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That is a classic description of a splint. Some horses show lameness 
some don't but all will have heat if the splint is new like on Leo. I 
have had the misfortune of having 2 of my horses get a splint. The 
first horse was never lame at all and I continued to pleasure ride 
for several months until there was no heat and the bump shrunk to 
about half the original size then I went back to riding 20-30 miles 
on weekends. The second horse (my current endurance horse) re-injured 
an old splint that he had when I bought him. He was like Leo and did 
things that made me think he might be off during a 50 but then be 
fine the next 50. I ignored my suspicions and it was a mistake. The 
bump slowly got bigger and then the tendons swelled up below the bump 
after 2 50's last Feb. He was on R&R for 5 months then 3 months 
getting back in condition. We got 3rd out of 5 top best condition vet 
score (not based on speed, we finished 56 out of 68) in a 25 last 
month so next is a 50 on Jan 5th. I would be careful and have a vet check it.
Don Huston

At 04:15 PM 11/6/2007 Tuesday, you wrote:
> My 5 year-old nutcase, I mean, endurance prospect Leo has a one-inch
> hard, round lump halfway up on his cannon bone.  He didn't have it a
> few months ago.  It is painless apparently--he doesn't react to
> pressure there at any rate.  Is this a common no-big-deal occurrence
> or something I should be checking into further?  I've heard of
> splints but don't understand what they are exactly.  This lump is
> part of or on the bone.  It's toward the front of his leg and is not
> near any moving parts.
>
> To complicate matters I keep imagining that he's off a bit, but then,
> when I lunge him, he seems steady.  He has such crazy extravagant
> movement at liberty (very limber and English Pleasure like) that I
> can't tell if he's off or if I'm just reading him wrong.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Mary K.
>
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Don Huston
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SanDiego, Calif 



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