Thurs. Misc.

Wed. Aft. was the important day after the vet clean up #148's hock wound.  Would synovial fluid still be draining out?  Answer: in the negative. Draining had stopped and the hock was swollen size of a small grapefruit.  On the outside this is just a 1 inch parallel to the ground scrape, and, how deep can barbed wire go.  Doc said unnecessary for it to puncture very far as on the hock the skin is right over the bone and joint.

Suspecting the wire jagged into the joint about an inch across.  How long to heal?  Doubting anybody knows.  As small as it is, I'm optimistic.  Yet, #148 loses likely 3 weeks that we'll have to make up.  It's a bummer.

#7 was run riderless alone very unsuccessfully. Some exercise without any speed work.  Horse ran off a mile. By the time he was retrieved, dark.  Just bellied tack work.  On the brighter side #7 is looking pretty good.