Thoroughpins

I was wondering if any of the vets or endurance riders on ridecamp have had any experience with thoroughpins on endurance horses. I just noticed one on my 8 year old purebred Arab with 1110 AERC miles. He did 600 miles last year and after his last ride at the end of November I pulled his shoes and turned him out with my other horses for a well deserved vacation. I had him shod in January and have been riding him lightly with a 50 planned in April. As I was brushing him to ride on Saturday I noticed puffyness on both sides of the groove above his hock on one rear leg. A visit to the vet yesterday confirmed that it was a thoroughpin and ultra sound found no damage to any tendon. He isn't lame at all as we did flexion tests and lunged both directions. My vet, who knows I ride endurance, said to keep riding him and that this would be considered a blemish. Just interested in any vet experiences and opinions out there.

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