Scarring on Legs

[Magic]

I have had a horiffic time of things lately. My mare managed to get caught on the wire fence in her field and sliced the top half of her leg open. Unfortunately it was over her hock joint so she required an emergency operation and then a further operation to flush the joint. I was prepared for her not making it through this but she has continued to amaze me and is now 5 weeks after injury going strong! ;D

When I was preparing myself to say goodbye to her I thought of all the lovely times that we had showing together and a few things that I wished we had done together. She is 18 years old and had been doing veteran classes.

I know they say they don;t have to have clean legs and I'm not sure how this injury is going to heal up yet ( The wound is now sealed and is the size of the palm of my hand). Would we still be able to do veteran classes together? Not bothered about winning that is so not important etc just want to have a nice day out with the family and my beautiful girl who I am so grateful is still with us ;D

[vicks]

You will definitely be able to do veteran classes together. As long as she is sound, scarring is not penalised in the marking. As an aside, we had a mare who had a fight with a fence and had a fairly big wound on her front leg. It was stitched but eventually broke down and had to be bandaged for ages. We started using camrosa cream and it really helped the healing and the hair grow back with hardly any noticable scarring. It was really impressive.

[beccacromar16]

You can still show as scarring does not effect the final result provided that your horse is sound. A friend of mine has used an American product known as "Nu-Stock" recently on one of her mares that sadly also got tangled in a fence and made a right mess of her leg. Daily application of this nu-stock cream has helped promote hair growth and take down some noticeable scarring to her leg. I know thats its cheaper to buy if you go onto the American eBay and buy it from an American seller as it could go from as little as £6 from Amerca but £16 when bought over here.

Also another thought would be Bio-Oil that is used on humans which helps heal scarring and also gets rid of stretch marks haha! Have heard some people have used it on their four legged friends and its helped reduce scarring

[Magic]

Great thanks! She is completely sound which is the strange thing the only day she has been lame is when I found her injured and she was on three legs, its amazing to think how far she has come in 5 short weeks recovery seemed impossible at the time!

Will give some of these creams a go when the time comes. We are still in the cleaning, honey dressing, bandaging phase just now but hopefully that will be over next week.

I'm glad we can still do veteran classes we have always had fun together at these and never really been bothered about the outcome. I just like getting her all dolled up, showing her off and having a good picnic!

[backwards]

Cornucrescine is another ointment which aids hair regrowth. Once the scabs are falling off apply before the hair is coming in.

[Kath the Magic Dragon]

If you're using honey dressings that will make a huge difference! Not as bad but Gus tripped onto his knees and broke the skin badly, i slapped on Manuka honey and you'd never know now

[Magic]

It is actually looking quite good I am hopeful it is going to be nothing at all. The only thing is there is a large patch of white hair now above the injury. I am not sure if that will fade away as well but that can be easily hidden! Really pleased with progress and can now start her walking out again

[celticcob]

My mare has a large , fairly horrific looking scar on her near fore. I cover liberally with black, matt makeup and shine spray and still manage to compete in hunter classes without comment from the judges. Even happier that veteran classes accept scars