Ovary removal in sports horse mare

honeybee123

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Any advice or experiences please!

I’ve a 9yo mare whom I’m considering ovary removal for… we’ve tried all herbal products, regumate and a marble, but nothing has helped her for long. She’s always been shockingly hormonal (first season at less than 3 months old), and seems to have no real cycle either – she swings wildly in and out of season almost day by day.

She’s also dreadfully inconsistent as a competition horse – on a good day she is completely awesome and on a bad day she doesn’t try at all.

My vet has previously suggested ovary removal, but I want to be at least optimistic that there will be an improvement for her to risk putting her through it….

Does anyone have any experiences? Any improvement in performance following the op? Temperament more level? Or any bad experiences?

Thank you!
 
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