Would like you hunter jumper folks' opinion on the use of Osfos/Tildren in the sport horse

[beowulf]

@Mayaty02

I tend to listen to my vet (who is widely regarded as one of the best lameness specialists in the country) over folks sitting at a keyboard LOL but maybe that’s just me. The fact is that the is more sound than he has ever been in the 3+ years in after we found these issues]. We have never given it to him to “make him sound” and in fact he always looks the same after he has had osphos. The only time any lameness starts to show up is when he’s due for his injections, which are usually 12-14 months apart. Are there people that I know who have given their horse osphos just because they want to make the horse more sound, yes, but those effects never last long. Osphos is approved for very specific bony issues, and it works. Are you telling me that because my 8 year old horse was diagnosed with a bone spur, he should have been retired? That doesn’t compute to me. I’m glad I listened to my vet because he’s happy as a clam, looks and goes amazing, and is thriving.

The OP asked for experiences, i shared mine. Why other people are bashing people who use it with their vet’s recommendation on this forum, I have no idea. OP if you’d like more information, feel free to PM me.

Of course he is sound - you are loading him full of a painkiller every six months.

You can call me a keyboard warrior, that’s fine. It doesn’t change the ethics of the matter, which is you have a horse competing and being ridden on a painkiller. That doesn’t just break my personal moral code, it violates USEF.rules against giving a horse any sort of substance that could improve performance (which Osphos certainly does, no matter how you’ve intended for it to be administered).

I am all for treatment and management of existing issues… but it crosses a very fine line with me when you’re using a painkiller while riding a horse. it’d be one thing if those findings were incidental on a PPE, but if we’re taking your post at face value, it sounds like these findings weren’t incidental at all…

I am amazed a buyer bought a horse with a bone spur & fetlock spur that was regularly being treated by Osphos. That is such a huge red flag to me, but I must be in the minority again. It’d be one thing if those findings were incidental on a PPE, but it sounds like you took this horse to the vet to diagnose an issue, and that was when the spurs were found and treated.

And now the horse is sound on Osphos. Who would have thought…?

[Mayaty02]

^ I’m not sure why you are incapable of reading what I am writing, but I’ll repeat. Osphos has never made my horse sound, not even when his issues were initially diagnosed, so no I do not see it as a pain killer or performance enhancer in MY horse. Might others be using it for short term soundness, sure. That is not my situation and that is all I can personally address for the OP, which is why we are here I thought… to share real life experiences.