Broken Front Axis In Dressage Mare

[JustJazzy]

Ill start from the begining. Last year in November I purchased a 3 (now 4) year old chestnut mare. She was already started understaddle so we have been under-going training. Recently, in June, she went lame. The vet was called and we found out she had a broken axis in her front left hoof, and white line disease, thus weakening the hoof wall. The axis was corrected with heart bar shoes, with vet and ferrier working together. She had a week of walk, and we went back up to regular work. Our regular work consists of walk, trot, canter, collections, extentions, leg yeilds, and sometimes various other movements. However since her lameness I havent been doing anything other than what I have listed.
So today when I got on to ride, she was lame again in her front left. There was a storm last night, and Im hopeing/wondering if that could have stressed her hoof as she is quite a spooker, esp. in storms.
My last thoughts, can horses with broken axis' compete in dressage, or is it too much stress? And is there anything I can do to help fix it?

Thanks.

[Rick Burten]

You are going to have to better define, "broken axis" how it was determined, what besides the application of a heart bar shoe was done and why; What the hoof and pastern look like now, etc. If you can post some photos we'll be in a better position to offer advise.

[JustJazzy]

When I go tomorrow Ill take some pictures. The vet took x-rays to determine what was wrong. She was also given a wedge that is thicker in back as her "broken axis" is making her toe point up so she is basically walking on her heel. She is also being treated for white line, but it has so far done very little damage. The only visible damage is a small chip in her hoof. Other than that its only weakend the wall.

[Phil Armitage]

If you can post the X-rays to. If they are not digital you can scan them.