Thoroughbred Archives - The Horses Back https://thehorsesback.com/tag/thoroughbred/ Body Talk for Thinking Owners Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:08:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://thehorsesback.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-NTW-ICON-1.jpg Thoroughbred Archives - The Horses Back https://thehorsesback.com/tag/thoroughbred/ 32 32 An Unwelcome Side Effect: Transitional Vertebrae in Horses https://thehorsesback.com/transitional-vertebrae/ https://thehorsesback.com/transitional-vertebrae/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 09:28:03 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=5200   They can lead to scoliosis, spinal arthritis, flexion and straightness problems, saddle fit issues, secondary lameness, hoof problems and soft tissue trauma. So, what on earth are transitional vertebrae, and why haven’t we heard more about them? To answer the first part of that question, transitional vertebrae are hybrids that appear where one group […]

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]]> https://thehorsesback.com/transitional-vertebrae/feed/ 24 8 Golden Rules For Helping Your Thoroughbred Get Right Off The Track https://thehorsesback.com/thoroughbred/ https://thehorsesback.com/thoroughbred/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:01:22 +0000 http://thehorsesback.com/?p=2948 In this guest post, Kerry Warren Couch responds to the article on this site about ex-racehorses by stating, clearly and simply, how she has helped her OTTBs over many years, mainly by initially doing very little at all. (c) All text copyright of the author at www.thehorsesback.com. No reproduction of partial or entire text without […]

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