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Old tendon injuries

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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 14:32

Would you buy a 15 year old with a previous tendon injury as a light hack for a young girl
No jumping ever etc would literally be just a hacker
Vet has said she can be a light hack
Looking for advice please

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AdamRyan · 14/03/2022 14:37

I think it won't be reliably sound and maybe in 2 or 3 years it won't be rideable Sad So it depends on age of child and whether you would be happy to have essentially a pet horse.
Sorry, that's based on past experience though.

Lastqueenofscotland · 14/03/2022 15:01

@AdamRyan

I think it won't be reliably sound and maybe in 2 or 3 years it won't be rideable Sad So it depends on age of child and whether you would be happy to have essentially a pet horse. Sorry, that's based on past experience though.
I agree with this… I had a lovely lovely horse who’d done one and he was always a bit niggly behind. He’s a companion now and only 15…
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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 15:43

@AdamRyan and @Lastqueenofscotland thank you so much for replying , I was feeling this way myself but wanted to ask , I don't know many riding horses with old tendon injuries so wanted advice
Thank you 😊

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Nap1983 · 14/03/2022 15:46

If it’s been properly rehabbed and treated there's no reason why a horse can’t come back to a decent level of work.

thelittlestrhino · 14/03/2022 15:47

15 is also the sort of age when I'd be wanting to test for PPID/Cushings, as tendon injuries are a fairly common first symptom.

A single tendon injury, with a known cause, no PPID, that had been carefully and successfully rehabbed, wouldn't necessarily put me off a happy hacker.

Lastqueenofscotland · 14/03/2022 16:51

Another consideration for me is what is the nature of the horse? A lot of people have horses that get injured competing at a decent level and their brains are not that of a horse that wants to walk out on the buckle twice a week…

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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 18:20

From what I've been told and I haven't viewed as of yet is it was a old injury , she wears a full set of shoes with padding and dental impression , turn out boots in the paddock and had ulcers in the past that have been successfully treated

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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 18:22

Been told She likes a hack , a groom and is content to do nothing more than be a light hack / happy lead rein type

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Ridingthegravytrain · 14/03/2022 18:26

No way. Shoeing it sounds expensive and a hassle. Wouldn’t touch a 15 yr old with previous injury. And there will be a multitude of exclusions on insurance now

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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 18:34

@Ridingthegravytrain that was another worry , the insurance / getting her insured

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Tronkmanton · 14/03/2022 18:36

The shoes alone would put me off. They’re very expensive and possibly further masking the problem.

Mollyplop999 · 14/03/2022 18:40

Definitely not. It may be fine but as thelittliestrhino said it could be an indication of cushings. There are plenty of other horses out there without issues, I'd look for one of those.

thelittlestrhino · 14/03/2022 18:51

@foxlover47

From what I've been told and I haven't viewed as of yet is it was a old injury , she wears a full set of shoes with padding and dental impression , turn out boots in the paddock and had ulcers in the past that have been successfully treated
In that case, NO! Far too high maintenance and expensive
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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 19:10

@thelittlestrhino yes I think so , and that's before insurance and the other normal bits and bobs
Thank you
And for everyone else whose replied x

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Mollyplop999 · 14/03/2022 19:11

Let us know what you get !

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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 19:13

@Mollyplop999 😊I will :) x

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horseymum · 14/03/2022 19:28

My horse had a tendon injury and went on to have several years of light hacking. She did have nearly a year off to recover though. She's 27 and probably only just starting to struggle now. Depends on the injury.

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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 20:30

@horseymum did you have to use padded shoes to help out and how was Insurance if you don't mind me asking

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Lastqueenofscotland · 14/03/2022 21:50

@Tronkmanton

The shoes alone would put me off. They’re very expensive and possibly further masking the problem.
Yep this. Something that needs this much remedial showing just to plod out in walk would be a no from me
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foxlover47 · 14/03/2022 22:09

@Lastqueenofscotland this is what I am
Feeling because that's all she will
Be doing walking out

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horseymum · 15/03/2022 07:12

Hi, I didn't use any shoes when she was turned away for a year. She was never insured, I just paid myself. She was seen at the vet hospital but it wasn't hugely expensive but that was several years ago. think she had a couple of injections but it was mostly just being turned away that helped.

Lastqueenofscotland · 15/03/2022 08:21

Imo… if she needs that much remedial shoeing to be sound enough to be ridden in walk she’s not sound enough to be ridden.

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foxlover47 · 15/03/2022 21:54

I think you make a very good point
Thank you all x

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RatherBeRiding · 22/03/2022 10:45

It very much depends on the type of injury. My old boy, now retired,. had a tendon injury several years ago that required nothing more than chucking out in a field for 6 months. Came back sound after steady reintroduction of ridden work and competed for many more years before retiring still sound last year. Maybe we were lucky, maybe it was just a superficial injury (I do remember the vet at the time being fairly casual about it!).

In the case you describe, the shoes alone would put me off!

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