Wingalls on 5yr olds fronts and hinds?

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Hormonal Filly

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Hi all,

My 5yr old Welshy has started to do slightly more work this year. Schooling once a week, this year we started jumping 2'3 ish once a week and hacking out a couple of times a week, or schooling in a 25ac field with some faster work so hes ridden 4 times a week usually. Never 'hammered 'and only in work for under a year with 'light' hacking for the majority of it until this year.
Hes always had slight back wingalls even when i bought him at 3 (even though never being in any work) but my vet wasn't phased. He is a looney in the field so thought it may be that, also a 'sensitive' lad for a Welsh D. Entire history is known and hes had a very easy life i'd say.

Last night we hacked around the lanes for 45 mins, today I have noticed he has really bad front wingalls. Really fluidy yet soft and quite hot. Not lame, but its very noticeable when you look at his legs. More so on the fronts than backs. Cold hosed and they have gone down. He does really stomp down on his front feet, like a typical welshy (fully shod) I called my vet (as panicked) whos great, she said it is probably due to the weather and hard ground, shes had alot of the same over the last couple of weeks. Maybe hes been galloping around (shares 30ac field with 10 other horses) and thats what caused it or riding on hard ground, so to cold hose and not worry to much unless he goes lame etc, but a friend said it may be the signs of early arthritis.

I am now really worried about it being the paranoid owner i am.. Would you be worried about that in a just turned 5yr old? :(
 
I had the same with my 5 yr old "D" x TB. She was very overweight at the time, and even though she is eventing to a high standard, they've never been a problem. They have actually become very noticable again in the last two weeks, but she has been eventing on hard ground, so not surprising. I would watch the weight. Welshies are such good doers!
 
I would be concerned if I was viewing a five year old with a view to buy it , it was one of the factors that lead me to walk away from a five yarvthis spring without it even getting out the stable .
But on a horse I owed it would more be thinking ok we need to learn about what's normal for this horse and what's going on here .
The heat does really affect windfalls in some individuals .
 
cundlegreen said:
I had the same with my 5 yr old "D" x TB. She was very overweight at the time, and even though she is eventing to a high standard, they've never been a problem. They have actually become very noticable again in the last two weeks, but she has been eventing on hard ground, so not surprising. I would watch the weight. Welshies are such good doers!
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Thank you. He isn't massive but isn't as slim as i'd like him to be! Maybe i'll cut the feed down a little, my coloured is a bad doer so my D also gets fed. Thank you!
 
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