RIP Welt Hint of Pink

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Some of you will remember Sunday, as you helped me to choose his show name.
For those of you that dont he was my beautiful rising 4 Hannoverian Gelding by Weltmeyer out of a Hillhawk mare.

He has had problems since he was a foal with lameness. In no particular leg, but vets, farriers and back specialists could not find anything. So we decided to give him some time off in the field to finish growing completely and see if he improves.

Unfortunately he got injured in the field and despite veterinary attention and the best possible after care, 3 weeks down the line it became apparent that his fetlock joint had got infected. This was confirmed by x-rays. He was in a lot of Pain and the vets did a good job of making him calm and as comfortable as possible.

The vets could have performed an operation that would have cost well in excess of 3k and 3 weeks intensive aftercare. It would however have meant that he would never be rideable. This coupled with his other lameness problems led me and the vets to make the decision to have him PTS.

He went to sleep this morning.

RIP Sunday

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Mat I have only just seen this post and I am so sorry .Was this the horse I loved when you were riding it at your stables ?I am so sorry I have not seen any posts about your problems and can only say how sorry we both are
RIP
 
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Mat I have only just seen this post and I am so sorry .Was this the horse I loved when you were riding it at your stables ?I am so sorry I have not seen any posts about your problems and can only say how sorry we both are
RIP

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It was him.. he had a very special place in my heart as he was very difficult when I got him... he was the most difficult horse I have ever had to break in, which is why it was so rewarding when he finally started to settle.

HorseGroupie did a great job of looking after him for me and had the best vets in our area checking his progress regularly.

It was just one of those things..but was a sad loss, especially as it is only about a month since my old showjumper was put to sleep.
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Thank you to everyone for their kind words.
 
so sorry i know exactly how you feel, my hann stallion was PTS with colic he was rising 4 yrs also difficult to break, but the most stunning animal you ever set eyes on it was a horrible horrible night i will never forget
 
What a heartbreaking decision to have to make, but absolutely the right one. Very, very sorry for you.



RIP Sunday
 
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