Galvines Groove

[3~2~1]

At what age does this start appearing, my mare's passport puts her at 10 this year, dentist has been today and said her Galvines groove has just started appearing, forgot until after he was gone to ask if he agreed with her passport age as she is from unknown background.

 

[Shysmum]

found this on Wiki -

Galvayne's Groove: The Galvayne's groove occurs on the upper corner incisor, producing a vertical line, and is helpful in approximating the age of older horses. It generally first appears at age 10, reaches half-way down the tooth by age 15, is completely down the tooth at age 20. It then begins to disappear, usually half-way gone by age 25, and completely gone by age 30

hope that helps, sm x

 

[3~2~1]

Thankyou that really does help, lets hope its on its way down and not on it's way back up lol

 

[Shysmum]

no probs.