Could you tell me more about how you knew, or the vet knew, that your girl’s suspensory was ruptured? My fella has an increasingly gimpy suspensory, but at last check, it was inflamed but not torn. It’s getting worse, though. He is still comfortable and sound at the walk, but his trot is wonky. He is always resting his right hind, and increasingly he’s knuckling over the fetlock on that leg, as if to relieve tension on his suspensory. Poor fella. He is (or was), of course, an absolute pleasure to ride, and loved to have a job. Horses!
(I got him knowing he might not come back from his suspensory injury; we had about six months of wonderful rides, and then he kept re-injuring his suspensory yahoo-ing around in his pasture, undoing the previous periods of rest and slow work back. Whenever the horses across the street get worked up because their breakfast is four minutes late or whatever, my fella feels obligated to gallop and buck around in solidarity. 
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I think we will have the vet come out and do another ultrasound, but, I’d be grateful for any insights you might have into how you knew your horse’s suspensory was ruptured.
Thank you, and good for you for continuing to give her a home despite her injury. I do feel (intellectually, though I don’t know if I could act on it just yet) that it is better a few months too soon than too late, and I believe that while we owe it to our horses to give them a wonderful life, it is absolutely fine to give them a wonderful life that has an end-date.
