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I suggest you don't do the last ride, give him 6 weeks off then just do easy trail rides if you must but even better let him be and just hand walk and ground train. 5 years endurance is not too much, especially at the rate you have been riding. This is just a glitch, and hopefully he is not prone to splints and this will pass.
A Vet or others can tell you the time off required, they told me 6 weeks, and I followed all recommendations, with ice twice/day and bute the first two weeks then wrapped with California Gold hot gel for the next 2 weeks,then laid off for two more weeks in paddoc, with light work over the next 6 week period to bring him back. But it really took 6 months, it may be since he was such a ditz he just kept injuring himself by screwing around. Just my experience...
>Hi there,
>
>I am just looking for a little bit of advice. Please
>e-mail me directly.
>
>I have an 11 year old gelding that I have been
>endurancing with since he was 6. This is his first
>year at doing 50 milers prior to this it has been 25
>and 35 LD. This year seems to
>have been a rough year for him as he was pulled from
>two rides in our area for a similar problem. He does
>50 mile rides. I should also let you know our ride
>season here is a short one, starts in June and ends on
>the last weekend in August. There are 5 rides in the
>area. So far he has completed two of the 5 with one
>left to go, maybe, fingers crossed.
>
>Well here goes the problem is:
>
>He has a splint on his cannon. The splint is just
>slightly behind the cannon. I have had the leg
>ultrasounded and x-rayed to ensure that the splint is
>not interfering with tendons and ligaments. And it is not.
>
>Anyway my question goes like this.
>
>At our last ride this weekend, he stumbled and fell
>down. He left me behind and trotted into the vet check
>-- sound. When I got to the vet, and he went through
>the check with A's. So off we went on to do the next
>loop. He was fine through 3/4's of the loop. The
>trail was rough, and a few boggy spots. He was moving
>just fine. Got out to the road and still fine.
>Trotted down the hill and lame. Stopped checked to see
>if he picked up a stone or something, all was clean.
>Let him eat and drink, walked him a ways then tried a
>slow
>jog/trot and still lame. I pulled him at that point
>and we walked back to the vet check.
>
>I put my horse away, the time is 12:30 pm. He is left
>on a long line to eat and drink as he pleases so that
>he is not left standing by the horse trailer. I
>applied Blue Ice to his legs and by 5:30
>pm his leg was swollen. The ride vet comes by to check
>on him and she says that that was classic tendon
>swelling and
>she thinks that the splint is not stable and this is
>what is causing all the grief. She told me months off
>to heal. So I get him home ( 35 min trailer ride). I
>give him his night feeding, apply more Blue Ice and by
>the next morning the swelling is fine. With any other
>horse that I have ever seen with tendon troubles the
>swelling generally lasts a lot longer than one
>evening. Right now he is off, I am hosing his leg with
>cold water, applying Blue Ice and wrapping his leg.
>
>Could anyone out there give me any advice on this,
>could it be a tendon, could it be a sprain/strain is
>endurancing a horse for 5 years too long??
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thanks
>Cathy & Sundown Moses (please don't retire me mom, I'm
>having fun!)
Connie DeJong 408 526-6117
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