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RE: [RC] HELP - My mare is frustrating me - Karen Standefer

The symptoms you've described (mare feeling like she stumbled and then
holding the leg up) doesn't sound like a muscle cramp to me.  It sounds like
a horse that is brushing or interfering.  Hoof imbalance can cause this,
which could also cause the stocking up issue as well.

Karen

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[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of susan cooper
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:59 AM
To: ridecamp
Subject: [RC] HELP - My mare is frustrating me

First of all, I am new to this, have only done one 30,
and this is the first horse I have ever pushed beyond
being just a pleasure trail riding horse.  I have been
bringing her along slow, and cardiovascularly, she is
in great shape!  Her working HR's at a forward trot
are between 120-130, plummetting to 70-80 within just
3 minutes of stopping.  Walking in between trotting,
my HR alarm will go off (it is set for 60-I need to
lower it).  But a short 1 1/2 minute gallup which
brought her HR to only 154, had her front legs puffy
the next morning.  I know tendons are the last to
strengthen, but, come on, a short gallup where her HR
didn't even get up?  Then, the other day, I took a
long, easy, 12 mile WALK with a couple of other horses
that aren't even conditioning, and my mare cramped up
one of her rear legs.  The first time it happened, I
thought she stumbled or stepped in a hole.  She held
her rear leg up for a moment, then continued on like
nothing had happened, so I discounted it (but kept it
in the back of my mind for future worry!).  Then not
even a mile later, she did it again with the same leg,
so I hopped off and walked her home (we were close,
thank goodness) and watched her stride carefully and
that leg was striding just a hair shorter than her
other one.  I got her home and gave her a good massage
with my battery operated hand massager she likes and
she leaned heavily into it on that hind quarter.  But
she was not tender to the touch anywhere on that side
from her hip, haunches, hamstring, stifle, hock, lower
leg, pasturn.  So why did my "in condition" mare cramp
up and the out of condition ones not?  At what point
in conditioning can I gallup her for short bursts, and
not expect her legs to puff up the next day?  When am
I not going to feel like a complete idiot in all of this?

Susan in NV   
 Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/



      
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