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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:44 am |
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Our friends older (15) Tb gelding slammed the brakes on at Penn State
the other week over 2'6" jumps. This is so not Finley; he will canter
down and slip in a stride if he feels the rider is Not Safe. He will
run out at times if you are weak with your leg. But he doesn't do what
he did at Penn State.
I said to the owner, that's not Finley, something is wrong. She
decided to have the vet look at him when she was out to give boosters
to Zidane, Choccie and Cruiser. Yesterday, one of her daughters jumped
him to be sure that he would present as sore if there was a problem.
He's sore. Vet pinpointed the stifles, they are sore and swollen. He's
dragging his toes behind
She said, in her opinion, no more jumping.
The vet noticed last year that he was starting to "break down" a bit
in his rear pasterns. Not a good thing.
Finley is only 15 years old. Granted, he has worked hard throughout
his life but this sucks. Could deal with some arthritis, but he might
have a connective tissue disease.
He's one of my favorite horses of all time. He's the king of
gymnastics and grids - loves 'em and never puts a foot wrong in them.
He's a whiz at canter cavalletti - you want 5 strides? 6 strides? 8
strides? You got 'em.
I feel sick.
Nina offered to them that they could send Finners to our place to live
and in exchange could have my old show hunter Tommy who is still hale
and strong (he's very low mileage LOL) They would have to put up with
the irrepressible Tommy attitude "Never had a bad day in my life! Oh,
do you have something to EAT?!" but he could fill in while they were
looking for something else.
The vet referred them to Mid-Atlantic so they can get xrays of his
stifle to make sure it is soft tissue and not some arthiritis going
on.
Damn
Sue
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| Ponai Mahone... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:31 pm |
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Sue typed
Quote: Our friends older (15) Tb gelding slammed the brakes on at Penn State
the other week over 2'6" jumps. . . . I said to the owner, that's not
Finley, something is wrong.
How old was the horse when he was started, and how old was he when he first
started his jumping career?
Yes, life is very unfair to horses when expectations are placed on their
performance before they are physically mature enough to handle to work.
Horses are exceedingly "kind and generous". Humans often take advantage of
the situation, without forethought to the eventual outcome.
Deb |
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| JJ... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:45 pm |
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Sorry to hear this. It sounds like Finley has good, long career and it's
just time to hang that one up and move onto something else. Something a
little kinder to those joints/muscles/tissues - whatever the source may be.
I'm glad that it sounds like his owners are willing to get him any treatment
he needs to be comfortable and maybe move on to another place where he can
have the "retirement" he deserves. He's given his all it sounds like.
Glad he's in good hands and with good friends like you to offer him a place
to stay and enjoy life. Let us know how he's doing and how it all works out
if you can. JJ |
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