These pictures are from the time of the previous post, just a few days after her first big trim. I was trying to get my video to load, but I can't figure out how to get it off my phone and onto blogger. So you'll have to make due with pictures.
The following pictures just show how hard life has been for her in the past.
She laid down a lot because her feet hurt and wore the hair off her elbows, her hindquarters, and developed a fluidy filled sac to cushion her sternum. The ground was hard at her previous place. She also has pin-firing scars on her right hind leg. She raced very successfully all last year.
She also has a small hernia...nothing that will hurt her most likely, but could be passed on if she were to be bred...not that the racing folks probably consider a hernia when breeding a fast horse.
This is a picture of her racing last year. She is number 4. It's just a sad story all around. This horse with great potential ended 2013 racing all washed up (probably injured or showing lameness if the pin firing is any clue), then was sold to a working family who was excited about their new fast cart horse, then she foundered after just a few times out on the road. Sounds like there was just too much stress at the end of the year there for her, and it all may likely have lead to the severe founder event. And then without appropriate management, she could not heal. I'm glad she has had these good days at least and we'll see what her future holds.
2 comments:
Bless you for helping this horse!
Wow. Poor thing. Her hooves look much better. I hope she feels much better soon too. Glad she has a buddy!
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