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> Couldn't find very much in the archives, and I am wondering if 
> anybody has experience with this and was able to ride their horse in 
> endurance rides after this surgery. 
My horse who had already proven he wasn't for endurance (100% pull rate
in 4 outings) heard that a potential buyer was on the way and fractured
his rear splint bone, up high. Same symptoms as yours. Looked like a
small hole. EXTREMELY lame. Vet knew me and prescribed antibiotics over
the phone. I thought I was picking pieces of shavings away from the hole
and realized they were actuall *bone* chips. :-P X-rays looked like a
shattered cannon to me and I started crying and my vet laughed at me
assuring me it wasn't the least bit career ending. 

Jommeh had the surgery which I video taped. You should too, great for
gatherings. Very interesting to see your horse come in hanging upside
down from an an overhead track by hobbles on all four feet. :-P This was
in 1994 I think... maybe 1993. Seems like it cost me around $800. The
surgery took hours with 4 people in there so it didn't seem like that
much money considering. They stapled him up and used a ton of wrap. He
had to stay confined in a stall for months it seems but that particular
horse loved his stall and didn't mind. Like I said, he had already proven
he wasn't an endurance horse, but I do have a picture of him winning a
ribbon at a local hunt show with the shaved IV area still showing on his
neck. When I sold him 3 or 4 months later the vet who did the surgery
recommended him to the buyer even though they told him they planned to
jump him. He assured them it would be no problem. From what I heard they
loved him and he worked out great. I still have the bone. Keep
threatening to combine it with leather and make a hair barrette. :-P

Angie

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