Vetting and Lamness help

[BarmyC]

Please help

Can anyone explain what 1/10ths lame is.

I sold a horse 2 years ago who when he was vetted was described as 1/10th lame, he was bought by the person who had him vetted as he was ideal for her (she is now my best friend incidently) in the 2 years she has had him he has had no lameness problems whatsoever even when he has been worked quite intensively and jumped often.

Can someone please describe to me what 1/10ths lame is???

Is it a get out clause from the vet just incase something is wrong or am i too cynical of vets

(had one horse vetted by 3 different vets and they each pulled up something completely different)

im very confused

 

[star]

lameness is graded out of 10. 1/10 is a visible lameness, but usually only vets or very experienced horsepeople can see it as it's very subtle - it's normally a slight shortening of the stride, a minute nod of the head or drop of the hip. 1/10 hindlimb lameness is incredibly difficult to see. it indicates a potential problem - the horse must be feeling some sort of pain when it moves or it would move completely evenly. it may not go on to develop into anything more and may never affect the horse or it may be the start of something more serious. when my horse got PSD he was only 1/10 lame behind and i hadn't even noticed it, just that he seemed a bit sore after standing tied up for a while - after flexion tests he was completely crippled in that leg and after a lameness work-up we found his he PSD. a year later i flexed him again and he was sound.

 

[BarmyC]

Thank you.

We knew the horse in question was not going to pass a vetting and was completely honest with the girl who bought him. Bless him he has quite poor conformation and thought that he would fail on this so we were very upfront with her.

we were just shocked as he passed all the flexion tests coming sound after 1 stride of trot, the vet did put down a couple of other things as well which we were both shocked about and she ended up having all 4 legs and feet excluded from her insurance which have now all been lifted.

I just wondered if it was some sort of get out clause from the vet?? lol