Photo above taken by Kristen Bateman.
I would just like to say "THANKS KRISTEN" as the photo above just rocks! The fences are 1.15 meters (3'9) and Farrah is just as happy to stay tucked and clear them....that pony sure loves the jumping phases. If only we could convince the Redhead that agreeing more on the dressage phase is not the end of the world, her overall scores would greatly improve. Our summer project....DRESSAGE.
Post CCI, Farrah had a bit of swelling midway down her left front leg...probably from a hind foot strike on the XC. The vet suggested we wait 10 days and then ultrasound, so Dr. Richter ultrasounded Farrah this morning. Great news! While Farrah is still tender and a bit off, there is no tendon tear or any ligament problem. She has some bruising and inflammation, which means we will continue with the icing 2x a day and stall rest, hand grazing and limited "small paddock" turnout and then re-ultrasound in 4 weeks. Farrah was due for her R&R anyway, I just hoped more of it would be outside grazing! Oh well. Farrah is still pretty fit, looks fantastic and continually tried to nip at the vet tech assistant during the vet work up. In true Redhead fashion, Farrah played up the evil pony routine a bit. Now to occupy that pony brain for a month without 24/7 turnout!
No comments:
Post a Comment