Ringbone: your positive stories please

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Can anyone tell me of their experience of ringbone with not so bad endings. I realise the outcome of ringbone depends on the type and severity but wondered if anyone has successfully used treatment or therapy to manage ringbone. Thanks.
 
I can't go into huge detail because he isn't my horse and I don't know the ins and outs of his case.. but I do know of a horse that was diagnosed with ring bone 3 years ago (age 17) and is now in work and hunted most weekends
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My friends mare is 19 - diagnosed with ringbone and bone spavin at 12!! She is fitter and competing more today than she ever did!!

She has a danilon every other day and is happy and comfortable!
 
I think as you've rightly said it all depends where it is and the severity but my understanding is it's not the be all and end all.
 
I had a old cob with it never affected him, he competed jumped etc, but as you a lady T say it depends on place a severity but its not all doom and gloom
 
My horse has the early signs of it, has never been lame due to that reason since I've had him (3 years now)

Friends horse was 28 when he was PTS, he was diagnosed with ringbone at 12 and was ridden untill he was 26 (he used to bugger off!) and was still dragging people down the drive for his daily walk a few weeks before he was PTS!
 
I'm very interested in this post
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I wonder if people could help. I'm pretty sure my mare has some visible signs of ringbone, has done for a while, never been lame in 10 years until 3 weeks ago
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She went suddenly lame whith no warning signs at all, was jumping 3ft, elementary dressage a week before. She is being x-rayed on Fri. Do you think she would suddenly go lame with Ringbone? Sorry if I am hijacking the post.
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From my understanding, sorry but yes it could be possible. I dont think that pain is always present from the onset. New bone formation can take a while to form and depending on the cause of it lameness is not always present straight away.
 
I had an ex-steeplechaser who developed ringbone in both front legs. With the exception of the first 24hrs after he was shod, he was always sound.

In the end the pastern joints fused and he was 1 10th mechanically lame, but perfectly fine. He pre novice evented for several years after this until he was 18.

I used to do working hunter at local level with him for a laugh sometimes. He had a fantastic stride and would always get pulled in the top 3 after the jumping, but the judge would take one look at the ringbone and shove him down the end of the line. I used to love the look of horror on their faces :->.

He died from something unrelated at the ripe old age of 23.
 
my mare was diagnosed at the age of 11, with ringbone in her coffin joints of both front feet and her fetlocks. she was retired and tried every drug on the market and even had remedial shoeing - all to no avail, she was still lame so she was retired.
Since then she had a foal and at weaning we tried a final chance before PTS . She is now natural barefoot and she is 100% sound. Although shes not gone back to the ridden career she had (my own reasons as I have a young WB needing bringing on and her daughter, 3yo to back so its more a matter of no time to fetch her back into full work and cant find a rider for her) she is more than able to go back to jumping/XC and hunting.

Will add that she doesnt have any joint supplements in her diet now, just linseed.
 
my big lad went lame about 4 weeks ago,from it he has low ringbone also sidebone he is on danilon everyday but doesnt seem to be sound and can hardly turn without stumbling,he is going to have an x-ray this week so we can see how bad it is,hes been a very hard working carriage horse all his life im not really suprised he has a prob with his leg hes a big heavy lad,i have retiered him now but not certain on his long term future really,which saddens me terrebly,im not sure that the x-ray wont show navicular as well as im sure that prob there aslo !
 
My mare was diagnosed with low ringbone in both fronts 2 1/2 years ago. Originally in egg bar shoes, and then changed her to normal shoes with a rolled toe. She was diagnosed with arthritis of the high hock joint at the same time. She had cartraphen injections for the hock, which obviously helped in front feet as well, but never really showed any lameness in front. She works better now than she ever did!
 
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