ryukrem wrote:[list][list][size=95]A month and a half in and my horse is still not sound. It went from us thinking it was her hoof, to her shoulder, and now her hoof again. Now she has rubber pads on her front feet to see if it's a sole issue, but I'm doubtful because she's never had this problem before. She's been hand-walked or lunged at walk for the past month. On Friday I'm going to try riding her again and see if there is any improvement. If not, a vet call will have to be made.
The most frustrating aspect about this is that we were doing so good. Our frame and impulsion was coming along. She was gaining proper topline muscles and using her back more and more. Everything was coming together and we were almost ready to start training for First Level for the upcoming show season, but it all came crashing down so fast.
Not looking for critique on my equitation at the moment. I know what I need to work on, just showing our progress from where we used to be. I miss my active, happy, healthy Alice.
first off....why riding when not sound horse...this sometimes can make it way more bad when one does not know the why....
did a chiro have a look at her other therapy....it could be her back or neck or even front leg....sometimes one thinks it is the shouler or back leg only to learn it was the front one or the back because of the rider seat or wrong saddle or a muscle probem...after a bad fall it even could be a partly broken neck or badly pulled muscle, and when i didd see it right you did write something about that she slipped on ice...did a vet have a look at her...x-ray or ultrasound ....do you got a video of her moving on hard ground, from front an behind in walk and trot....it can show things you may not see ?
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never have i ever been so angry at the racing discipline. learned my 23 year old ottb was bleeding internally and fed steroids as they continued to race her. they raced her knowing she was in pain. complete disgrace.
that makes not real sence....when it is your horse why do you let them feed her things or let them give her things you dont want...you also see how the training is and the vet tells you about health...so why did you let her race her when younger and pain???
and i dont know from any horse that is still in the racing at this age, there is a mistake in the number...or was it maaany years back in her race days? ^^...years back when horses where bether and such there was one or the other who raced up to high age...but most are out at the age of 14......i know that some horse who are raced there whole live only at sand get something against lung bleeding...but pain meds are drugs and are not accpted in a legal race as they do drug tests...and the vet check bevor the races pushes out sick horses too so she would not get in a race showig pain or bleeding out of the nose in the years when she still was raced...
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If he doesn't have either of those things, you're best bet would be to trace back through his previous owners and see if any of them could tell you what his bloodlines are or send you his papers. A good point to remember though, is that you don't ride the papers 
He sounds like a good horse, regardless of his bloodlines! 
Hand walking and in-hand work for sure, but usually if they are visibly lame at the trot they aren't put into ridden work. 
