Mystery lameness

[Caracorn]

Hi all,
Have a 15.2 cob type 4 year old have is intermittently lame and seem to be sound at the start and become lame after exercise. Had the vet out and she said she mostly likely had a hoof imbalance, got the farrier out who said he’d fixed the imbalance however she is still lame after hard work although a little better. She is very fat and greedy (working on slimming her down!) so was thinking it could be early laminitis? When farrier came a second type he said the foot had gone unbalanced again, but there was only 5 weeks between trims and no work on hard ground. She is nice and forward when ridden no reluctance to go forward. Barefoot. Any idea want it may be/ what to do next?

 

[ester]

Barefeet growing wonky (and doing so repeatedly) can often be doing so in a response to issues higher up.
I’d be getting a full work up, worst post work tends to be soft tissue (we had a suspensory that only showed up the day after schooling on a surface- we didn’t have a surface so took longer than ideal to work that out)

 

[ester]

(I would absolutely be getting on top of the weight too though)

 

[Zoeypxo]

Which leg/legs is it? Front or behind? Just one?
how long has it been going on for?
Next step would be nerve blocks with a decent vet to figure out the source

 

[Gloi]

When you walk/trot him out does he move straight or dish, plait etc.

 

[Caracorn]

Hi, she’s lame on her front left only, when trotted up she doesn’t really dish but you can see that the leg looks twisted inwards

 

[TheMule]

You can’t assess (and definitely can’t fix) foot imbalances without x-rays, so that would be my next step

 

[Equi]

I’d be asking for X-rays and a farrier to work with the vet. It may be a conformation fault that you simply can’t fix, so be prepared to hear that.