I feel your story! I am so glad you have a place to start a treatment plan from. My mare and I are on a similar path, with her feet being the source of her NQR semi-soundness. We are headed back to the lameness clinic for a check up and perhaps a change of treatment. My difficulty is in finding a farrier who can and will address her NPA.
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Luckily my farrier seems willing to address NPA but wants her out of wedges as soon as possible, but my vets aren’t sure she’ll ever be able to come out of wedges, or certainly not this fast. So that’s the next hurdle! Good luck with your mare. Feet are very challenging <3
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I have a friend with an enormously oversized young warmblood who was having a lot of trouble with sore/bruised coffin bones, particularly when he was a growing (and growing, and growing) lad. Osphos really helped him through that phase.
It all starts with the feet. If nothing else, always trust your gut. Any time I’ve ignored it, I’ve regretted it.
Now you know. And - I know the vet ruled out the neck findings being a contributing factor, but if I may just add one little thing – in my experience the horses that have clinical neck findings have literally zero tolerance for poor angles or out of balance hooves. So it’s something you’ll have to fight to keep in good standing the rest of her life.
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I have found this to be true with my gelding with neck issues. When his feet are off he looks terrible, get them perfect and he looks sound until you ask him to move on a circle. Then it’s clear he’s really not right. These days his feet are great, so I lunged him last week wondering if it would be worth trying to bring him back for light hacking. Nope, not right on a lunge and the off-ness there always translate to stumbling under saddle.
Best of luck to you and your horse!
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