[Bernardo]

Alright so a yearling I'm considering (my trainer owns him) is on stall rest for 8 weeks because of a hairline fracture in his coffin bone. The vet think he will recover fully and never have a problem, like she's pretty much sure he'll recover, unless something goes wrong.

I'm curious to everyones opinons. I completely trust the vet, and if the horse isn't going to be sound he will be a no go. But does anyone know the success rate for recovery. I mean its a hairline fracture so it's small, but its still a fracture none the less. Do almost all horses fully recover from it? If they stay quiet, etc. in their stall.

(he doesn't even limp when you take him out of his stall to clean it, its a really tiny tiny fracture apparently)

[Red roan rider1]

That sounds like it could be trouble. I have never dealt with an injury like that so I really dont know. Personally though, I would not buy it. There are to many nice totally sound ones out there to pick from.

[Bernardo]

Originally Posted by Red roan rider1

That sounds like it could be trouble. I have never dealt with an injury like that so I really dont know. Personally though, I would not buy it. There are to many nice totally sound ones out there to pick from.

Well the thing is we work out a trade with my trainer. So its not like he would let us get it if it was going to be unsound for life. He's not like that. And we are only getting the horse if he ends up sound.

Not to mention the vet thinks he's going to make a 100% recovering.

I was more curious to see the experience other people had with any type of coffin bone fracture and recovery times and how the horse returned, etc. The fracture is extremely tiny, like the vet barely noticed it.

[speedyscout]

I think you should deffintley get a vet check before you make the decicion to trade, just to make sure. If he turns out sound then I say go for it!

[Bernardo]

Originally Posted by speedyscout

I think you should deffintley get a vet check before you make the decicion to trade, just to make sure. If he turns out sound then I say go for it!

Def. They are taking more x-rays of him in 8 weeks (more like 6 or 7 now) but 8 weeks after he has been on stall rest they will take my x-rays and see if it's healed, which the vet thinks it will be. But they want to be sure, def he is not even an option if he isn't going to be sound.

[Tami]

I had an OTTB mare who ended up having a coffin bone fracture. Coffin bone fractures can heal-especially if it is a hairline fracture. My mare ended up being put down-NOT because of the fracture-moreso she could not handle the stall rest and her fracture was through the coffin joint. A year later I met a Natural Barefoot Trimmer who rescued horses and had great success w/ one who she never put on stall rest (where was she when I needed her!!!!!) One major component is if the fracture goes into the joint capsule-then the recovery is uncertain.

I cannot help but wonder....how did this yearling acquire a coffin bone fracture? It is not an easy bone to break. How much do they want for this yearling? If you decide to buy, get a reduced rate. Since it is a major bone in the hoof, a coffin bone fracture (even a hairline fracture) is nothing to fool around with. Good luck with your decision.

[Bernardo]

Originally Posted by Tami

I cannot help but wonder....how did this yearling acquire a coffin bone fracture? It is not an easy bone to break. How much do they want for this yearling? If you decide to buy, get a reduced rate. Since it is a major bone in the hoof, a coffin bone fracture (even a hairline fracture) is nothing to fool around with. Good luck with your decision.

There will be a trade of horses, and I think he got it before he even came to my trainers and before my trainer new about it he traded another horse for him to own him. But he never even came up lame for the longest time but he was acting kind of weird and then for a few days he came up a little bit sore so he called the vet out right away and they got x-rays done and found that out. So no one really knows how he did it haha.

We will def. waits till he gets passed by the vet to be worked again and gets clean x-rays. My trainer would never sell us a horse that would end up lame on us, I'm positive about that. He even said he has to be completely sound before we trade for him.

[IIIBarsV]

Wait it out. If he comes sound, go for it, if not, well, there are plenty of other young horses out there to pick from.

A hairline fracture will probably only take a few months (6 or less-ish), especially since the horse is young. Getting a GameReady on the horse will help as well, speed up healing and keep down inflammation in the leg and hoof capsule, plus take the stress of his legs from being stalled. It works great with the Full Leg boots for inflammation inside the hoof (through blood transfer). The fracture may get irritated or cause some inflammation periodically if the colt paws or something like that.

I would suggest it to your trainer... really, he's got a big enough barn that he ought to have one anyways for the horses in competition and heavy training, especially the reiners. I feel paranoid without my GameReady at a show nowadays.

[accphotography]

How did he do it?

ACC

[Bernardo]

Originally Posted by accphotography

How did he do it?

ACC

No idea my trainer thinks he came to the barn like that (another lady owned him and sent him for training), he just never limped or showed any lameness (he isn't right now either when you just walk him from stall to stall, I'm sure he would now if he trotted) and then he was lame for like a day and my trainer instantly got the vet out because he was acting odd before so he didn't want to take a chance. And then the vet came out and did x-rays. It's the tiniest little fracture, but really no one truly knows how he did it. He could have done it here somehow, but my trainer doesn't know how.