Video of pony moving, what do you think?

he is rather good looking!!!!! he looked a little unlevel to me on the last video but difficult to tell. if he is good to lunge you could prob get some of him on both reins which would be much better ...I do like him...
 
Thanks, I know the videos aren't ideal, I hadn't planned to do it and was at a friends yard with no lunge line and no-one around. But I wanted to make sure I'm not imagining that he is lame! (Before vet comes to look). He was meant to be at his first trec competition on Sunday, he would have really enjoyed it :(
 
Really hard to see, can you lunge him on a circle? I'd be tempted to say off hind looks a little short? Having said that I'm RUBBISH with lameness ;)
 
The video was a little spur of the moment so I didn't have a lunge line. I've watched him and the videos over and over and I can't say for the life of me whether it's near or off hind or both. I guess that's the vets job as I'm rubbish, but at least I know I'm not making it up, you've all seen something too even on bad videos. Thanks for replying.
 
Its really not posible to tell from the clips, other than he seems to have a slightly choppy short trot with high headcarriage [ but he is sort of rushing], and he seems to go slightly better on one rein than the other!
You need to trot up and down in hand on a level hard road, observing from behind, or lunge on a hard surface if lameness is very slight, but you should be able to tell when ridden, trotting on a level tarmac road. I am assuming he was previously sound when you rode him.
Bi lateral lameness for example is very difficult to determine.
 
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Vet has been out today, he tested positive in general flexion tests in both hind limbs with near hind being the worst. He would swap sides throughout the trot up. No real idea why yet so he is going in for a full work up.
 
What is the difference between what a vet can do today and a full work up, ty, also
not sure what you mean he would swap sides during workup, I know if you are riding they can bump you from one side to the other, I assumed most of the work would be in hand?
 
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Hope they find out what it is, I'll keep my fingers crossed its something fixable, I'm sure it is. PSD isn't the end of the world, I think ym boy moves better now than he did pre PSD as I take a lot more care into his way of going, and now he's barefoot too so I think he's also happier from that respect.
 
Thank you. Mine is already barefoot and I think his foot balance is good behind. They said there was some swelling around each stifle. Bonkers, I don't have great facilities at my yard for assessing lameness, the only hard surface is a busy road and it was foggy today so had to trot up on a flat piece of field. The arena surface was also frozen into ruts so couldn't lunge him. So whilst they got an indication of a problem it isn't the best set up to get a true picture. At least at the vets they have a trot up strip and an indoor school, plus if they wanted to nerve block/scan/X-ray we can get it all done then.

With regard to switching sides, yes, he was being trotted in hand. Vet said she could understand my confusion as when he first trotted away (before doing flexi on test) there was an obvious lameness on right hind but after about 6 strides it became more apparent in left hind, so very difficult to assess.
 
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