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Ah Barbara, I was going to stay out of this, but you nailed it.

Our OT track Standardbred was occassionally lame.  We had our equine vet out
three times, plus a pre-purchase.  Each time he swore there was not a thing
wrong with the horse.  He even told another woman that he was tired of
dealing with an owner who bought a pacng horse and then thought it was lame.

He told my daughter "there's nothing wrong with this horse, just go ride
him".

So, she took him to an LD and he was pulled for lameness at 12 miles.  Cary
Hills, the ride vet, is a very good lameness man.  We hauled Twist into him
the next week and the horse had an old suspensory injury.  Dr. Hills said
that Twist is just such a phlegmatic horse that he wasn't expressing pain
until he couldn't stand it anymore.

We followed his instructions for care and eventually (8 weeks) Twist had a
nice clean ultrasound.   Just so we weren't missing something, I had him
X-rayed too.  He looked good.  Because I was busy with my other horse, he
ended up getting quite a lot of rest, but he's back on trail now and doing
fine.

Nancy


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