AboutLynne Curtis Expertise I do not participate in shows any more so some of my show specific knowledge could be out of date.
Experience I have been involved in horses for approximately 45 years. I showed hunters, jumpers and stock horses. In the 80's I was licensed as a trainer on the race track. I have run broodmare operations, delivered foals and taught everything from what to feed and which end the shoes go on to advanced jumping. I tend to be impatient with owners who think their horses prefer to be locked up in confined spaces. Even my show and race horses rarely spent more than only the night before an event in a stall...the rest of the time they had room to run. In 1975 I rode a Quarter Horse Stallion and a Thoroughbred Mare solo from Minneapolis to San Francisco.
Organizations The Long Riders Guild (an international organization of equestrian explorers who have ridden over 1,000 miles for non-commercial purposes)
Publications "The Long Ride" Published in Women Sports Magazine March of 1975 an article regarding the author's cross country horseback ride from Minnesota to California.
"A Horse is a Horse,of Course" An article regarding investigating horse incidents and the Equine Liability Act for investigators and attorneys. published in The Legal Investigator, February 2004
"Investigating Animal Cases:" A chapter written at the request of the editors for a professional textbook entitled Advanced Forensic Civil Investigations published by Lawyers and Judges Publishing June, 1997
"Murder by Another Name:" An article published in The John Cook Fraud Report, December 1994 regarding the intentional killing of horses for greed and insurance fraud.
"The Responsibilities of Horse Owners in Rural Communities:" A paper presented before the Regional Seminar of the National Association of Legal Investigators in November 1987 at Phoenix, Arizona.
"The Old Gray Mare is Worth $10,000,000 Now." A professional paper on the investigation of cases involving bloodstock and racetracks presented before the National Conference of the National Association of Legal Investigators in Washington, D.C., June 1986.
Education/Credentials 3 years of confined college....no degree. Advanced degree from the university of experience :>)
Awards and Honors Receipient of the 1st place Anthony M. Golec Editor-Publisher Award 2004
Question i have a 10 year old Thoroughbred gelding i got off the track when he was about 3, i used him for hunter jumpers and we showed tons in the 2'6 divisions, lst November he came in from the pasture limping and every since hes been lame. i have had many vets look at him and they all tell me something different, what do you suggest as far as treatment? i have him on a biotin supplement also.
Answer Dear Kellie
I suggest a better vet even if you have to haul him to one of the veterinary teaching universities. You need a diagnosis and waiting almost a year is not a great idea. Even if I were a vet, I couldn't give you a diagnosis over the internet. Without a diagnosis, treatment is a problem. Waiting almost a year for resolution is a very long time. If this problem was going to resolve on its own, it probably would have by now. Supplements aren't likely to fix something that isn't getting better after 12 months on a relatively young horse. (Ten isn't that old.)
If you had mentioned where you were, I could tell you where the closest teaching hospital is. Depending on where you are located you MIGHT be reasonably close to New Bolton, PA, Cornell, NY, Ft. Collins, CO, Davis, CA, Pullman, WA to name some of the veterinary teaching hospitals around the U.S.
You said all the vets told you something different. How different? Did they only different in treatment or did you get a different diagnosis from each? I am worried that it is almost October and this happened last November. From your description is doesn't sound like he has improved. I would find the best lameness expert I could find (They are often at teaching hospitals) and aggressively pursue diagnosis and treatment if it isn't too late. The other thing I would do is listen very carefully to what each of the vets did say. What do they agree on in regard to your horse?
