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10-31-2005, 04:27 PM
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I went to look at a pony yesterday with my trainer, and the owner asked my trainer to take a look at his older mare to see what suggestions we could give for putting some weight on her. She was pretty thin, but her coat was soft and shiny..but her front legs were abtrocious(sp?) The big muscle that is usually in the front of the leg was in the back, and the ligaments were in the front..I didnt get to see her move, but I thought that this was very very weird, and I have never seen it before. My trainer thinks it is a certain disease, but we couldnt think of it. What does this, and how does it happen? It seems like the whole front leg from the elbow to the knee is backwards.
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10-31-2005, 04:47 PM
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Was this "back at the knee" by chance? Where the leg looks like it should bend backwards? It's certainly not good conformation at all - huge stress and strain on the tendons and ligaments.
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10-31-2005, 04:56 PM
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10-31-2005, 05:57 PM
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nope, the knee down was fine, it was just the top muscle of the forearm (both legs) that seemed to be in the back of the leg instead of the front where it usually is.
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10-31-2005, 06:25 PM
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I think what you are seeing is that when body condition scoring a horse, one of the points to check is that muscle just behind and below the shoulder/elbow joint. This muscle will waist on a very thin horse. When this happens, the front of the leg may also lose mass and thus you will see only the ligaments (that are always there, but covered/filled in by muscle) and the back of leg that is noramlly well developed at the top will become very straight looking...like the front of the leg would be more apt to appear in a normal weight horse. It is difficult to explain, but I couldn't find an good image of it. Hope you get what I am trying to describe. This overall look would make the top of the leg appear "backwards". Most likely not a conformation flaw, but rather a weight/lack of muscle issue.
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11-02-2005, 08:14 AM
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thats weird!!
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