Rehabbed horse just reared, fell over, and escaped at full gallop into a bog of a field

[brightlights]

Can I scream? The absolute horror of my horse, wrapped in cotton wool for months, with perfect ultrasonic resolution and healing of a front suspensory lesion, finally back under saddle and now BOOM. Chaos.

I had the audacity to hand walk her this afternoon for fifteen minutes (which is our normal routine, actually), a bit before our planned ride. Seems so idiotic now, considering she's mad in season and it was windy and I didn't bother to use a chain. My darling husband walked by with a wheelbarrow and up she went. Must have surprised even herself with the violence of it as she tipped onto her side/rump, thankfully not her back or neck, rolled onto her side, sprang up, and ran through the now open gate (thank you, again, husband!) full tilt into the slippery, deep slop of our winter field. She got a couple laps in the thirty seconds before I was able to corner her.

So no heat in the the old suspensory injury site- yet- and all 4 legs cold hosed. Fingers crossed for her legs after speed over a terrible surface and very little fitness above a walk Slight reaction to palpation of her croup and more in the hamstring on the side she fell. Not lame-yet- and seems to be tracking ok and weight bearing in stall. Would the hamstring be more likely an overuse strain or tear from the gallop? Some bruising? Would a pelvic fracture be fairly immediately obvious? These things seem to have a habit of happening after the end of vet business hours

 

[Flowerofthefen]

Nightmare. Hope she is ok. My old lad did similar. Box rest for 6 weeks with in hand walking towards the end. Vet came out and signed him off for getting back into work. It was a lovely evening so after vet had gone I decided to gand graze for 20 mins. Got him to field, he reared straight up and then sat down. Scared himself silly. This horse never rears. Luckily he was fine. Could have throttled him. Fingers crossed for yours xx

 

[TPO]

Horses, honestly ????‍

Your heart must have been in your mouth.

I hope she's ok tomorrow and none the worse for her misadventure ??

 

[brightlights]

Thank you. I was so horrified at her fall that I froze instead of grabbing for the lead rope, allowing the second half of the nightmare. This horse will be the death of me.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

My big chestnut lad was on month 5 of strict box rest after doing a hind tendon round his fetlock. We hadn't got to the walking out stage yet when he broke out of his stable and spent 45 mins galloping around like a lunatic jumping whatever fences or gates that got in his way. I got the vet out to rescan the tendon 7 days later and it was 95% healed so luckily no new damage done.

You would be surprised at just how much they can do to themselves without redoing injuries.

 

[ycbm]

I had a horse on box rest for a sacroiliac strain. After a week, I was letting him pick some grass in the yard and he was dead quiet and the gate to the field was shut so I unclipped the rope. He stuck his head up, ran down the yard, did a right angle turn on concrete, jumped the five bar steel gate and spent 10 minutes at full gallop around a field with a steep slope on it.

He was as right as rain from then on ?.

I hope your's is OK today.
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[brightlights]

These animals! Love to give us heart attacks My girl sound this morning but very sore today in her hamstring (if I press it, like a jerk!), so will now be on box rest through the weekend until we can assess after everything settles down. No swelling in her legs, thankfully, and she's as pleased with herself as can be

 

[FrostKitten]

Oh wow, I'm glad I am not the only one!

My mare was finally cleared to start work (walk rehabilitation) after long-term abscess (3 months) and I walked her out in hand, fifteen minutes through she spooked at a cyclist and galloped back to the yard, then proceeded to run THROUGH two fences... luckily only a few small cuts. I did try to hold her but as she's just come off physio and lameness I didn't want her to slip and fall in the mud whilst trying to steady her on some circles, so just had to let her go, luckily she didn't slip or trip on her gallop back.

Aren't they such funny creatures?