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It's where a tendon in the horses hock tightens ( pulling the leg up involuntary). It's not painful for the horse it's just complicated and can cause the horse to trip more easily. It's mostly caused from horses eating a lump some of dandelions. It is curable by exercising the horse by walking/ jogging up and down hills to really stretch that leg out. Or a horse can go through surgery to have that tendon removed.
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What are the pads that some horses wear on there legs when you ride them?
They are called hock boots and they are worn to protect th horses leg when jumping.
Do horses have four knees?
Horses have two knees, one on each foreleg. The equivalent joint in the hindlegs is called the hock.
What is a horses hind leg joint called?
It depends on wich part you are talking about. there are three. The feltlock, the pastern, and the ergot.
Why is it wrong to use a curry come on the lower part of a horses legs?
Because there is no muscle below the knee/hock to cushion the bones
What is a gaskin?
It is the muscle on the upper part of a horses hind leg, above the hock.
Joint between the horses hock and hip?
The joint between the horse's hock and hip is called the Stifle joint.
Where on a horse's body is the fetlock?
this long bone that runs from the hock to the fetlock is called the cannon bone
What are the pads that some horses wear on there legs when you ride them?
They are called hock boots and they are worn to protect th horses leg when jumping.
What are horses legs called?
A horses leg is called a leg, but it has several names for different areas of the leg like cannon, hock and gaskin.
Is horse chestnut harmful to horses?
Chestnut applies to horses in two ways; one is the color, which is reddish brown. Another is the bony protrusion from above the horses knee in the front, and from the inner hock on the back. This is in no way harmful to horses, it is present on all horses.
Do horses have four knees?
Horses have two knees, one on each foreleg. The equivalent joint in the hindlegs is called the hock.
What is a horses hind leg joint called?
It depends on wich part you are talking about. there are three. The feltlock, the pastern, and the ergot.
How long does it take for a horses hock to fuse?
For a young horses' joints to fully fuse, it takes 3-5 years. This is why horse racing is very dangerous because the horses are not fully developed. Do not jump/race/work hard with immature horses!
What is a horses off spring?
A horses offspring is called a calf
Why is it wrong to use a curry come on the lower part of a horses legs?
Because there is no muscle below the knee/hock to cushion the bones
What is a gaskin?
It is the muscle on the upper part of a horses hind leg, above the hock.
A horse with a hard lump on the top of its hock is said to have what?
A capped hock.
