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I think maybe we (I) need a better idea of of Mildly arthritic.  I have a mare, Aries that is what I call mildly arthitic in the rt. front fetlock.  She is coming 16 this spring, and competes fine.  I have had some problems in the past where she would come up off in that leg and I was pulled.  But, then with some supplements, and the best part, with some Legend shots before each event (about one week) she has done great.  After I put her on the Legend, she has completed every ride. (one exception, she stepped on herself at one ride and injured the leg)  But no arthritic problems.  In fact, she did the very tough 3-day 155 at Talladega this year....fantastically !!!!  She is going to the Biltmore 100 again with Angie in May, then the OD 100 with Angie, and finally, to the NC in Oct. with me on the 50 there.  So, maybe if you tried the supplements, things could work out.

 

Jody and the girls (who badly need good weather to ride)

 

PS.  If you find that breeder, I have a CMK bred mare that needs a good home, she has nice babies too.

Mary Krauss <lazykfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The vet/chiro came out yesterday to look at my mare Salima and left me 
> right where I was already: frustrated. Basically Salima's probably 
> mildly arthritic and can be ridden some if I start using supplements 
> (which I've always thought of as voodoo). No one seems to think she'll 
> be able to hold up to lots of miles and that heavy training definitely 
> will worsen things for her in the long run.
>
> I am ready to explode with frustration over not being able to commit to 
> this endurance thing (yes, I'm one of those people who really wants to 
> do 100's, notice the plural--if I don't discover hidden reserves of 
> mental or
>  physical cowardice.) The choices seem simple: manage 
> Salima's arthritis as well as possible and ride her under her threshold 
> and put off more lofty goals; or try to find a nice broodmare situation 
> for her and go shopping for a young, ready to be brought into condition 
> distance horse.
>
> Here's the catch: I love Salima very much. No one else can. She's a 
> pill, a pasture boss, a history of issues from poor training, and my 
> best friend. I want to wake up every morning and yell at her for 
> biting Bruiser, then give her her carrots and watch her get all dopey 
> over me.
>
> My Very Supportive Husband (non-horsey variety) can't stand to work 6.5 
> days a week and drive up every evening past a "horse hospice". (Our 
> other non-endurance-horse has EPSM and doesn't seem to be responding 
> particularly well to the change in diet. We may have caught the 
> condition too late. I totally support his position on the subject.) 
> He also can't stand to
>  see how mean I am to him and our human children 
> when I'm this frustrated. He also loves me and wants me to live my 
> dreams.
>
> Any ideas? Anyone know a gentle, sympathetic, warm-hearted breeder of 
> Crabbet Arabians? Preferably this ideal human would live North of 
> Seattle....
>
> Mary K. (a.k.a. "the whiner")
>
>
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