Creaky

Well, perhaps it wasn't ALL Quila's fault... A few days after the last show, Quila developed a little unevenness behind, more so on the left, that seems to be coming from her hock. We thought it might have been because she was a little long in the toe, making breakover more difficult, so we waited until after she was shod and gave her a few days to settle into her new shoes. She was better, but not normal.

She remained reluctant to take weight evenly behind--so we scratched from the Festival of the Horse CDI*** this past weekend, and the vet will be out this week to check her. My guess is that she's due for a "lube and oil change" in the hocks. We haven't had to inject anything for more than 2 years, thanks to joint supplements. She's been on high dose Legend until a few months ago, when I found she did better, with less on/off effect from LubriSyn--but now we've been showing every two weeks, and working hard schooling extensions and more collection, doing Second Level work, and I think her hocks are telling us something. Not surprising given her age--at 18, it's remarkable that she's done this well.