Would you MRI this foot? *photos*

hehe, you and Michen don't have an entirely dissimilar horsey history, up to the rush of blood to the head ;).

Realistically you are going to have plenty to be getting on with for a while with the new house etc to set up.
 
Heehee :) She wasn't even my first choice - having pored over the videos for ages, I popped an overheight (16hh) connie 4 yo bay gelding into my basket first & paid a deposit on him, but the dealer said he'd just sold. So I asked what she had out of current stock or stuff coming in etc with the most jump, & she said Summer, so I said, okay, send me her, then...! :-0

I know this hasn't exactly gone to plan, but it was hugely, hugely exciting & she is a very nice horse.
 
Sounds like she has you wrapped around her hoof already :)

catembi said:
Heehee :) She wasn't even my first choice - having pored over the videos for ages, I popped an overheight (16hh) connie 4 yo bay gelding into my basket first & paid a deposit on him, but the dealer said he'd just sold. So I asked what she had out of current stock or stuff coming in etc with the most jump, & she said Summer, so I said, okay, send me her, then...! :-0

I know this hasn't exactly gone to plan, but it was hugely, hugely exciting & she is a very nice horse.
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OP did she only show lameness once the shoe was removed?

If so, then I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that the shoe was stabilising what looks like a very deep defect, and you can get her sorted .....

I'm guessing your vet and farrier will want her reshod , even with a plate over the crack..

Good luck for your x rays..

Fiona
 
Good luck with the x rays. My homebred mare had a resection for seedy toe which was even more extensive than Michen's, it went almost as high as the coronet band but it did come good. It did take about 18 months to fully grow out, because the first resection wasn't radical enough so it had to be repeated. Subsequent x rays show no evidence that it ever happened.

Have you contacted the dealer yet? I think she should know asap what you have found. I suspect that any surprise she expresses may be faked, though I am a suspicous so and so. Fingers crossed you can sort this mare out as you like her so much, but if you can't, then I hope you get some redress.
 
Yes, sound as a pound til shoes came off! We will stick to our plan as outlined above and see what happens.

I haven’t contacted the dealer as I cannot be bothered getting snarled up in a ton of nastiness, and I can also afford to write off the purchase price. It’s v irritating, but no worse than paying £8.5k for a superbly bred sj 4yo who after several years of increasing ingenious investigations on my part turned out to have EPSM and whom I sold for £500 as a happy hacker... (Full disclosure to buyer, who had shared him for ages.)
 
I am so happy that you like this horse enough to want to keep her. From what I have heard the dealer would offer an exchange, but I understand that getting a refund from someone in Ireland can get a bit 'too hard to do' to make it worthwhile.


If she was sound before, then putting shoes back on sounds like a good plan. I would have X rays first though, just to see what you are dealing with. I presume if there was something that was definitely structural she would be back on the boat.
 
Red-1 said:
If she was sound before, then putting shoes back on sounds like a good plan. I would have X rays first though, just to see what you are dealing with. I presume if there was something that was definitely structural she would be back on the boat.
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I agree with this. I would x-ray and if there are no major issues, pop the shoes back on until the crack has grown out. Fingers crossed, as I have followed your posts about her and she sounds like a great find (this issue aside!).
 
X-ray now booked for Wednesday. Cleantrax soak will be done on Monday, then we’ll take it from there! Thank you for your good wishes - much appreciated 😄
 
Sorry don't have much to add, good luck with the x-ray
I met Nic Barker at a clinic earlier this year, will be interested to see what she says about it. She talks a lot of sense x
 
Good luck with the X-rays - hope they clarify situation either way.
Agree with those advising contacting the seller - with photos - sooner rather than later.
Surely even with filler the crack would be visible under a careful inspection (like wot you’d expect at a vetting! Or were hooves coated in hoof dressing?)
 
Update...xrayed today, nothing of concern, so yay for that! Crack was cleaned out with a dremel and old powdered pus removed. Crescent cut over crack so it’s no longer weight bearing. Bruising on white line at toe from over keen trimming before she was shod in Ireland. I now need to poultice for 3 days, then iodine the crack, and we should be good to go! :)
 
Fantastic! Hopefully once the bruising has gone then she should be sound to work and the crack can just grow out in its own sweet time :biggrin3:
 
No shoes! Barefoot clinic on Saturday! She basically has no hoof wall at the toe, hence bruising, so needs to crack on and grow some!
 
Good news. I've noticed my horses' hooves grow quickly at this time of year so if she is similar then you may not have to wait too long.
 
catembi said:
No shoes! Barefoot clinic on Saturday! She basically has no hoof wall at the toe, hence bruising, so needs to crack on and grow some!
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If you have an arc equine.. i would stick it on for a few weeks. My mare fractured her pedal bone and due to the cast we needed to wait for the "ledge" to grow out, she never grows much foot, but after using the arc the blacksmith and vet could not believe the amount of hoof she was growing!
Worth a try if you already have one :)
 
Well, we wet poulticed for three days as per vet instructions, and are now irrigating with iodine. And we appear to be sound! Tootled out on a 20 minute hack yesterday and today and we are striding out and rock crunching! Let’s hope it continues!
 
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