One straight hock

Hi Glen,

The problem here is that a fracture at such an early age and the inflammation this causes affects the growth rate of the bone, and this in turn affects the structure of the whole limb and in this case has affected the structure of the hock during its growth to compensate.

Having said that, because she has grown up with such a leg structure don’t dismiss her possible ability to race successfully unless she is obviously awkward in her running action I would certainly consider breaking her in and seeing what eventuates.

And sorry mate there is nothing you could have done differently to have avoided this outcome, as no physiotherapy is going to affect bone growth rates when a fracture occurs at such an early age.

Cheers,
Tom