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[RC] traiul hazards................. - Libby & Quentin Llop DVMWhen our horse Racqueteer was a yearling he got a hind leg over electric tape and ran. He was cut to the bone, severing the tendons in the front of the leg. He went on to event at the prelim level and had an endurance career that only ended when we sold him to a hunter/ jumper rider. To land his foot he has to swing it, but he learned to compensate very well and has completed very technical rides like the Old Dominion. I don't ever use electric tape anymore. Libby -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of sehredt@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:39 PM To: ridecamp Subject: [RC] traiul hazards................. I was riding my gelding, Draco today on a trail we have ridden a hundred times when the strangest thing happened............... We were at a walk through a narrow wash that has been trashed by the recent heavy rains and high winds - lots of tumble weeds and trash, etc. All of a sudden he hesitated. Took one more faltering step, and stopped. I looked down to see the oddest sight. He had caught his back leg in a length of red surveyors string which was, somewhere, obviously well anchored. He was holding his back leg up in the air and the string was taut and I could feel a panic coming on - from both of us! I tried to get him to move back, but he wasn't going for it. I lept off his back, whipped my trusty knife from the top of my half chaps (I always wondered why I always carry it there) and cut the string. A cursory examination didn't seem so bad. It looked like a fairly minor abrasion and he was walking fine. I got back on and rode home. Once home I realized it was much worse than I first thought. He was not lame at all until he had stood for untacking and it started to stiffen up. I got under him and took a close look - at a VERY deep cut. To make a long story a little shorter, after a $400 emergency vet call, he will make a full recovery. BUT...the cut was very deep and had actually nicked a tendon which runs along the front of his hind leg! A *&^%$#@ PIECE OF STRING DID THIS!!!!! A PIECE OF STRING!!!! I'm not sure what the moral of this story is, except be careful out there! We will miss the Twenty Mule team later this month for sure....and probably the Angeles Ridge ride next month, though the Vet seems to think he will be fully recovered by then, I am not so sure. DAMMIT! The poor guy was just walking along minding his own business! Does anyone have experience with a similar injury/accident? I am bummed. :o( Scott =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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