Solar is here... more pics added- 8/15 - post 7

[Pam]

NO pictures, it POURED all day here. She needs a little TLC before I can really get to work on her. She's pretty footsore, not really sure why. Her feet are horribly long (as they always are when she gets here, farrier will be here Monday). She has thrush really bad and I think that may be the problem. There's no heat anywhere that would indicate anything ominous and also they were packed rock-hard with gravel or something. I just about had to chisel it out of there so it's possible that her soles are just bruised. At any rate, she's going to just get some time to feel better before I do a lot with her. We'll see how she fares after a few days of thrush-buster and clean soft footing. THe thrush buster definitely stung so I know the thrush is deep. She stomped and pawed for a couple minutes after I did each foot. I'd also like to see a little weight on her. She lost her foal about a month ago (they don't know why, just found her dead in the field, no trauma, etc) and Pete says she took is really hard and between pacing and not eating, she dropped quite a bit of weight. She seems to have settled down and is ok here so far. I got her a new feed from Poulin that is 14% fat/20% fiber so that should pack on the pounds without having to feed her too much.

I turned her out for a little while today with Splash. Solar has a reputation as being a bully in the field so I figured Splash was a good fit. She is not aggressive, but she also won't be pushed around. It went pretty much as I expected, Solar came trotting up, squealed, turned and tried to kick. Splash looked at her like "I'm not impressed" and that was about it. They kept to themselves after that, but Solar kept looking at Splash like she wanted to approach her, but she wasn't quite sure she should. I'll give them a few days together and then try and get the others introduced. I'd like her to learn to be in a herd situation. They always kept her by herself because they were afraid she might hurt someone. Her owners just don't realize that all the shenanigans will stop if you give them some time to work it out.

The weather is supposed to be better tomorrow. Hopefully I can get some pics.

[Smay]

Awww, poor Solar seems to need a few weeks at Camp Z so she can feel better all around! I'm sure she'll be fine in no time with all the TLC she'll be getting. Then you can take the pics! But do a "before" and after, so you can remember the difference.

[Pam]

Here she is!



I really like how this little mare is put together.



A bit of weight and she'll be rocking it!



You can see that she's pretty footsore in this video.

[RacetrackRejects]

Oh she's really attractive! Is her tail pulled? Were her owners eventers? lol

[Pam]

LOL rtr, I'm not sure what's up with her tail, but it sure is ratty looking. I think she has aspirations of becoming an Appaloosa. Seriously, I suspect her owners didn't have the patience to pick out burdocks and just cut them out. She always comes here plastered with them, this time there were none. Nor was there any tail left to speak of.

[Pam]

Here's a picture of her tail (and her nice round, muscly butt) last spring when she foaled here. It dragged on the ground then and was a LOT thicker.

[ZenRider]

Maybe rubbing the tail due to worms. She looks a bit wormy to me, not horrifically, just a bit. Other then that cute as a button and once the thrush is taken care of she'll be just trucking along.
She might be sore, but she looks like she's almost got a smooth rack going on there. She's a Standardbred right?

[Pam]

ZR, Yep, she's a SB. As far as the worms, Pete said she was just wormed in July and I know for sure she was done here in April. I give all the mares Ivermectin the day after foaling. It's been shown to help with scours and IME, it does. I'm sure the weight loss is just because of losing her foal. I haven't seen her rubbing at all, the hair is actually cut off. She was doing a lot of butt pushing before the foal was born, most of them do, so the top was already a bit thin and they hacked a lot of what was left.

Crappy pic that I took with my phone, but it's Solar out with the gang after she somehow let herself out of the roundpen. Solar is top, right.



Jenny has adopted Solar.

[Smay]

She's probably just one of those that rubs their tail in the summer. Some horses just pick up that habit and nothing you do will make them quit. I had a Morgan that was like that, and rubbed off his beautiful flaxen tail every summer, then grew it back thick in the winter. Since then, I learned to use some MTG right away if one started to rub, and try to head it off that way. Oh, and also check for ticks! eeew!

[niaru]

That's funny, I thought she was a TB then I clicked on the video and, footsore or not, she doesn't move like a Tb. Then I saw Zen's post. lol
She looks good! I like her. I hope she gets over her soreness. I used to board my Morgan at a Stb racing farm, where I sometimes helped a friend retrain the slow/unwanted ones to ride and sell, these horses are a lot of fun!

[ZenRider]

Wow, adopted already. That's some quick placement lady. Congrats on Solar finding a new home.

[Pam]

Lol, no, Jenny is the chestnut mare. SHE is the one who has adopted Solar. I do have a couple different people interested in her as a broodmare though. We'll see if either of those pan out. The one guy used to stand her sire at his farm. The stallion is now in Italy and this guy supposedly buys up any mares he finds that are by him. So we'll see.

[ZenRider]

Well,then congrats on her finding a pasture buddy so quickly. Hope she finds a good home wherever she lands.