Retirements ~ 2014

[Arletta]

Australia

Hoof abscess

"At the beginning of the week we discovered a bit of soreness in the heel, which makes us suspicious of a hoof abscess. So we poulticed away at it and the infection came out and there were no soundness issues at all. Then a couple of days later he pulled out lame and on inspection we realised the inspection had blown out through the bottom of the foot as well as the top. What happens in most cases, it undermines and eats away at the attachment of the hoof wall to the sensory structures and therefore rendering it weak and unstable. At that time he was stopped. In a case like this it’s going to take a couple of weeks for the stability to come back and in that time we’re losing fitness and therefore he’s not going to be able to join in on Champions Weekend.”

http://www.sportingpost.co.za/2014/1...ustralia-fair/