Miracle horse

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Hiya,

I'm wondering if anyone out there has a horse which has made a miracle recovery, either from an injury or an illness? One where the vet/everyone else was very gloomy, but it came through in the end? I'm a journalist writing a story for Horse magazine and am researching a piece on just this subject, and am collecting real-life stories of horses which have beaten the odds ... Want to do something cheerful to combat the disgusting weather.
I'd be really grateful for your stories, either on this post or you might PM me?
Thank you for reading,
Ruthx
 
We had a young stallion (Welsh B) who got desperately sick with oak tree poisoning. We think they were eating the fallen leaves, it was autumn and no acorns were found. He was a young boy at that time, and 2 other youngsters from the same field went down too.
One we lost quite quickly, one recovered in time, but the stallion was the biggest battle.
Treatments, scopes, investigations, and then six weeks of hand-feeding tiny amounts by syringe. The weight fell off him until he looked like a skeleton and so many times we doubted whether we were doing the kindest thing for him.
The vets had given up hope despite the most determined efforts, but eventually we had a breakthrough - he ate a mouthful of mash on his own, and from then on he went from strength to strength.
He finally died a few years ago aged 19 - the damaged digestive system caught up with him in the end, but he was a pleasure and a privilege to own and has left a legacy to be proud of; the Sannan Valley ponies who appear in the WHP, FEI and BSJA annals for the last 10 years or so are almost exclusively his, and nearly all conceived after we so nearly lost him.
 
do you want a story on my lad again???? the £1 horse? was lame for over a year and 3 vets and 3 farriers wrote him off saying her would never be sound again, now competing at RC dressage.
 
Hm. Don't know yet if the Dizzy one is a miracle hoss or not (other than in my eyes
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Bony irregularities on her pelvis, discovered January '09. She refused to go lame for the vet (a week at Rossdales), so she came home. Mid-09 she was suddenly lame and we thought that was it. Went to the AHT, refused to go lame. Came home, and other than kicks in the field, has been sound since then.

We have until December this year to determine if she will BSJA (which is what I bought her for), so our story is on-going.
 
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