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Would you consider a horse that requires wedges in their hind shoes to manage previous inflammation in one of their suspensories. The horse is currently sound and in work and did not require any further treatment. The suspensories were rescanned and the inflammation has subsided, the horse has been back in work for about six months. The horse sounds ideal in every other respect. ( I appreciate the responses are likely to be no, but equally I would appreciate any experiences in this instance,)
 
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I would want to know why the wedges could not have been removed once the tendons were healed. If this hasn't happened then it leaves a huge question mark over whether the horse has an injury or postural issue elsewhere that caused the suspensory problems and will cause more problems in future, whether it continues to be shod in wedges or not.

To be honest I'm a bit surprised at anyone trying to sell on a horse in wedges.
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I think everyone has answered your question but suspensory issues are very likely as a secondary symptom of another postural problem as ybcm has said. I have two horses with PSD and you need to track back to the original issue normally to solve the puzzle but not necessarily have a sound horse. After all the heartbreak I have been through my very heart felt advice would be no.
 
I think it depends what you want to do. My mare is retired due to suspensory issues with secondary problems but the vet is perfectly happy that she can hack. She however is not, and apparently prefers to be a field ornament 🙄. For schooling and/or jumping, a definite no, HS problems are a ticking time bomb.
 
I have one who was in wedges for about three years after a check lig injury (at that point we’d owned her for several years). They kept her sound snd she was comfortable enough to jump etc. as she was semi retired when my daughter went offf to uni, we pulled her shoes. She’s got lovely feet and not a lame step since. But, I wouldn’t have bought her if she’d been in wedges when I viewed. Basically - don’t buy a problem! You’ll get plenty to deal with down the line… 🤣🤣
 
I agree, a lady on my yard bought a horse with front pads (not sure if the same as wedges) she took them off to save money...the horse has now got back, SI and front lameness issues so the pads have been put back on....I think the moral of the story is if its got wedges on now, assume they need to stay on long term and cough be linked to other issues down the line!
 
I would want the feet x rays, I would be looking at conformation and judging it on a case by case basis for what I wanted to do. As ever with this type of horse it’s often many mini mistakes on management that have led to this and I would take a view on it with all the data I had and with price. I see a lot of bad shoeing which has often led to this place but I would want at least 2 sets of feet x rays, hock x rays and to rescan the suspensory. I would also want the ins and outs of day to day management, arena surface etc Lots of horses have suspensory issues but most of the time we are unaware so at least this one you are eyes wide open.

Overall farriers are not anal enough about hind feet and we focus too much on front feet. We should constantly be photographing feet and judging angles because it’s better to spend more on the farrier to avoid the vet.
 
we get horses in with wedges and touch wood all have transitioned fine over time with lots of farrier work. I would take it in I had my own land, got it for an absolute pittance and was prepared for it not to work out. we get these kind of horses in a lot and a lot DO come right but you always have ones that just never do. from my experience with them, wedges kind of keep a horse going for a small period and then cause more issues than they solve over time.
 
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