Posted 2019-06-03 1:29 PM Subject: Over at the Knee
boon
Posts: 4
I have a 6yro off the track that was born over at the knee. He is sound just looks funny. Are there any others that have had experiance running barrels on a horse like this and did it cause any issues?
Posted 2019-06-03 3:14 PM Subject: RE: Over at the Knee
Saint Stacey
Over in the knee isn’t that big of a deal. Back at the knee...I wouldn’t touch with a 10’ pole. Those ones are the ones with soundness issues. Over in the knee tend to stay sound as long as the deviation isn’t severe.
Posted 2019-06-03 4:48 PM Subject: RE: Over at the Knee
That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
All conformation defects are fine, until they aren't. You will find stories of "my horse is over at the knee, he's now 29 years old and never taken a lame step" or "my horse is back at the knee, he's never taken a lame step in 28 years". If a horse has a conformation problem, it may not be a problem today, but the chance of it being a problem tomorrow is higher than a horse with correct conformation. If you already own the horse, I'd just go for it. If I was buying the horse...I'd think twice before doing so.
Posted 2019-06-03 9:15 PM Subject: RE: Over at the Knee
boon
Posts: 4
His stats aren’t my concern. We train race horses for a living he had no issues with any of that he has a 95si no joint issues no fluid always sound. My question is what is the chance of them remaining that way when I start asking him to make tight turns?
Posted 2019-06-03 10:11 PM Subject: RE: Over at the Knee
Saint Stacey
triplelhorses - 2019-06-03 8:15 PM
His stats aren’t my concern. We train race horses for a living he had no issues with any of that he has a 95si no joint issues no fluid always sound. My question is what is the chance of them remaining that way when I start asking him to make tight turns?
We had a horse with a 106. He had a significant decline. Then it stayed low. Turns out he had a broken pelvis.
The left front doesn’t bother me. From your picture, the right looks a lot worse. If that is the case, the difference in severity would worry me since they legs aren’t the same degree of defect.