Lumpy Knee?

silvershadow81

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A friends native pony has just developed either side of the knee, a really hard lump (about the size of a large walnut).

This is on both forelegs and he is not lame.

Someone said at the yard that it looks like a fracture.... yet i would think that would cause him to be lame???!!

He recently did a chase me charlie in the arena- good surface and jumped very high (for a little 'un) and also bolted with a child across the stubble.

I said it was probably bought on from the jumping- as the ground on the stubble is very soft and unlikely to cause what looks like excess bone to be laid down around his knee joints.

Just wondered if anyone else has any similar experiences? and what it turned out to be. He is booked to go to the vets monday for xrays.
 
I asked when it came up and the yard manager (very experienced groom) said she noticed it Tuesday (he jumped Sat and bolted sun).

Yet if it is bony deposits, this would surely take a while to become apparent at the surface.

I may be wrong with my 'bony deposits' guess, but they are really solid lumps which dont move about....
 
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