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[RC] Ringbone :( - Jennifer FleetWell, after a year of nursing my gelding, Shahtahr, back from an injury to his navicular suspensory ligament, we discovered an unexpected development two days ago. I asked my vet to take hoof-balance x-rays for my farrier, and when looking at the films, he saw the very beginnings of ringbone. He is not lame from it at this point. We wouldn't have even known it was there if not for taking the films for something else. It is very slight right now - just very tiny wavy bumps on the front of P2. I guess it would be called peri-articular high ringbone. It does not involve the actual joint right now, and may never. We don't know. My vet, who I have the utmost respect for, said that even with peri-articular ringbone, it is almost a given that my horse will develop arthritis at some point, and become lame. It could be a year, or 10 years. But in his opinion, he WILL become lame from it. He told me to still ride and compete, but not to trot up and down steep hills - just ride my horse smart and pick my rides accordingly to avoid hammering his pasterns. I've read some articles on ringbone, and some of them say that some horses that have peri-articular ringbone never show lameness - even horses with advanced bumps and bulges. Was wondering if anybody has or had a horse that was diagnosed with this (not involving the joint spaces) whose horse went on to have a successful career. At this point, we have caught it early, just by chance. I kinda wish I hadn't asked for the hoof balance x-rays...I could have remained blissfully unaware of this for who know how long... :( Thanks for any info. Jennifer and Shahtahr =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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