Fingers crossed
They loved him. They were here for over two hours. Although she was a bit picky to start with, as soon as she saw him move she went quiet and as soon as she rode him she waxed lyrical about how wonderful he is. Obviously they can't make a snap decision to spend that much money (it's a devil of a lot of money, after all!!!) but I am very hopeful that I will hear from her that she wants to come and see him again, or that she wants to have him vetted.
So please everyone keep your fingers crossed, because it would be a really lovely home for him - she was horrified that I washed him off with cold water! Her horses get warm suds, apparently. She has her own land and a sand/rubber arena. She currently rides to Advanced Medium and is used to unbroken three year olds. We have talked about how they would get him home and where he would be vetted, so the signs are good, but you never know how people will change their minds when they get home, do you?
The other two boys stood all day in their stables without maknig any fuss at all. Wasn't that good of them? And Butkins did his best to charm them of course :-)
Radar is sound and very happy, not appearing to be at all tired in spite of his very hard work yesterday. He has a windgall on a hind leg, which I have seen on other days since he has been here. They are cosmetic only , as long as they are not associated with lameness. It probably means that at some time, he had an infection in that leg or foot that stretched the tissues, and has left room for a bit of fluid if he exerts himself more than usual. As he gets stronger it will probably happen less. Tetley used to get them after doing a tough event, so I shan't worry about it when Radar is so obviously fit and happy.
C
posted by cptrayes @ 5:34 PM
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Exciting news indeed. It sounds like it might be a lovely home for Zip. I liked her concern about your using the cold water, not because you did anything wrong, but because she would have preferred warm. How nice.
If she rides to medium now, a horse like Zip could carry her on a lot further. Fingers crossed here, except when I'm typing as that is a bit difficult to manage. *G*
Glad to hear Radar looks good too. I don't often worry about windgalls either. Sometimes they are just there and as long as there is no heat or any sign of lameness, they don't mean much.
Sorry, correct that to read: Advanced Medium. Looks like that only means one more level to the FEI tests at the top. Way cool. Zip should certainly be the horse for her to progress on.
Sounds very promising! Fingers crossed!!
Louise
Sounds good..fingers and toes crossed!
fingers crossed indeed! like the bit about the cold water :-) the Orange One gets washed in warm, he loathes cold unless its a really hot day!
Ann
She has probably only just reached home, having left after four o'clock and with the holiday traffic to get through. I hope I'll hear from her tomorrow.
C
It's tomorrow now. Here's hoping she will call! Just a question; what's a windgall?
Windgalls or windpuffs are filling around the fetlock joint. They are most common in the hind legs. Sometimes they look like little puffs filled with air. They are a result of some kind of damage or extra exertion in the joint causing a filling that comes and goes--to some extent--depending on what the horse has been doing. They are not hot, so it's different than a filling caused by an injury to make the horse lame.
They are not usually an unsoundness but rather a blemish. Not much can be done to reduce them, but I did find using magnetic fetlock boots would help PJ's go down a little after he'd been worked hard.
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