Ulla Salzgeber's horse very lame at Aachen

[Halfstep]

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Aachen2009/videos/1/

Awful video, poor Ulla. I hope the horse is ok, looks like he took a bad step and twisted his fetlock. What a nightmare for her.

(edited to fix link)

 

[jules89]

thanks for fixing link

poor poor horse that looked like it hurt

hope it comes back soon

 

[Gonetofrance]

God, that was so sudden..... it doesn't look good..........

 

[Halfstep]

According to her website it's a tendon, horse is in a cast, looks bad

. Scary.

 

[Digger123]

ooh ouch what a shame

 

[Gonetofrance]

Was it me, or did the fetlock look swollen almost immediately........

Poor lad, how awful. Not much of a prognosis for that.........

 

[AmyMay]

Doesn't look great.

Hope she doesn't loose it.

 

[MurphysMinder]

I thought the fetlock looked very swollen too GTF. Poor horse, went so suddenly.

 

[teapot]

Poor horse - looked very swollen!

 

[kerilli]

oh no, poor Ulla. fingers crossed that he can make a full recovery.
just shows you how fast it can go horribly wrong. awful, she's an amazing horsewoman.

 

[eventrider23]

How awful!!! Soo sudden as well.....for it to be soo swollen so suddenly, something must have snapped in the tendons....

 

[H's mum]

Poor Ulla - I hope it recovers ok
Something similar happened to H - she went non-weight bearing as quick as that and it was her annular ligament (caused massive swelling around fetlock too). Not nice at all - I really feel for her and the horse!

Kate x

 

[Halfstep]

I thought annular too Kate

. Did you see her face and how she started to shake. The most awful thing ever

 

[Bossanova]

Oh poor pony- definitely went ping

 

[WoopsiiD]

Now, I'm not into dressage and I don't do the water works BUT I did get a huge lump in my throat when she hopped of as soon as she realised something was wrong. Really did bring a lump when she started shaking and crying for friend.

 

[TGM]

Her website now states that the injury is not as bad as originally feared, but the report of the confirmed diagnosis is in German, so have no idea what it actually is!

 

[Halfstep]

Just read it! It says the superficial digital flexor tendon is "stretched". They are saying three months box rest and the prognosis is good.

Glad it isn't as bad as it looked. Vibes for Ulla and Herzi!

 

[TGM]

That is much better news - fingers crossed he makes a good recovery.

 

[amyneave]

poor horse

 

[PapaFrita]

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According to her website it's a tendon, horse is in a cast, looks bad

. Scary.

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Oh God, how dreadful. I can imagine how devastated she must be

Hopefully he'll recover.

Edited because I've just read your update. What a relief for her!!

 

[Foxford]

How awful, lets hope the horse is back to health in no time.