Eamon checked him out first - trotted up sound, then lunged him on the hard and he was pretty much sound both reins. Definitely the best I've ever seen him, not just this year but ever. Then lunged on the soft and Eamon said he was moving really well, bending better through his whole body and definitely going better than he had seen him go before. Weighed him and he weighs 502kg. Was happy that he had lost weight and was looking fit. He did say he needs to walk more. He is sensitive in his lumbosacral region as well as his thoracolumbar and needs to build up his strength behind with some power walking. Not sure where I'm getting the hours in the day to do this but will try!
Farrier was also happy with how his feet are continuing to improve - his front feet are much more of a pair now. We seem to have rescued the left fore which was looking absolutely awful in April. His frogs are still too long and pointy so still work to do but big improvements. He watched him walk afterwards and was really happy with how he is placing his feet.
Happy to say he doesn't need remedial shoeing anymore, just needs to continue to be shod in this way. Set free to find myself a farrier to continue the good work - now there's a mission and a half!
Plan to get new farrier to shoe him a couple of times then return to Liphook for Ross/Eamon to have a look and retake some foot xrays.
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