Splints
Hi Wally et al,
My mare had splints (one on each foreleg) when I bought her, they were picked up when I had her vetted and my vet told me not to worry about them. However, she has recently become lame in her NS fore, her fetlock was warm with some swelling up her leg. This goes down overnight in the box and the vet thinks she has 'upset' the splint on that leg. I gave her 7 days rest including 3 in the box and then rode her - she seemed completely sound when we were out and when we returned, but was then lame again the next morning. I do endurance riding with her - she's now really fit having done several 20-25 milers (at 7-8mph) in recent months - could this have contributed to upsetting an old splint or is it more likely she did something charging about in her field?
Any tips will be gladly received!!