tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post8309024563736837370..comments2024-03-14T06:57:29.577+00:00Comments on Rockley Farm: The curate's eggNic Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06885459438592023135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post-36674927650643773222011-12-02T22:26:38.102+00:002011-12-02T22:26:38.102+00:00Hi Nic,
as I'm sure you are more than aware, ...Hi Nic,<br /><br />as I'm sure you are more than aware, there are so few equine vet studies of a decent scientific quality, let alone of a long term nature - if you could get those pre-2008 horses and they are still sound and in work now 3+ years down the line, it would certainly add a much stronger weight to the evidence, and obviously, given the understandable lack of a 'control' group, simply the more horses you can get data for the better. i don't see why though, if you still have contact details for owners, you couldnt go back to them and ask them to contact their vet to send you their history. the vets should still have it, so doubt it would be an impossible task - though it might take a bit of paper work ;)<br /><br />happy to discuss next time I'm down to visit Nico, and I'll have a bit more of a think about it all - my undergrad dissertation was looking at the effect of different treatments on dorsal displacement of the soft palate and what level of performance racehorses returned to afterwards, so some of the problems you are facing are definitely ones I've seen before!<br /><br />Emmadreams579https://www.blogger.com/profile/18071181906042666694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post-82732100588655691372011-12-02T18:31:46.513+00:002011-12-02T18:31:46.513+00:00Jen, that's my feeling, TBH - if you trot a ho...Jen, that's my feeling, TBH - if you trot a horse on an unlevel surface its not going to appear "sound" because it won't be able to trot level, no matter how comfortable it is on its feet. Oh well(!)...<br /><br />C - ah, thank you :-) Brilliant to hear that Campero is doing so well. I really wish that Project Dexter could include all the non-Rockley horses, as well as the ones we rehabbed before 2008, but without getting the original vets' assessments I can't think of how to do it.Nic Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885459438592023135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post-29780582137605590922011-12-02T14:12:36.067+00:002011-12-02T14:12:36.067+00:00Campero has had one day of stiffness, which wore o...Campero has had one day of stiffness, which wore off in ten minutes, in the last seventeen months. Since your work inspired me to take him on 24 hours before his appointment with a lethal injection, I think he should count amongst your sucesses.<br /><br />Ccptrayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564275580390738561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post-91002494898394524332011-12-02T14:02:55.440+00:002011-12-02T14:02:55.440+00:00I wonder how many horses at Zan's barn would t...I wonder how many horses at Zan's barn would trot 100% sound on a 10 meter circle on a lumpy concrete surface? Hrmph.<br /><br />I am glad to hear that both Zan and Original Flynn are doing so well!jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.com