sarahlowe
Member
Hello,
I've just been to have the most delightful horse vetted. He is a 12 yr old french trotter gelding (never raced) with perfect manners.
Everything was fine apart from he went slightly lame on his right front after the flexion test. On repeating the test he was worse. The vet tested his knee alone and used hoof testers on his foot and, on finding nothing, concluded that the problem was in his fetlock. We are now waiting a week to see if he is better and hoping it could have been a twist/pull in the field.
The horse is to be used for hacking and light schooling with the slim chance of mini jumping at some point in the future.
Any thoughts/ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Sarah
I've just been to have the most delightful horse vetted. He is a 12 yr old french trotter gelding (never raced) with perfect manners.
Everything was fine apart from he went slightly lame on his right front after the flexion test. On repeating the test he was worse. The vet tested his knee alone and used hoof testers on his foot and, on finding nothing, concluded that the problem was in his fetlock. We are now waiting a week to see if he is better and hoping it could have been a twist/pull in the field.
The horse is to be used for hacking and light schooling with the slim chance of mini jumping at some point in the future.
Any thoughts/ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Sarah