Golf balls and horses do not mix!!!

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So whilst schooling (Roo was going really well as well) my mare all of a sudden lost her back end - my friend watching said it looked like one leg just slid out from under her and she went down with all her weight through the front of her fetlock joint :o Jumped off, she stood with squished leg held up but did walk away ok, just a bit short.
Left her to rest for a bit and then we had Bailey's on the yard with weigh bridge - when it was her turn she went up no problems then as she stepped off the weigh bridge (a whole 1 inch heigt) it happened again! She had a slight slip on the concrete and went down hard. Que a very lame horse!!
Vet was immediately called (previous plan had been to watch and see how she did overnight but now was far too lame to allow that!) When vet came she was better but still quite lame in trot. Luckily the vet is happy she's just wrenched everything and is stiff and sore.

The route cause of all this - a golf ball!!!!!! Went and hunted in the school as couldn't work out what had happened and we found a golf ball about 1 ft away from where she went down, in the direction she'd have shoved it. (we think the 2nd time was a small slip on concrete that normally wouldn't cause her to go down but as she was sore she just couldn't recover)

Time for 2 weeks rest followed by back lady visit before she can work again as there's no way she hasn't totally wrenched her lower back :-( We literally had her back done 10 days ago!!

On a plus note she's not damaged herself long term :-)

She had managed to go a whole year without an emergency vet visit - she obviously thought it was about time for her to see them again

Learning point - golf balls and horses do not mix (we have no idea where the golf ball came from)
 
thanks, hopefully she should make a full recovery, vet thinks she's just stiff and sore from going down quite so hard but no actualy damage to joints or tendons thankfully.
Was very stressful as right after she was refusing to put her leg down at all!
 
I hope she makes a speedy, full recovery.

I used to have a Clydesdale mare who agreed with you, she would ride through the heaviest of traffic, or 40 cyclists, without turning a hair but she hated riding past the golf course, with its noise of people hitting balls with sticks.
 
Sorry but I dont buy the explanation. A golf ball in a school is simply a stone. I do think that you should consider an underlying problem .I am sorry if this is not the news you want.It is however my honest opinion.
 
Mike007 said:
Sorry but I dont buy the explanation. A golf ball in a school is simply a stone. I do think that you should consider an underlying problem .I am sorry if this is not the news you want.It is however my honest opinion.
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Have definatley considered this and if there is any sign of anything it will be further investigated but honestly can't think of any other explanation for it. The surface in the school isn't great and I can see it being enough to cause it - a bit like standing on a stone as a human and going over on your ankle. It happened as she was going round a corner and was a little unbalanced anyway.
Vet gave her a good look over and can't find anything, she's been in full work with no problems until this happened. It happened about 15 minutes into a schooling session where she was working really well. She's doing 30-40km per week hacking plus a little schooling with no problems and neither myself nor the vet could think of anything that would have her absolutly fine one stride and down the next.

I'm away for 2 weeks now (my yo will be looking after her) so she has at least 2 full weeks out of work to rest, then we shall see where she is. If there are any concerns she'll be seen immediately by the vet again.
 
I absolutely hate myself for adding to your worries . I only posted because this would be my concern. Take things easy . twists and sprains do take time to heal . I.m sure it will all be alright with time.
 
Mike007 said:
I absolutely hate myself for adding to your worries . I only posted because this would be my concern. Take things easy . twists and sprains do take time to heal . I.m sure it will all be alright with time.
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No stress - its in the back of my mind anyway and I'll be watching her carefully. She's got nearly 3 full weeks off now until she can see my physio and we'll go from there :-)
 
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