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Deefa

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Just wondering if anyone knew what this was: Its shows up qiute well and at firdt i thought it was some red paint of a pole he knocked when jumping, but it isn't. There is alos a slightly lighter bit aswell, can see both in pic

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Looks like a bruise - probably from knocking the pole when jumping. Sometimes they get a bit lame or pottery if they have bruised their hoof but your bruise looks pretty small.
 

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Its bruising. Lots of horses have these but often they are very difficult to see unless you have a horse with pale coloured feet.
 

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It could actually be quite old bruising. It may have been a knock much higher up the hoof wall months ago and you are only seeing it now it has grown down a bit.

Not generally anything to worry about.
 
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