On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:06:12 -0600, you wrote: >Okay...so drive back there and find him, and see how he's moving today.
Well, I spoke to his owner Laura and she says he's absolutely fine, no problem whatsoever (she was rather surprised at my concern..) - and quite honestly, why shouldn't he be? One hind foot slid, what, maybe 3 inches? My horses have done that on the road before now, plenty of times. I think maybe people forget that horses strain tendons/damage joints/break legs/etc etc etc ridden on perfect footing or even unridden the field. Unless we wrap them in cotton wool and keep them in a padded stall all the time, nasty things can happen anywhere (and if we kept them in that padded stall they would die of boredom anyhow!). Does anyone actually KNOW, for certain, of any horse, anywhere, that has ever suffered serious or permanent injury from being ridden on ice with correctly fitted studs? Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes"
