Description of the most common sport induced foot injuries in Chilean Rodeo Horses

Chilean Rodeo is one of the most demanding equine sport disciplines there is andit is the only athletic activity where horses compete 3 times on one lead (going to the right) and only one time on the left lead. In addition, in order to achieve their task, these horses must canter sideways and then suddenly push forward, doing this several times in a single 2 or 3 day meet or show.

This type of physical effort induces a high number of foot related injuries in the front limbs, where the colateral ligaments and podotroclear apparatus suffer the most, but with a certain pattern and presentation we don’t see in other disciplines.

Advanced imaging such as MRI was introduced in our country 2 years ago and it has helped us tremendously to better characterize these lesions.

This talk will focus on the description of the most common, significant and many times career ending injuries specific to the discipline and to this anatomical area.

David Parra

MV egresado de la universidad de chile el año 2001. ejerciendo en práctica privada con foco exlusivo en ortopedia equina en chile, emiratos árabes, europa y estados unidos. veterinario de múltiples equipos nacionales de enduro, equitación y adiestramiento en campeonatos internacionales. instructor de alapile desde que esta organización internacional de educación continua fue formada hasta la fecha. socio propietario de clinica veterinaria equina las troyas fundada en el año 2012.