Suspensory cut

[Barcelona]

I'm looking at buying a horse however its had its suspensory cut, whats the chances of passing vetting , or is this a red flag ? Any advice please

 

[TheMule]

I'm looking at buying a horse however its had its suspensory cut, whats the chances of passing vetting , or is this a red flag ? Any advice please

I'm not quite sure what you mean- do you mean the nerve to the suspensory has been cut? De-nerved/ neurectomy for PSD?

 

[Barcelona]

Yes de-nerved

 

[TheMule]

Yes de-nerved

Unless it was a good horse for a very specific purpose without any expectation of long term soundness.... if it's cheap enough and would do a job for me for now, and the owners had been up front about the veterinary history (was it bilateral for chronic PSD or just one side for acute?) then perhaps

 

[Barcelona]

Thankyou so much for your advise, this was the response from owner
Did both back legs and front leg had shockwave treatment. I'm very happy to ask my vet to release all records to you. Including xrays which they did as part of her diagnostic

 

[TheMule]

So the horse has injured 3 out of 4 suspensory ligaments?
Then I would absolutely not part with any money for it! But that's not to say it couldn’t still be a useful horse, it's just that that's quite a significant level of damage and hind suspensories often have other problems associated with them higher up- sacroilliac etc

 

[Goldenstar]

Poor horse , but don’t go there .

 

[AmyMay]

Thankyou so much for your advise, this was the response from owner
Did both back legs and front leg had shockwave treatment. I'm very happy to ask my vet to release all records to you. Including xrays which they did as part of her diagnostic

If it’s free and you’re prepared to put it down the minute it goes lame again, walk away.

 

[conniegirl]

I’d want to know exactly what the vets prognosis was.
My lad did his hind suspensory branches last year. He was back in full work (except jumping) this summer and prognosis is excellent for long term soundness. He had box rest and shockwave only though, no nerves cut.
id also want to know why it happened, is it a degenerative disorder or was it an accident (my lads was an accident).

 

[TheMule]

We had a 2* event horse do 3 suspensories. He did come back into work and was used as a schoolmaster lesson horse for a few more years, but he didn’t jump again and it did catch up with him eventually

 

[Barcelona]

We had a 2* event horse do 3 suspensories. He did come back into work and was used as a schoolmaster lesson horse for a few more years, but he didn’t jump again and it did catch up with him eventually

 

[Barcelona]

I wanted it for jumping for my daughter so I think probably a no go sad as she's a lovely horse, but thankyou for your advise

 

[Barcelona]

If it’s free and you’re prepared to put it down the minute it goes lame again, walk away.

I would hate to have to do that so I think its going to be back to the drawing board ??‍