When Luck Runs Out
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that things with Spring have not been great over the last three weeks. She got tangled up in a fence three Thursdays ago, and although she seemed relatively unscathed she did have some superficial scrapes and bumps. The vet happened to be out that morning to look at another horse (who had somehow managed to take a chunk out of her face on HER pasture fence), so I had her glance at Spring to make sure that nothing too serious was going on. She recommended a few days of bute and stall rest with light work, then a return to normal work/turnout. Spring was feeling fantastic under saddle, and was more than happy to be turned out again after her brief stall rest stint. Unfortunately, she chose to celebrate her return to the pasture by pulling her RF shoe. On a Monday. The farrier doesn't come out until Thursdays. Still, she remained sound without the shoe and we got a few light rides in the indoor while we waited for Thursday to come...
