Friday May 16th we noticed Winnie's right hind leg was not moving as usual in the trot. She dragged it a big and her stride was shorter, but no head bob or other signs of lameness, nor did she act as if in pain or reluctant to do anything. Kim commented that first thing Wed morning Winnie and her pasture mates were unusually feisty and she thinks Winnie over did it because she was much slower after that. We gave Winnie the day off Saturday and returned this morning to check on her. I must like this horse stuff, because it was raining and I didn't care. She trotted to me at the gate (a good sign) and had some spring in her step. Then I realized why, it had nothing to do with me, Big Ethan was going to try to man the gate, the other horses were going to take advantage and sneak out, and Winnie was making sure none of them got too close to her little brother. GOOD NEWS we had her trot around in the indoor arena, and she did not show any signs of being stiff. She was back to old self, turning tight on a dime, digging in and taking off into a trot or canter without encouragement, she was having fun, or as if to show us to "not worry I'm fine."
The only problem was she could not figure out why we went to all the trouble and we weren't going on a trail ride or something. So she went back to the pasture and got the other horses riled up and got them to chase her. "Don't hurt yourself again wing-nut, they are half your age, and I like sleeping nights rather than worrying about you".
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