purple bruise on hoof

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hello...
Buds has a purple bruise it looks like in back hoof up by coronet band??

He is barefoot at present....but why is bruise up high on hoof?
 
hello...
Buds has a purple bruise it looks like in back hoof up by coronet band??

He is barefoot at present....but why is bruise up high on hoof?
Bruising tends to be at the site of a bleed/stress and grows down with the wall. The cause probably happened in the coronary band area is my guess.
 
Our 19 y o gelding with a non-specific metabolic disorder gets repeated and multiple bruising like this if he is ridden for more than the occasional walk out. Barefoot expert says it is caused by the metabolism problem
 
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