Ringbone?

[Blizzard]

Hi my friends horse has been diagnosed with ringbone, Ive never known a horse who has suffered with this before and she would love to hear about peoples experiences with the condition, seriousness, how it affected the horse, what they did etc.

Many thanks!

 

[Louby]

Hi, my last horse had it. Theres articular and non articular, one effects the joint and is more serious and the other doesnt. My horses advanced quickly and she had golf ball sized bony growths on each pastern. She eventually went lame after all available treatments were given and we retired her, she was only 8 years old. I said I wouldnt see her suffer but she sadly died of surgical colic not long after. Apparantly though the bones can fuse and the prognosis is better so there is hope.

 

[AmyMay]

Amymay has low non-articular ring bone and was diagnosed last year (May/June I think). She did have a course of treatment which involved intravenous injections. I made the decision to turn her away rather than do the whole box rest/slowly back in to work routine.

She has spent a 18 months in the field - and is as sound as a pound, and pregnant!!

Not sure if I'll ever get back on her or not because ultimately I'm not sure how much work she'll be up to - and she simply wouldn't tollerate plodding round the village. However at the moment she is looking great.

 

[Theresa_F]

Cairo has low ringbone due to getting old and being a heavy horse. He is affected in the coffin joint and pedal bone.

He wears shoes when the ground is hard, but has them off the rest of the time, has magentic straps all the time and is fine on soft ground.

He did go lame recently again but this was due to him being a total ar*se and refusing to load for an hour - jumping off ramps and throwing himself about etc on hard ground jarred his leg. Bit of bute for a couple of weeks and he is back to his old self.

He only does light work but enjoys the occasional jump and gallop if the ground is very soft or is in the school.

 

[_daisy_]

Ebi has got ringbone in her coffin joints and fetlocks. From when she was diagnosed to the day i retired her it was only 17 months. She was retired June last year due to being unable to keep her sound when ridden and was put in foal. She has had a foal this year and so far she looks sound but i doubt ill ever ride her again.

 

[LJK]

My old TB mare had low non-articular ringbone caused by concussion to the leg. She was as lame as anything whilst it formed and had to take bute. Once the ringbone had formed it caused us no further problems, just a bony bump on her leg left to show where it was. It did not stop her doing a thing and she was still leaping about under saddle at the age of 23!
It realy depends on which type it is, if it is articular it can affect the joint movement.

LJ
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