Do you think my horse is lame? *Vid*

Why was he unridden and in a stable for 18 months?

He is a very nice horse, worth saving if you can, but I'd get some of that insurance money spent on a proper workup if I were you.
 
Agree with cptrayes i'd ask for a full lameness work up before his legs are written off in your insurance, which they might be if youve spoken to your insurance company already, good luck, i hope you get some answers soon
 
tallyho! said:
Well, I don't think in this stage of his training, tracking up is a huge issue. I can't see any lameness, just a bit of stiffness in the stifles and not swinging through his body so his back may be a bit stiff. Nothing exercise can't sort. tbh, he moves like a horse in a pessoa...

It's very difficult to see with a pessoa as horses tense their shoulders in them and it's quite restrictive as a training aid. Many people swear by them but it is rolkur in every sense of the word. You won't get a true movement in it.
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ditto
 
tristar said:
i would never lunge a horse with suspected stifle or hock or pelvic probs until diagnosed conclusively, and only as remedial work, he does drop his hip on one stride to left in trot to me.
if he is unfit i would expect him to do all sorts of floppy, disjointed accidental mis-steps
i fail to see why a horse of his conformation and movement would need to be trussed up like christmas turkey in all that crap, well that's what it looks like to me, when he could be gently ridden and ALLOWED to stretch from time to time, and vary from bending to straight lines,
i think gadgets like this are an abomination, he must be aching like hell after 20 minutes of forced posture and continuous circling.
sorry if its not what you want to hear but he is nice horse.
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lol turkey !!!! have to agree though, if he isnt that fit AND undiagnosed lameness , I cannot for the life of me see why he should be lunged 20 mins per day let alone that pessoa!!
 
I'd also be /extremely/ unhappy with the idea of lunging an unfit horse with undiagnosed lameness issues in a fairly restrictive gadget, in fact I probably wouldn't be lunging at all.

I'd also be concerned at someone (ie your vet) suggesting a lack of muscle would be causing lameness and then prescribing quite staining exercise to deal with it.

Talk to your vet. But maybe talk to another one too...

Good luck!
 
When you use a contraption like that you will notice movements in the head that are not normal because any alteration in length of step behind will hit the mouth. You are also lunging off the bit will again cause problems of carrying the head still.

WHy not try lunging off a cavesson as lunging off the bit causes a lot of resistances.

Then you could attach the ropes from the back to the rings at the side of the cavesson without there being an effect on the mouth.

He doesn't look lame to me but reacting to what is happening to his legs via the effect on his mouth.
 
He just looks like an unfit horse going round in a pessoa to me, as he wouldn't necessarily track up at this state in his training.
However, he does move in exactly the same way as my horse who has spavins in both hocks.
Mine also improves with work.
Has your vet performed a full lameness work up including x-rays?
 
Looks wrong behind to me but hard to clarify exactly where due to the pessoa. Would like to see him trotted straight on hard and soft surface!
 
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