Teeny bit self-indulgent!

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Sorry, just very proud of my boy! Which one you may ask?! Well Fabuleux du Fief, my Junior ride, was written off at 10 and I loaned him out to do dressage. The loanee has the patience of a saint to deal with all his eccentricities and health problems (none of which have involved The Leg, but pretty much everything else). Anyway, I spied them in the results section of today's H&H, coming 3rd in a Medium! It must be one of his first as I spoke to her about two months ago and they hadn't been out for ages, having been doing the odd Elementary for about 18 months. She's actually spent the time to teach him how to go properly, unlike I did with him when his dressage always had to hurried along to keep up with his jumping! They got a pretty pants score, but the winner was only on 55%, so I'll blame the judge
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. Sorry, just had to share my joy at his being out and doing well.
 
That's fantastic that you have found a great home for him.
My horse,many years ago did his tendon ,eventing and after 6 months off ,i bought him back and tried dressage.In 3 years we were doing p st. g and I was offered a lot of money for him.My husband was out of work and I sold him but kept in touch and he carried on doing very well.
Great when you can see them doing well after an injury
 
The vets couldn't find what was wrong with him, and he was sent to the AHT where MRI showed that where the tendons join the bone right down inside the hoof it was tearing apart. Apparently it can happen acutely with a very bad over-reach, but his was happening over time with all the galloping we were doing with him to get him fit for Badminton. In retrospect I think we galloped him a lot more than necessary for all his 3-days. Anyway, there was no treatment available, he had almost a year of box rest, but on re-evaluation he was slightly lame in one direction on the lunge and he was written off. I brought him really slowly back into work and he stayed sound, so I decided he shouldn't jump or gallop again but have a career that his legs could manage. I knew it would break my heart to keep him for myself and never sit on that jump again so loaned him out. He's a complete neurotic so is very difficult to manage, but his loanee has persevered. He lives on a farm in the Cotswolds and has a retired hunter as a best buddy who he plays with in the fields!
 
How marvellous to have found such a fantastic loanee for him it sounds like a dream home. Well done Fabaleux! Great to hear that he is doing so well in his second career!
Sounds like you had a hell of a time getting him sound again so you must be so thrilled that he's doing so well.
 
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