Update on my splat spook down on knees cob mare

[[59668]]

So, as an update to my previous thread, I have been riding my mare out more up to the bridle than previously.
We have had less spooks, and none to her knees, but she is still tense, and doesn't feel right in trot again on the road. Not lame, but sort of like she did in the summer before she went lame. Something tells me there is something else going on.
She is fine in the school, willing and happy and jumped fabulously at a show at the weekend.
So the vet is coming out tomorrow to look at her on hard ground. There's nothing to see on the straight I think but lunging on hard ground will be interesting.
Wish me luck

 

[AmyMay]

Have you reviewed how often she’s shod?

 

[[59668]]

Have you reviewed how often she’s shod?

No, not yet....we are still in the same shoeing cycle, due new shoes next week. Its something I will discuss with the vet tomorrow, but the discomfort/spooking doesn't seem to be related to where she is in the shoeing cycle.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Good luck!

 

[Leam_Carrie]

Good to get it checked out by the vet. Let us know how it goes.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Good luck with the vet, but do yourself a favour, buy some knee boots for your horse they're worth every penny.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

So, as an update to my previous thread, I have been riding my mare out more up to the bridle than previously.
We have had less spooks, and none to her knees, but she is still tense, and doesn't feel right in trot again on the road. Not lame, but sort of like she did in the summer before she went lame. Something tells me there is something else going on.
She is fine in the school, willing and happy and jumped fabulously at a show at the weekend.
So the vet is coming out tomorrow to look at her on hard ground. There's nothing to see on the straight I think but lunging on hard ground will be interesting.
Wish me luck

Speak to Equifeast they have cacium based calmers, I use CoolCore Bomproofing for my stressy mare

 

[[59668]]

Good luck with the vet, but do yourself a favour, buy some knee boots for your horse they're worth every penny.

Oh she wears knee boots! All my horses always have

 

[Annagain]

My retired boy (coffin join arthritis is his main problem) is still sound in the school (or would be if he went in there) and the field but retired as it progressed to being really quite lame when ridden on hard surface. To begin with, he was only lame in trot when changing direction on a hard surface, he was fine in a straight line or walking round a corner. Lunging on the hard was the thing that really showed it up for us. That was 12 years ago and thanks to careful management he only retired this year aged 25 so even if there's a problem, it could be manageable.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

People seem to use the old fashioned travel knee boots on the road now, i certainly do, after two spills on the road.

 

[[59668]]

So update on my update.
Vet has been. She is sound on the hard surface in trot in a straight line.
Very mildly lame on a circle on hard ground. Bilaterally lame, worse on right.
Nerve blocked right heel. Sound on right fore on circle on hard. Same with the left.
So diagnosis of caudal heel pain.
Farrier coming out Christmas eve and we will put remedial shoes on.
I will make an appt for xrays and scans in new year.
Please no comments about barefoot. Its an option I will try if no improvement but vet and I want to try shoes first.
Good news is this is very mild. Vet said most wouldnt even notice. So we have caught this early.

 

[Annagain]

Good news that you've identified the issue and caught it early. I went down the remedial shoeing too on the basis that it was easier to then shift to barefoot if it didn't work than to go through barefoot rehab without any guarantees. We got another 12 years of relatively pain free riding (with a couple of mild flare ups) with the remedial shoeing before he retired so hope it works for you too.

 

[milliepops]

that sound like quite a cautiously positive outcome. I know people make suggestions about riding better and with more purpose etc but really a normal healthy horse shouldn't splat from spooking unless there are very unusual circumstances - to me any kind of abnormal event like that suggests there is potentially something up. well done for pursuing this, hope your horse is feeling more comfortable soon.

 

[[59668]]

that sound like quite a cautiously positive outcome. I know people make suggestions about riding better and with more purpose etc but really a normal healthy horse shouldn't splat from spooking unless there are very unusual circumstances - to me any kind of abnormal event like that suggests there is potentially something up. well done for pursuing this, hope your horse is feeling more comfortable soon.

Thank you. I am hopeful we will carry on with our jumping and eventing at 70/80. I have never run on hard ground anyway....if it hadn't been for the splat spooks and a suspicion she didn't feel quite right in trot on the roads I would never have know anything was wrong.
Once she has her new shoes and is scanned in the new year I will update.
Wow, what a year 2020 has been