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You know how important it is to check your horse’s legs before and after you ride for heat and swelling. If you find hard swelling in the area of the horse’s splint bones, your horse may be suffering from splints. Splints are more common in young horses, and are most often found in the forelegs. Basically, splints are the injury and swelling of the interosseous ligament, which holds the splint bone to the cannon bone. While overtraining is a common cause of splints, they can also be caused by concussion, direct trauma, poor shoeing, or conformation issues like bench knees...


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