Sam (my vet) came out today. Whiskey has been moving a lot better so I wanted to get her assessed to see if she would be able to make a riding come back. Sam watched her move. Then we did the flex test. It was ugly. While "off" normally, when the flex test was done she was clearly lame. Because I wanted to know and asked Sam thought she'd have a less than 50% chance in making a riding horse for me. I could hop on her and take her for jaunts around the field but she'd never be able to do anything beyond that.
So now what? I have this lovely mare who is broodmare sound. But I don't really need a broodmare. I don't really need (or want) a bunch of foals. Does she become a field ornament? It seems a shame as Guinness is quite a nice little foal. (Even Sam commented on him!) What's the right thing to do? For me, and her?
I guess there's some thinking in my future...
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