MrsMozart
Just passing through...
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You do seem to have been very unlucky there. What my vet said was that they are seeing more injuries like this and fewer concussion injuries which they used to do, as we ride more and more in schools in relatively restricted spaces in circles and less on roads and tracks in straight lines. The ligaments and tendons don't get a chance to harden up. Bit of a generalisation, I know, but that's what he told me. But no easy answer with the roads as they are today and the lack of bridleways and tracks.
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Yes. Tiggy lived on a mountain in Wales before I got her, then when I had her we did more hacking than school work: nice gentle rides. She was on-off lame for all the time I had her. I stopped riding her at the end of August '08.
You do seem to have been very unlucky there. What my vet said was that they are seeing more injuries like this and fewer concussion injuries which they used to do, as we ride more and more in schools in relatively restricted spaces in circles and less on roads and tracks in straight lines. The ligaments and tendons don't get a chance to harden up. Bit of a generalisation, I know, but that's what he told me. But no easy answer with the roads as they are today and the lack of bridleways and tracks.
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Yes. Tiggy lived on a mountain in Wales before I got her, then when I had her we did more hacking than school work: nice gentle rides. She was on-off lame for all the time I had her. I stopped riding her at the end of August '08.