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My horse is lame on soft ground, sound (or certainly not as lame) on hard ground. Right fore
He has been box rested, cold hosed for 2 weeks but does not seem any better so just waiting for the vet to arrive.

Any ideas or experience of this sort of lameness?

Is it true that lame on hard is bone and lame on soft is tendon/ligamnet injury?

Farrier was out last week and his feet are fine.
 
yes you are right, lamer on soft ground usually points to a soft tissue injury, what is the lameness like on the lunge ? If shows more lameness when lame leg on outside of the circle it could be suspensory lig. Good luck with the vet, hope you are not still waiting !
 
Haven't lunged him, just trotted up on hard and soft ground.
How bad is a suspensory ligament injury?

He has hunted all season without a single Satturday off (apart from the really bad weather) and I think he did this on a fun ride a couple of weeks ago - typical
 
It depends on the severity of damage, but box rest and controlled excercise usually does the trick. Did he mess about on your fun ride ? Were you jumping and what was the ground like?
 
The ground was soft. We had been jumping but he tripped and fell when cantering across an open field. He seemed fine the rest of the day - it was the following day he showed up lame.
 
Blimey how long have you been waiting !? Chances are he did something when he tripped then. Is he insured ? Make sure that your vet does a proper examination i.e nerve blocks etc if there is nothing obvious. Are your vets good horse vets ?
 
He is insured.
Been waiting since 10.30am!

Got a good vet - its an equine hospital. Just think they will say more bute, box rest etc
 
just as a thought but maybe the reason he tripped was because he already had a problem (whatever that might be). if he was hunting all season and then tripped while cantering on good ground then maybe he may have done something in the field and the fun ride aggravated it.

hope the vet can give you an answer though and all is ok.
 
My TB was lame on soft ground, sound on hard when he did his suspensory.

He wasn't insured but he had 3 months box rest then had more scans and was then allowed to walk out grandually building it up.

There were other treatments that might have quickened the healing (eg stem cell injections) but we decided to opt for rest only and he made a full recovery.

Hope you don't have to wait too long for the vet!
 
She thinks its his suspensory or check ligament - he is going in on Monday morning for scan and nerve block. Gutted.
He kept neighing to me as I was sweeping up - can't stop crying. My poor boy.
 
(((hugs))) it is horrible when these things happen but with a bit of luck both these things are mendable. I hope you feel better about it when you know exactly what is going on.
 
Aw cr*p news for you, but keeping fingers crossed for you that everything goes okay for Monday and the news isn't too bad. He'll need rest but hopefully it's mendable.

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good luck for monday. as ive experienced they can injure themseles even messing in the field.. wait until you know what youre dealing with and then you can have a plan. i think the not knowing whats wrong is a nightmare..
 
Awww, thank you.
I feel a bit better now I have had a few glasses of wine and a good cry.
Just waiting for a kebab to cheer me up a bit more.

Thanks again for your support
 
good luck tomorrow, fore limb suspensory ligs usually heal quite well, a lot of horses go back into full work again, especially if the problem is recognised early. Be aware that if the scan is done after a sub carpal nerve block it can give a false impression of an injury to the suspensory lig as air can be introduced to the area via the needle, so some vets don't scan until the next day.
 
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