Shocked, what do you think of this?

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MY friend has a lovely 17hh + thing that she bought 3 weeks ago, up untill a few days ago he was going ok untill a hard lump was discovered on his fet lock, I origionally thought it was a absists that could be drained then he'd be ok.

Well today went for a xray and turns out its ring bone but to make matters worse this horse has Athritus! and hes only 6.
Am shocked i didnt think horses so young could have this
What are you thoughts?
 
poor little basxxxd, hope your friend is prepared to keep him and not get rid although a 17hh horse is a lot too keep, did she have him vetted x
 
Big horses often mean big problems! The larger they are the greater the strain on feet and joint, it's not the first I've hear of and I'm sure it won't be the last. Shame for your friend as the vet wouldn't pick up on this unless xrays were taken (which is why on the continent where most horse's are large they do xrays as standard!)
 
Ringbone wouldnt come up in 3 weeks so im guessing your friend didnt have the horse vetted? Unfortunately unless you are experienced enough yourself it is always best to pay for a professional opinion on a new horse, even a 6 year old. I have known 5/6 year olds with advanced navicular/arthritis.

I wish your friend good luck with her new horse, hopefully she can manage it well enough that she can still do lots with him.
 
My 4yr old mare was pts after having advanced arthritis diagnosed in both stifles. We had worked on trying to medicate her, physio etc for 6mths before an MRI and keyhole surgery diagnosed it. Thought to be a hereditary condition. I was devastated, especially when I realised how much pain she had been in.
 
My 10 yo heavy mare has ringbone since she was younger. She has remedial shoeing & joint supplements, and so far *TOUCH WOOD* there has been no additional growth for over a year now. She gets regular Xrays to keep on top of things. she's never been lame on it either, so luckily at this point it doesn't seem to interfere with joint movement, etc.
It's not an automatic loss of use/death sentence; just requires different management. A bit disappointing in a new horse though!!
 
I bought my horse rising 6..... had loads of fun with him and then found out three years later that he had an arthritic fetlock (really badly so according to the vet).

He is now 11 and still sound.... he never showed any real signs of it bar it being larger than the opposite fetlock.

And he passed a 5 stage vetting!!!
 
I bought a 6yr old with 2 small lumps on each fetlock. These lumps slowly grew, got the vet and sadly she also had advanced Ringbone. She was retired at 8 yrs old and was pts shortly after with surgical colic. She was the horse of a lifetime
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