Pedigree Query

Has anyone had any luck with a horse that constantly flips their palate when racing? Besides surgery?
Thanks a lot for any tips.

bluemoon wrote:Has anyone had any luck with a horse that constantly flips their palate when racing? Besides surgery?
Thanks a lot for any tips.

Hi Blue,
A couple Vets from Cornell developed a collar (fig 8 type setup), which has been helpful with horses who flip their palate. I'm not sure if it's still in vogue or was just a flash in the pan, but you can check it out below. TJ
2006 Article in TT:
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/horse- ... orses.aspx
Vet Aire, the company that sells it:
http://vet-aire.com/

I didn't have any luck with the cornell collar. I personally would at least have the llewelyn procedure done. Its cheap and the recovery period is only a couple of weeks.
If you don't want to try surgery yet you can play around with different types of equipment. The Serena's Song bit, a sure-win, a figure 8 noseband for some examples. The vet can also block the throat at lasix time. I haven't had much luck with that either but its worth a try.

many times palate flipping is merely lack of conditioning. the first thing that happens when the horse is taken past its anaerobic conditioning threshhold is that the breathing locks up. this is frequently misinterpreted as flipping the palate. probably there are also horses that have a physical problem. I've yet to been one so unable to tell how this works. If you have the typical, monitor the rider who'se breezing the horse. the rider will be able to tell at what point the breathing lock up occurs. appropriate conditioning will extend that point further and further down the race track.

I have a filly with a similar problem and the cornell collar worked like a charm.

They will not flip if you run them with a bitless bridle.. the trick is to get a bitless bridle by the stewards.

Google "Bitless Bridles" if you are interested in the sunject

griff

Have a great trainer, used to train in Europe, NY and CA - now at Philly Park, he uses a figure 8 on my horse and he's doing fantastic.

Where can you buy the cornell colars at a decent price

griff