bought a dud - or just a horse?

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anj789

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My one year anniversary of owning now rising 6yo sports horse mare. Nice looker, friendly & perky, well bred (Coolcorran Cool Diamond x SF lines), vet loved her, aiming to bring on slowly to event. In this year of doing not alot, she has appeared to blow a hind tendon, been to RVC & had exploratory tendonoscopy which found nothing, slowly brought back to work after op incl 6 weeks walk, 6 trot and finally canter. After which and on starting circles, started to show low grade lameness behind now diagnosed as PSD, both legs. Then yesterday she came in with a fat hind fetlock (different leg from tendon one, sound on it for once) which of course has blown up the leg today.
To think I sold the eventer-which-never-went-lame (not with me in 4 years anyway though it did a year after) to start again...
In this year we have popped a few xc fences twice and cantered about 10 times.
A dud or just a horse?!
 
One of my dressage horses didn't do his first competition until he was 8 because every time he felt ready to go out & play he would do something to himself or me from throwing splints to bucking me off & cracking my knee cap.

Luck of the draw I'm afraid!
 
Just a horse,
In the first 18mths of owning my TB i had 12 insurance claims.
5 yrs on a lot of the problems have subsided and he is now doing dressage and jumping.
At the age of 6 he was diagnosed a shiverer and with arthritis in his knees, to name just 2 problems.
I think highly bred and highly strung horses are prone to a lot more than crossbreeds, but i wouldn't say they were duds.
 
Sounds like bad luck to me too
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Panda2007 - I sympathise about the kneecap - my horse knocked me over and cracked mine - very painful!!!

anj789 - I hope things improve for you next year - I'm sure you'll get there
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Just a horse... I bought a very well bred potential eventer, he was 4yrs old. In my first year of owning him he had two viruses meaning he was off work for six months. He then was diganosed with PSD in his left hind. He then injured his dorsal ligament in his back. We decided he'd better be a dressage horse when aged 8yrs he still hadn't completed an event! He made an excellent dressage horse until aged 9yrs old when he was diagnosed with collateral ligament damage...
I'm going back to ponies!!!
 
me too! brought a potential eventer 6 yrs old a year ago and he's been off work for half the time i've owned him. luck of the draw i spose. good luck with yours!
 
Some horses just seem prone to injury and illness. My first horse went 10 years without going lame. Second horse has one problem after another, hasn't been right for over a year, had back surgery this summer then eye problems and has just had one of his eyes removed. Makes you want to give up sometimes.
 
I suppose you could liken it to your average person.....

The ones who do very little in the way of exerting themselves seem to plod along with few problems....

The ones who strive to be athletic and push the limits (like we do with our comp horses) will have far more injuries and problems.....

Its not always the luck of the draw, it is also down to what we want out of our horses...

Merlin was sound till I moved to a yard with an indoor school... after we moved he was diagnosed with arthritis and spavins and I was told that he was knackered. We moved yards back to the basic 24/7 turnout DIY yard.... and guess what.... he has been sound ever since!!!
 
Its rotten bad luck and I can totally sympathise as I bought one of "those" young horses too. Mine managed to be sound for four months when I first got him, then was either lame, in surgery or recovering from surgery for another year and a half.
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. Nightmare animal. And it wasn't just the major things, he would manage to have a mystery lameness in his "good" leg, or scratch his eye, or get a skin problem. Anything. I call him the walking vets bill.
 
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