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I currently have 3 big horses and 10 natives. 1 of the big horses is on box rest until August at least. Another is a field ornament and the 3rd I got in April to have something to ride and he is coming along grand. So why oh why did I just agree to take on yet another broken horse?!?!

He is a horse I work with everyday and we have spent a long time looking after his tendons, after he initially did damage nearly 3years ago, allowing him to race. Until yesterday. He had done the training, he had ran in 3 races, winning one of them and then in his 4th race yesterday the tendon went again. It was always a case of When not If but we didn't expect it to be so soon. So he is doing 2 months of box rest at the R&R yard to give me time to get a space sorted for him and then he is coming home to live with me. He will be on box rest until December. The scans next week will tell us the extent of the damage and as to whether it will be 3months straight box rest or 6 before 3 months of walking before turnout.

I must be a glutton for punishment but he is such a STUNNING horse with a personality that just enraptures you that he really couldn't have gone anywhere else. Now all I need to do is try to keep his tendon from bowing as much as possible as he could be a real HOYS ROR horse in the future.
 
You`re just a softee like me. There should be more people like you around, then there wouldnt be so many horses out there that are abused and then just thrown into the sales for the meat man. Good luck with him. :)
 
I had an ex steeple chaser with two massively bowed tendons. He was the best riding horse I have ever had. Sadly he broke a leg in the field (not one of his 'bad' ones and had to be PTS. Good luck with your new boy. I bet he will be fab.
 
You wouldn't think it but less than 45seconds later he did a career ending injury. Now he is standing in a box with a big stookie on his leg!

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Hes gorgeous!! I think we're all mad.... good luck with him the next few months will tough im sure but you'll get through it- and you'll be winning all those ROR classes in no time!
xx
 
So the beast got his leg scanned today and being an old pro at it he stood like a lamb. The scan was just as expected. He has completely ruptured his Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon. It's not the end of the world, he will still be able to do what I want him to do in the future, it's just going to take 6 months longer than originally thought. But that's ok, he can have all the time in the world. I have also told the Mountain Goat that he has to fix his tendon as straight as possible, no bowing, else he won't get called pretty anymore :D

SDFT's are much easier to fix than DDFT's so in the long run he should fix. One thing is for certain is that he will never jump again which is a shame as he has scope to burn but at the end of the day so long as he can ponce around a show ring that's fine by me!

So 12-18 months before he can be a proper normal horse again but that's fine - I have plenty of others to toy with!
 
I'm glad that it looks healable, shame about the jumping though. :( He really is a lucky boy and I hope that he wows the showing scene once he's all mended. :D
 
OMG he is so so gorgeous and may I say what a lovely person you are - I wish you luck with him but like others have said what a lucky man he is to find you -xxxxx
 
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