Very subtle lamness

[Pick and mix]

Morning

So my 7 year old connie in full work , showjumps treadmills ext always massive impulsive canter and trot , went out at the weekend worked fine then was exploding everywere in the arena bucking. And throwing himself inside out , def not like him , jumped fine thought poss bit fresh

Felt fine this week up until my lesson yesterday and has completely lost all impulsion in his canter almost no engine so we stopped coooled off and came home

Vets assessed last night very minimal in trot right hind on lunge lack of impulsion even in Trot

So plan is to hack long rein for a week then go in for a work up , top of list is hocks so worried as plan is to event him

 

[AmyMay]

Might be a mild suspensory strain. Good luck with the work up.

 

[ycbm]

There are some very effective hock treatments these days, don't write him off yet.

Fingers crossed for next week.
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[IrishMilo]

Connemaras, in my experience, have a predisposition to hock arthritis. When I say every Connie I've owned, ridden or known has had spavin of the hocks I'm not exagerrating.

 

[Pick and mix]

Connemaras, in my experience, have a predisposition to hock arthritis. When I say every Connie I've owned, ridden or known has had spavin of the hocks I'm not exagerrating.

My other connie was good but prob if we xrayed hocks would have found something just hoping something easily fixed and continue to do his job as very minimal and you wouldn’t actually know apart from no impulsion on canter

 

[Ceriann]

Could be anything at this stage so don’t write off. Mine had a huge hooley in the field and injured a hind suspensory branch - healed well with careful rehab. Could be mild changes in hocks (tons of effective treatments for this) or even a tweak to the back. Fingers crossed for next week.

 

[Birker2020]

Might be a mild suspensory strain. Good luck with the work up.

I'm thinking that but also SI strain, possibly through a slip in the field or spavin due to arthritis?

 

[sbloom]

And keep a "lens" of - poor movement patterns are the biggest cause of lameness. Have a REALLY objective look at how he stands and moves, his musculature. Equitopiacenter.com has some excellent resources on this and is cheap to join for a month and wade through the extra content (some is available for free).

 

[dixie]

Might be a mild suspensory strain. Good luck with the work up.

That was my thought too but only because of my recent experience.
Said horse doesn't even show lame but had one episode of bronking which is very unlike him ( I wrote about my concussion). Turns out he has suspensory issue in his off hind.

This is his second time on this leg, so this time he's had Shock Wave therapy and I'm giving him a year off as a belt and braces solution (I hope).
The first time he didn't display such behaviour but he lack impulsion in his canter, even out hacking, which for a buzzy horse was unusual.

Both very similar to OP's posting.

 

[Sossigpoker]

Hocks can and do respond brilliantly to Arthmid. My cob has an almost fused right hock but after Arthmid and rehab he's fully sound and in full work.
My vet does vetting for some posh sports horse auction house and said that not many of them are as sound as my boy!