Video - Lame or not?

How can u tell? I'm so awful at hind lameness..... Can see the odd short step but not a horse that is very lame behind.... What do u look for when looking at hind end unlevelness?
 
avthechav said:
How can u tell? I'm so awful at hind lameness..... Can see the odd short step but not a horse that is very lame behind.... What do u look for when looking at hind end unlevelness?
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He is not stepping as far forward with the left hind and nodding too v slightly. Sorry OP.
 
He may not be quite right, but what's his age and workload? If he is in teens and worked hard in his life then will prob not be 100% anyway. Very few horses are 100% sound 100% of the time.
 
Yes, very lame.

I would have put it away after the first 10 seconds.

ETA Lame behind, inside looks worse but that could be because its on a circle. I would suspect pelvic/spine (from thoracic backwards) issues but I'm not a vet, nor is anyone here, so I would call that vet to see it.
 
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Thank you for all your replies :) I did think he looked lame behind but wasn't too sure if I was just worrying too much.
He's 7 and was diagnosed with kissing spine a couple of months ago which was medicated so I'm hoping the lameness isnt his back hurting him again! Although thermal imaging also showed a hotspot over his sacroililac joint so that might be causing it?
 
Looks very wrong to me generally in his hind end. Left, inside hind looks worse but would need to see on the other rein as well before you could pinpoint where.

For me it would be a vet and physio appointment
 
I'm with Patterdale and others. He looks very lame behind and coming short on the near hind, but there were moments of shortening on the off hind as well. I wouldn't bother lunging other rein to find out, he's clearly not right.

I would be getting a full lameness work up done and specifically, his back and pelvis. He's not right.

Any chance he could have slipped in the field or has he had a major hooley? If he's in, was his bed messed up, could he have cast himself at some point?
 
Having been in a similar situation with a horse with KS (as well as PSD in his near hind) - I would highly suggest getting a vet to do a full lameness work-up as he isn't over-tracking, and clearly not right behind.

I read a study fairly recently which found a link between KS and hind-limb lameness, and through further personal research is actually quite common.
 
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