Trainers GP dressage horse injured

[wizoz]

Bu99er, bu99er,BU99ER, my trainer's Grand Prix dressage horse has got a hole in his tendon and will probably have the winter off

That's a bit of a set back, as I think he spends the winter qualifying for the regionals etc. Plus, his trainer wants him to go and do the sunshine tour again next spring but after so much time off, I doubt he'll be ready.

I feel for him, as it's his only horse, the youngster they bought for him to bring on and be his next star, turned out to have 5 kissing spines, that's 16k down the drain!

Think his boss is happy to put her hand in her pocket and go and find another youngster for him though, so it's not all doom and gloom

 

[henryhorn]

What bad news..
When Jonty damaged her tendon we used the equine spa at Crediton, and it certainly made the healing time quicker.
The latest treatment appears to be laser, (according to the trade mag I get) so I would investigate that too, anything that speeds the healing time up is worth thinking about.

 

[wizoz]

Thanks Sue, will pass on the info.x

 

[squirtlysmum]

The kissing spine ned isn't necessarily 16K down the drain, if he has the op there is every chance he'll make a full recovery although it will take a long time.

 

[Alibear]

SM - with 5 kissing spines the prognosis is not so good, I believe.

 

[wizoz]

He is having the op, but he is a very screwed up horse and my trainer isn't having him back. He was such a naughty horse, that my trainer ended up having these wierd stress attacks, so they sent the horse away to another top rider (as they thought it was all in my trainers head) but he ended up wanting rid of the horse as well. Must add, that it took 6 months to persuade the owner to have it xray'd, as she was convinced it was all in my trainers head and nothing at all to do with the horse

 

[squirtlysmum]

Often they are screwed up neds as they've had lots of pain and stress to cope with however my baby ned had four vertebrae which were impinging and had the op last Dec where they removed two and a half inches off the top of two and I've been told there is no reason why he won't go on to be a normal ned (although I don't believe normal is in his vocabulary!)
Just out of interest I had lesson with two very well known dressage riders before he had his diagnoses and both said that he was just a spoilt little [****] and needed to be 'beaten into submission', I refused this option and both have eaten their words when I told them what had been the real cause.
As for weird stress attacks for the rider I can definatly understand that as I get them too! Certianly since he, pre-op, bronced me off and broke my coccyx.
Horses, who'd have 'em!!!!

 

[wizoz]

Your right you know, his trainer kept telling him it was all in his head

Poor chap, he has always been put down by both his owner and trainer but I've always bigged him up because he is bl00dy amazing and his record speaks for itself but the owner doesn't like it because she thinks it's not good to be told your wonderful, poppycock!!

It has gone too far down the line for him and the horse though SM, he had him for 2 years, we always believed there was something wrong with him, other than in his head but what do you do when you can't convince the owner? My trainer wanted to get him body scanned months ago and because we had just had our horse done and it proved to show up what was wrong with him, we convinced trainers owner that she should have theirs done, but trainers trainer (phew) convinced her against it.

Ooh it's all to confusing