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Re: [RC] deformed front legs-- strangest thing I've ever seen - rides2far

 Horses that are over at the knee tend to become worse in old age. I 
had a
TB polo pony that was a bit over at five 

There used to be a photo of the horse that held the record for the
highest jump (I believe) in the Guinness Book of World Records. It was so
over at the knees that it looked like it was in the middle of collapsing.


I had a neighbor with a horse whose leg went off more at an angle to the
side from the knee down. It looked for all the world like it had broken a
leg and they had just let it heal at a horrid angle. It spent a lot of
time laying down. A couple of years after she died the man who owned her
showed me the leg bone he'd saved from her. Turned out it was just really
horrible arthritic deterioration. He was a physical therapist and found
it interesting.  The bad thing with her was that they bred her twice and
got two of the most identical twisted legged get you ever saw. I have
photos of one if somebody wants to see a horse that's pretty streight to
the fetlocks but has hooves that face each other. :-P Neither is ridable
and they're under 10.

Angie (doing housework and stopping by the computer hoping you guys will
entertain me)

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