Competition legal pain killer

I lost a young horse to ringbone too .
Nothing we did kept her comfortable it was heartbreaking she was very sweet as well OP you have my sympathy .
 
Sorry to hear about your mare, I was recommended equiflex nodolox I think it was called, tried it on my retired mare (massive sidebone) but made no difference but it is competition legal and other people rave about it. I would question doing any schooling and maybe stick to light hacking but only you know your horse and what helps or hinders.
 
steroid injections will never slow/reverse the bony changes. It will help with any local inflammation and pain (as vet has stated) and I am not sure why it has not be explored for it's pain killing abilities if the mare is not sound.
 
Hugs rowy :(
Have a look at Boswelia as I've heard of it doing great things for some horses. Also turmeric - see the turmeric user group on Facebook. I am sure you will be guided by your mare as to when things become too much for her.
 
ester said:
I think you will mostly need to be careful what surfaces she is worked on and do enough to keep her moving but not make her worse- I wonder if the schooling you started to do again once she was sound contributed to her going lame again as well as the ground and that she may only cope with hacking. I don't know if injections are a possibility for her, I presume that was something your vets discussed.
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This. Maybe don't do any dressage that isn't on a surface? And only school on one (which might rule out hacking on stony ground etc.)? I personally would not compete a horse on bute but start trying the numerous joint supplements out there, I love NAF Superflex - it did wonders for one of mine. But as with any supplement, some work on some horses and not others so its probably not even worth people suggesting any - you just have to try them.
 
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