lameish on one rein only?????

[goneshowjumping]

advice please!
I have a TB whom I evented last year and have owned for 5 years and never been lame, he is now coming up lame on the left rein only, very slight but you can see the head bobbing and shoulder dropping especially on a small circle in trot.
trot up on concrete and he seems fine, lunge on a surface and he seems fine.
im completely baffled! have had the farrier out who took his shoe off and rebalanced the foot, ive had the saddler out to recheck my saddle and that's all fine.
im really baffled as its getting no worse but no better.
no heat in foot or fetlock, walking sound and trotting and cantering sound in the field.
do I get the vet next??

 

[ester]

Yup, is there a difference trotting a small circle on the hard or soft?

 

[goneshowjumping]

hi, no no difference at all. its baffled me!

 

[ester]

so lame on a tight circle despite surface? Definitely will need a work up.

 

[goneshowjumping]

thanks, gonna take him in I think and get a full check on this leg. bloomin horses!!

 

[AmyMay]

hi, no no difference at all. its baffled me!

Hopefully a vet will be less baffled.....

 

[katherine1975]

Hi there. My horse had the same recently. Very slight fore limb lameness on a circle on soft and hard surface. Only noticeable in trot. I got the vet out for a full work up, flexion test didn't make any difference so he did a nerve block on the foot. She was sound after the nerve block. The vet said it could be a bruise or tear of something and that as she had already had 3 weeks off to give her another 3 weeks off with two weeks of bute to help with any inflammation.
Following her 6 weeks off she is now sound and back in work. If she were still lame then xrays were the next step. Let us know how you get on with the vet and fingers crossed for you.