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RE: [SPAM] [RC] Separation at the Coronet Band - heidiThis weekend I went to the Sand Hills Stampede in South Carolina and ended up pulling my horse after the second loop of the 55. I had noticed a little blood on his coronet band but being a very tender skinned horse he usually has a speck of blood somewhere from a nick or what not and since he is white it shows up very well. When I was washing it off I realized it was coming from his coronet band. It appeared that the deep sand had irritated it and it looked like it was starting to separate. He had felt great on the trail and had vetted with As and sound. As I was washing it I pushed on it and he reacted pretty strongly so I took him back to the vets and we all agreed that another 13 miles was not going to make it any better so he was done for the day. . I thought back to the other 3 sandy rides I have done in the past year and realized that after each one Blue has ended up with a horizontal crack on the front of his hoof so I guess this is how that starts. I have not ever had this problem on mountain rides but that's where we are from. Has anyone had this experience before? Anything I can do to help him out? First of all, good call to pull. It never helps to continue aggravating something like that. Yes, I've seen and experienced that sort of problem. If it is just on one foot, it is most likely due to a localized trauma or bruising. That would be my guess, given that he was sensitive to having the area palpated and that he had noticeable blood at the spot. Give him a few weeks off, until you get some good growth starting down from that area, and then he should be fine. Keeping it reasonably clean initially will help as well. Sometimes a blemish will appear in the growth pattern for awhile, but most of these grow out normally in the end. Odds are you encountered something hidden in the sand, or that he hit himself due to the insecurity of the sandy footing. You may also get cracking along the coronet band from concussion, but when that is the case, it usually doesn't show up until post-ride, and then is either bilateral on the fronts, or quadrilateral (all four feet). Such horses are usually a bit tender and hesitant to move out, but not necessarily "lame" since they are affected symmetrically. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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