Lame Horse help!

[oofadoofa]

OK, posting this on behalf of a friend, so apologies if it is slightly vague.

My friend's horse has gone lame in front, first seen whilst out in the field, it was actually holding its front leg up and appeared to be in a lot of pain. Two minutes later it charged off across the field and appeared fine. It then went lame in the stable, again holding it's leg up and putting its head right down on the ground and almost leaning against the stable wall to keep itself upright. Then was sound again. This has happened several times over the last few days from what I can gather.

They have had vet and farrier out and neither can find anything wrong with the horse.

Any ideas?!!!

 

[kick_On]

deep seated bruise????? my guess. I would get shoe off and have farrier do proper dig

 

[Booboos]

A trapped nerve can have such really inconsistent signs but is really difficult to diagnose and there is nothing you can do about it.

 

[BackInBlack]

my horse has been on and off lame recently and the farrier confirmed it was bruising. theres a lot of it about at the moment due to muddy condition of fields. hope you get friends horse sorted. x