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| Just a question, if you had a nice mare, bred nicely, straight legged, and successful in roping/barrels who was bred to very well bred straight legged, stud and the colt turned out nice, but developed epiphysitis in his back legs at 5mo– ended up having to have screws put in to slow down the faster growing plates.
Front legs started out straight, but are slightly knock-kneed (not sure if this is due to epiphysitis or just how he is built?) Colt is currently 2yo and hasn’t gone to training yet.
I love everything about this colt and he is exactly what I wanted when I bred the mare, except for his leg conformation. I worry that he won’t hold up to high speed events, but willing to take him as far as he can go.
Question, would you breed the mare again?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | How did her other babys developed was there problems with them as well, or was this her first baby? |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-17 3:04 PM
How did her other babys developed was there problems with them as well, or was this her first baby?
First and only colt, thought I had that in there! :) |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | veintiocho - 2017-01-17 3:07 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-17 3:04 PM How did her other babys developed was there problems with them as well, or was this her first baby? First and only colt, thought I had that in there! : )
LOL, nope you didnt..  Did the studs babys have problems from other mares, if not I would risk breeding her back to him since you like the baby. That may be just a one time thing that happen, did you discuss with your vet about breeding her back to the same stud? Maybe he/she can give you their thoughts on this.  |
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Location: OH | Breed her---Epiphysitis is caused by outside sources. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Mighty Broke - 2017-01-17 3:25 PM Breed her---Epiphysitis is caused by outside sources.
Mighty Broke is someone I would trust, so if he says breed her back to him I would.. |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-17 3:32 PM
Mighty Broke - 2017-01-17 3:25 PM Breed her---Epiphysitis is caused by outside sources.
Mighty Broke is someone I would trust, so if he says breed her back to him I would..
We’re thinking the epiphysitis was caused due to the mare being moved from a dry pasture to a lusher one and then we had some heavy rain and the pasture really took off, which is unusual for late summer.
I spoke with the breeder and the stud’s never had other colts with the issue that they know of. I do worry about his front legs and not sure if that is due to genetics or the epiphysitis affecting them as well. |
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Location: OH | veintiocho - 2017-01-17 4:37 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-17 3:32 PM Mighty Broke - 2017-01-17 3:25 PM Breed her---Epiphysitis is caused by outside sources. Mighty Broke is someone I would trust, so if he says breed her back to him I would.. We’re thinking the epiphysitis was caused due to the mare being moved from a dry pasture to a lusher one and then we had some heavy rain and the pasture really took off, which is unusual for late summer. I spoke with the breeder and the stud’s never had other colts with the issue that they know of. I do worry about his front legs and not sure if that is due to genetics or the epiphysitis affecting them as well.
That would absolutely explain it. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | SO who is baby #2's Sire gonna be???? LOL |
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Question - what would you do?