She also rode Whisper through 45 minutes of 4 steps walk, surge forward. 5 steps walk, surge again. By the end she was trotting her and bringing back to a walk that had some moments of loose rein.
I was excited to continue her ground driving when I walked into the barn Wednesday. Unfortunately, that wasn't going to happen. I brought Whisper out of her stall and the 4 beats behind me on the barn aisle were completely off tempo. Lame on her right hind.
I found a knot on her cannon bone, just beneath her stifle, firm and warm to the touch, a quick call scheduled the vet for the morning. He came out to examine her, she was already moving a lot better than the night before after being turned out, and palpated the knot on her leg. He said she had a bone bruise that felt like a charlie horse to her, gave me some anti-inflammatories to put her on for a few days, and mentioned he expected improvement pretty quickly with lots of movement to help it along.
Leave it to my stall-kicker to find a way to weasel out of training a few days.
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