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triplelhorses
Reg. Jun 2019
Posted 2019-06-03 1:29 PM
Subject: Over at the Knee


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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?

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SKM
Reg. Dec 2003
Posted 2019-06-03 3:14 PM
Subject: RE: Over at the Knee



Saint Stacey


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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.

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triplelhorses
Reg. Jun 2019
Posted 2019-06-03 3:27 PM
Subject: RE: Over at the Knee


boon


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It looks so ugly but all in all hes solid on it has no problem catching and holding his leads never sore or showing any fluid on his joints..

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Whiteboy
Reg. Jul 2012
Posted 2019-06-03 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: Over at the Knee


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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.  

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SKM
Reg. Dec 2003
Posted 2019-06-03 8:17 PM
Subject: RE: Over at the Knee



Saint Stacey


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How many outs did he have? What was his record? How long did he run? How much did he win?  Was there a significant decline in his speed index? 

Knowing how to read a chart can tell you a lot. 

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triplelhorses
Reg. Jun 2019
Posted 2019-06-03 9:15 PM
Subject: RE: Over at the Knee


boon


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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? 

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SKM
Reg. Dec 2003
Posted 2019-06-03 10:11 PM
Subject: RE: Over at the Knee



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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. 

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