I used to gallop a horse that was quite roach backed. It never caused him and unsoundness or discomfort. What I found was he felt unbalanced, like the roach made him feel higher behind than he actually was. He also felt like he was going to over rotate when he jumped, again I think from being slightly higher in the back where the roach was. I don’t think he was actually unbalanced, he was very athletic when it came down to it, just the feeling he gave.
how are these conditions treated?
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Well here’s a couple of pics of him. I don’t have any that give a great side view.
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This site explains it pretty well.
http://aprilreeveshorsetraining.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/guliz-unlu-the-hunter-bump/
You’ll find a lot of misinformation on the internet. Some people refer to a torn ligament in the SI joint as a dropped hip, also as a hunter’s bump. Then you have people say it’s the rounding of the spine through the loin itself. To my knowledge a hunter’s bump usually refers to inflammation, swelling or scar tissue around the actual SI joint itself.
Horses with a long loin and a short croup are more at risk for developing a hunter’s bump.
My horse has a ‘hunter’s bump’. It’s only shown issue once when chiro had to adjust it, otherwise it’s never given him problems.
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