TheMule
Well-Known Member
TM, I'm so, so sorry you have had such a difficult time, your poor little Mule, absolutely heartbreaking. As for Nova, well! One of those times when you have to remind yourself very forcibly that you love horses, but thank goodness he missed everything major and came through the surgery ok. He is young and strong, I'm sure he'll heal quickly and at least if he's going to do such a daft thing better he does it now rather than a week before his first major championship.
That's my thinking on it too- better to miss a bit of time at 5 having done a couple of events really well than when things start to get a bit more important later on! The vet said there's no reason this will affect him in the future, it's just one of those things that happened.