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Re: [RC] Horse falls down when it sleeps!!? - Jim Ferris

Hi Laura,

Don't feel badly, I have 2 mares that do the same thing. One of them
is an NATRC National Champion and the other is her daughter. I also
have 2 sons out of the same stallion as the young mare and they do not
exhibit the same problem. It appears that it is just a mare thing. At
least that is with these 2 horses. It is possible that it is an
inherited trait. Is your mare an arabian? Both of mine are. What is
her bloodlines? I am very interested as my 2 mares do the same thing
as you describe and have a lot of scrapes on the front of both front
fetlocks. I often find both of them with blood running out of the
wounds. Of course, the ground I have them living on is very hard and
dry (California weather!).
-- 
Best regards,
Jim 


From: "Laura Hayes" <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]   Horse falls down when it sleeps!!?


My mare has had some belly discomfort after a couple rides and though we
have dealt with what we think are ulcers, I am still really paranoid about
it, so I find myself watching her at night before and after rides. She has
not had another occurrence of colic or discomfort, but, she has trained me
not to sleep, and in the process I have noticed some very odd sleep behavior
in her.

Instead of just locking her knees and falling asleep, she appears to nod off
and her head gets lower and one knee cocks, and all of a sudden she falls on
her face!  She has done this 5 or 6 times a night both before and after two
separate rides.  She always gets back up immediately and starts eating as if
nothing ever happened.  She was picketed at one ride, and tied to the
trailer at another.  Her rope is always long enough to reach the ground, and
she appears comfortable in every other way.  I have been racing this mare
for over a year and have never noticed this before, in fact, I believe (but
can't remember specifically), that I have seen her lay down on the picket at
night.



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