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....how the folks advertising this mare can describe it as fit and ready to go
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http://www.horsemart.co.uk/advert/10_yrs_16_3_hh_bay_leicestershire/70831
 
Do you mean by the low grade lameness??
Because if so I am competiting a horse with low grade lameness as she is not in pain through it, and when she competes more often she will be put on a joint supplement, but she is fit and ready to go =]
 
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I don't know why people don't realise that a lame horse is a lame horse! Fit to hunt indeed!!!!!

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My thinking precisely.

Who the hell rides a lame horse? Mechanical (and what is that supposed to mean? It is STILL not sound) or otherwise.
 
What do you compete your horse in? I would have thought that lame = pain = should not be competed?
No offense but when my daughters horse with low grade lameness is nerve blocked or on bute his paces return to his old beautiful display and he is more forward. Lots of people say he isn't in pain but why would he improve with pain killers if he isnt in pain? Therefore he is not competed. In fact he isnt ridden at all at the moment. I am just confused as to what mechanical lameness is and how you know he isnt in pain.
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I quite agree misst. Mechanical lameness is a convenient term when people want to carry on riding a lame horse. Its not in pain, its mechanical. What a load of b*llox.

Lame does = pain. Some horses carry on and suffer. Sometimes this is because they mentally are fit, even if not physically. Doesnt make it right though! Competing a lame horse will cripple it and reduce its life expectancy. Short term focus and selfishness on the part of the owner
 
Having just thought about this a bit more i cant actually believe that anyone can think its acceptable to hunt all day or compete a lame horse! Im disgusted and amazed and confused all at the same time.

Apart from the obvious welfare argument why would someone think it was safe to hunt/compete on a physically disadvantaged horse?
 
agree - lameness = pain. Awkward gaits fine and which stay awkward when nerve blocked / buted etc fine but no way would I consider a horse with low grade lameness fit to hunt. Would be amazed if anyone is barmy enough to part money for a horse with lameness in the first place..
 
So glad it is not just me - sometimes I think I must be going soft but we have always stopped riding lame horses and I am shocked at the advert.
 
Mechanical lameness does exist.....

Merlin has mechanical lameness..... his fetlock is arthritic and does not have the full range of movement.....

You can bute him up and nerve block him for all you are worth but he will not improve.... Its the range of movement that is lacking, not pain.

This is how the vet explained it to me... I was also unable to accept that he wasnt in pain.

He does not appear lame.... he just moves in a slightly restricted way.... the foot flight is different to his other hind leg..... but as I say, what ever you do it does not change.

I would not say though, that he would be fit for a days hunting
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Ah that makes sense - I have a stiff hip and it doesnt hurt often but does restrict movement
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Don't think I am fit for a full days hunting either
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I can see that if nerve blocks and bute don't change things then you can assume he is not in pain.
 
Yep.... thats what I accepted in the end
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Also he went for a 6 day..... 3 hours + a day riding holiday... with Ravenwood and Piebaldsparkle...... and came back moving better than he went (according to vet, he was stunned)!!!

If he was actually pain lame he would have come back worse
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