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Re: [RC] suspensory injury - Barbara McCraryMy experiences with suspensory tears (4 horses over the years) suggests a long lay-up, usually a year. I know the horses go bonkers waiting around that long, but it seems worth it. We have one of those four horses left and his last tear was probably ten years ago. He's sound if I don't ride him on an endurance ride. The last 50 I did on him was about three years ago, and he turned up a bit off at one vet check, then warmed out of it and was sound at the trot the rest of the way through the ride. I think, however, it was the old suspensory acting up, so I have not ridden endurance on him since. He can still do a brisk 15-mile training ride around home and be OK. Maybe he could even do a 50, but I didn't want to chance it. His problem is hyperextension at the trot and a hyper personality. Give your horse time, and she'll likely be fine. I would concur with the third vet's decision as the most likely one. And your horse's injury was from an accident, not from a consistent way of going, as is the case with mine. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Typef" <typef@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Ride Camp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [RC] suspensory injury That's encouraging to us. My husband's Belgian/Thoroughbred tripped and stumbled really bad last July and according to the ultrasound it was a 65% tear. She doesn't have the best conformation, but she's an absolutely teddy bear. The vet told my husband (no bedside manner) "if you want to ride a horse again, put this one in the pasture and go get another." He cried all the way home. It's his first horse that I bought for him as a present when he was 40. The ultrasound was done by a second vet. The first said just to giver he a month off. We opted for a third opinion since the two were so vastly different. The third vet (at a clinic who specializes in this type of injury) said that it wasn't necessarily a career-ending injury and just needed alot of time to heal. His ultrasound was a month after the first and he felt it was healing tremendously well. Two months later we went back for a third ultrasound and other than the permanent enlargement, he said she was healed. He lounged her for about twenty minutes in both directions and said clinically and physically he felt she was fine. We've stayed off of her until this last month and have ridden a couple of miles at a walk, or at least we tried to walk. All she wanted to do was crowhop, prance sideways and generally act like a ninny. She seems no worse for wear. We've decided that in the next couple of weeks we'll take her away from home and ride her where she will actually walk instead of wanting to run back to the barn. Wish us luck. My husband absolutely adores this horse. :) Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Merryben@xxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [RC] suspensory injuryMy mule, Miss Scarlett O'Hara tore a suspensory and was off for a fullyear and went on to do another 1,000 miles or so without incident.....=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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