute years!

Ive got a very lovely TB mare now though, injury wise...she cut herself moderatley badly about 3 years ago. Thats it. Long may it continue ;)
 
My gelding TB always gets injured -I barely bat an eyelid now. He's got a huge lump on his front left cannon bone at the moment, but is lame on the right front leg after he couldn't be bothered to lift his leg up and tripped and fell on the concrete and fell on his knee. I used to call the vet every time something happened. Now the vet has given me masses of bute and anti biotics in readiness for the next injury.....vet only gets called now when it's stitches needed or potential bone injury!
 
Omg this has made me feel sooo much better! Thought I was doing something majorly wrong, although the others have been fine, just thought maybe this one didn't like me (: haa, thanks for all your replies and hope all yours are recovering/okay at the moment :)
 
Mines horrendous. No joke since I have got him (April time this year) I think I have rode about 10 times, he's constantly injuried, lame on one of his back legs, cuts himself more then not, and the latest was running through electric fencing. I could shoot him myself sometimes!! :o Only joking, I wouldn't really, the expensive field ornament will be with me forever.
 
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