To the parties that have felt the need to curse at me or attack me, please refrain from doing so. REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO RESPOND IF YOU DISAGREE. After all, I’m not the one doping up horses and running them into the ground. Better yet direct your anger at parties that feel it is acceptable to do so.
For those that TRULY WISH TO HAVE AN INTELLIGENT EXCHANGE AND are interested the Stage 1 in MS was due to bone bruising. An article on bone bruising was posted on November 7, 2017, By Kentucky Equine Research Staff at https://ker.com/equinews/bone-bruise…uine-athletes/
The article reads in part. “ Horses engaged in athletic pursuits are at risk for skeletal damage. Bucked shins, bone chips, and fractures are commonplace in the world of high-performance horses, but other problems, like bone bruises, are less ordinary.
A bone bruise is an injury to subchondral bone, which is the bone layer that abuts cartilage in weight-bearing joints. Subchondral bone is rife with blood vessels, which not only ferry oxygen and nutrients to the bone but also to the underlying cartilage. Bone bruises are usually brought on by repetitive trauma and subsequent insult during racing or training. Inflammation associated with the injury causes degeneration of healthy subchondral bone, thus compromising its strength and integrity.
if insufficient time is afforded for healing, the remodeling process is disturbed, and over time the subchondral bone thickens and becomes less flexible. Repeated overloading of diseased bone results in bone bruises and pain. Damage may also occur to corresponding joint cartilage, which may compound soundness issues. As most horse owners know, destruction of cartilage leads to the development of degenerative joint disease, or arthritis,” she continued.
Bone bruises are most often diagnosed in horses trained at high intensity, such as Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds, and problems manifest primarily in the fetlocks. High-impact work exposes the horse to the traumatic forces needed for a bone to become denser and then subsequently bruise. …
Treatment of bone bruises involves primarily rest and recovery. Unlike certain soft tissue injuries, veterinarians often suggest that horses with bone bruises be turned out into a small field for several months and allowed to move….”
