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Location: So. Cali. | Would* this worry you on a coming 3yr old as a barrel prospect? ( vet check would be preformed, but would like input on experiences )
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 The Rose of Rodeo...
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Location: Where we still run to look when the siren goes by. | Yes
My first horse I ran barrels on had low/loose pasterns in the back and developed major arthritis. I kept him on bute when running him and had an intense hydrotherapy regimen and with that was able to keep running him until another accident and he never hesitated.. but I hated how it looked, they had a lot of calcification. He was probably 15yo before they started bothering him.
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 Dust Bunny
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Location: Colorado | Regardless of vet check, I would pass. |
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 The One
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Location: South Georgia | Yes, I'd pass on it. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | i wouldn't even get as far as a vet check honestly. I've had my fun with injuries associated with long angulated pasterns. never again! |
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Elite Veteran
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| considering my jaw just hit my desk...I'd pass.
yikes. |
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Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | Not only no but....well you know... |
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Location: Desert Land | Yeah, I think I'd pass as well. Is this out of the mare we talked about? |
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Location: Kansas | Wow I don't think I've ever seen one that bad!! Politely pass, you will find another.....there are TONS of prospects out there! |
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 Reaching for the stars....
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| Yeah, well, DANG!
My Zephyr mare had dropped fetlocks like that in her hinds due to a hideous stifle injury and the resulting ligament damage, and overcompensation with her non-injured side led to the same damage. She injured that stifle at age 7 and didn't drop until well into her teens. This lead to calcification and ultimately to her not being able to carry a foal (too much load on her hind end) and her (to me) early demise at age 23.
There is no way I'd purchase a horse of any age to be used for any event that had dropped like the one pictured. |
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Scorpions R Us
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Location: So. Cali. | Thank you all for the input! I will pass it along  |
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Scorpions R Us
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Location: So. Cali. | TheOldGrayMare - 2013-12-03 11:45 AM Yeah, I think I'd pass as well. Is this out of the mare we talked about?
No, this is another one.  |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | I would pass on it. My experience probably won't stay sound long. |
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Location: Where cold is the normal | I myself was just looking at a prospect locally here and was interested until I got a good pic of the filly from the side with a fresh trim. As soon as I seen that she had long pasterns like that I politly passed on her.
IMO No way will that horse last. |
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| Three*C*Champs - 2013-12-03 1:23 PM
Would* this worry you on a coming 3yr old as a barrel prospect? ( vet check would be preformed, but would like input on experiences )
I see lots of problems in the future.
I wouldn't even spend the money on a vet check. |
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 The BHW Book Worm
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| nope... i would pass as soon as my eyes would hit the photo. |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | That would scare me and I wouldn't risk it. |
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| I have a horse with long upright pasterns. Slightly different than this horse but I would pass. I wouldnt trade mine for the world now but he has corrective shoeing and is suspectible to arthritis and tendon injuries due to this confirmation flaw.
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 Did I miss the party?
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| It's not really fair to judge the horse you're talking about in the photo with it being in action. Pasterns do drop a lot during riding or working. I'd personally want to see the horse in person to judge it's conformation.
Having said that, the ride on a longer pasterned horse can be smooth but, it makes for soundness issues a lot of the time in what we do. Especially if they're sloped. And there aren't tons of farriers skilled with keeping feet under the horse as it is. That makes it worse. |
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Location: Qld Australia | If it is just based on one photo maybe not. If there are a series showing this issue then yes.
I took photos of a two yo my hubby was riding and in one photo she had terrible pasterns just like this photo. She is not long in the pasterns at all and she has never had soundness issues. Just one weird photo lol. |
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