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DONNA MARIE WINTERS wrote:

> PLEASE!!!!   Go slowly down hills.  i too went fast and BOB did really 
> well at it and I loved it.  but in 2004 I had to retire him due to 
> severe ringbone in BOTH hind fetlocks.  Now this is from the heart.  
> since I lost BOB in Nov  I had a lot to reflect on and will do things 
> differently with  Mar Gee. 
>  
> also BOB was conditioned, well schooled  controlled on trail.  I took 
> care to never race him, push too hard but we did love the downhills. 
>  
> donna

Why do you believe that your downhill riding had anything to do with 
your horse developing ringbone in the hind fetlocks?  I'm not a vet but 
I suspect that other factors were the cause.


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Joe Long
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