Ok guys, I have a 3yr old coming to me this wknd that has never been raced but does have some slightly bowed tendons.  She isn't lame and shows no sighn of lameness.  Vet did say he truly believes that she will be able to train for barrels after having time off to heal.

How many of you have delt with bowed tendons before?  what are some things you did to help your babies recover? 

TIA 

Kind of like being slightly pregnant. I would want an u/s at a good lameness vet to evaluate . Probably also going to need supportive shoeing .  It's not a good sign that a horse bows before they're even started. 

she has been vetted and I do have ultra sound reports. I go look at her Saturday.  They just pulled her shoes yesterday. She sure missed her calling as a Qh though bc she sure has teh build of one and is short ( of course I know she is going to grow plenty ) But is the built like a brick house. lol 

Have your personally ever rehabed one with a bowed tendon? 

Horses with severe tendon damage can appear to be sound.  Rehabbing can take months to a year sometimes forward sometimes backwards but it can be done.  Most that I have seen that went back to work and stayed sound were brought back slowly and didn't have any underlying issues the led to the bow to begin with.

My question is why would a 3 year old have bowed tendons at such a young age? Was she rode hard, or did she do this on her own? I have had two horses in my life time that had bowed tendons, one was off the track that was giving to me to rehab and another one pulled his tendons running on crappy ground. 

Agreed. 

This filly from my understanding injured herself during training on the track.  It also looks like it is possible both legs. One you can defintely tell it is bowed and the other is just a slight swollen area that is you wasn't looking for it, you probably wouldn't notice it.  I just hope they can rehab her back and she doesn't fall into the wrong hands.  

I called and asked my vet's opinion and this is what he told me: A completely healed bowed tendon is going to have scar tissue. This scar tissue is going to allow for less elasticity of the tendon. So the chance of them reinjuring that tendon is higher than a horse that has no scar tissue in that tendon. But that doesn't mean they ever will. Just higher chance than a horse that didn't have the injury.