Hind leg movement - not quite right

[Lorian]

Hi guys

Normally I dont lunge my horse that much but as its dark in the evenings and I cant hack I have been doing it more often. Normally he is good on the lunge, however the other day he was a bit hyper and he was doing really fast extended trot.
I noticed that on the left rein he wasnt moving his outside leg underneath him properly, he was bringing it under short and not putting full weight onto it but also at the same time he didnt look lame but he was swishing his tail? He has a thorough pin on this leg.
When he calmed down and trotted normally he was fine again? I trotted him in a straight line and he isnt lame and hes fine hacking. Our school is very deep but he doesnt have this problem on the other rein.
Has anyone had a similar problem? My initial thought was a bone spavin, does anyone else think it sounds like this? I just wanted advise on what to do next and just advise from anyone?

 

[samp]

May be worth talking to your vet, would the deep going affect a thoroughpin?

 

[_jetset_]

My mare's movement sounds just like yours... not saying it is the same thing at all, as it could be 101 thing causing it. But I would get a vet to check it out, if for nothing more than for your own piece of mind!

Rebecca x

 

[Lorian]

What is it that your mare has?

 

[_jetset_]

She has acute damage to her suspensory ligament... but the vet originally thought it was more the stifle area due to the movement

Please don't panic, as I said there are 101 things it could be

 

[JamilaParr]

hi i don't want to scare u but my horse had this and many other symptoms. he wasn't actually 'lame' but had un- even muscle built up and one of his legs wouldn't step under as much...
But this stemmed a long way from a badly fitting saddle and back problems and i was a very one-sided rider. He'd swish his tail and resist all the time. But that was a long old story- getting back to it... U could put a weighted boot on that leg which doesn't step under or if not a flash strap with a couple of curb chains on it- This should build up more muscle. Also you could do 'strapping' or whatever it's called on the quarter i just tend to tap a few places and get them to tense the muscle.... That generally helps....

But hopefulyl your horse isn't lame/.... Does he/she ever struggle getting one lead ??? xxxxxxxxxx hope this helps.. bit of an essay (oh, just read the thoroughpin bit- so none of this may make sense)

 

[alisonpook]

Hi - our horse was just like Beckis - went to Newmarket with suspected high pelvis problem and came back with suspensory problems just below the hocks - one of the the first symptons we had was not bringing the leg through and it being in a slightly odd track. He was still winning dressage tests so not an obvious blatant problem - just seemed to lose his swing a bit - not obvious unless you knew what he could normally move like. He also began to dip/roll one side of his hip more than another especially in trot - we learnt to use bits of coloured tape and a video to assess the problem as it was not easy to see with the naked eye - and he would have a tendency to go disunited on the lunge in canter - it was seeing him do this at Newmarket that made the vet suspect a problem and investigate furthur.