(1) In the front legs, ideal proportions are long shoulder, short arm, long forearm, short cannon, medium pastern .(2) Triple Crown winner Affirmed, who recently underwent surgery to repair a chronic ligament injury in his left front pastern , returned home to Jonabell Farm near Lexington on Thursday.(3) Meanwhile, Hawk Flyer, a leading fancy for the Seabiscuit St Leger, has been put down after fracturing a pastern .(4) Finally, he injured a pastern training, and it was decided to send him home.(5) ÔÇÿHe has shattered his pastern very, very badly, and he had to be put down,ÔÇÖ Suhail's racing manager said.(6) With their legs tangling, Perfect Drift lost his left hind shoe and the hair in his pastern area.(7) The pastern was broken into several pieces, but it did not break the skin.(8) The 13-year-old son of Ahonoora shattered his left front pastern on October 2, and underwent surgery the next day, Racing Post reported.(9) The hoof pastern axis may be broken forward or broken backward and the heel angle decreased with a low heel (Figure 2-note the low heel angle on this two month old colt).(10) Rupert covertly extracted with his hoof and pastern the correct payment for Alexander's numerous orders.(11) Walkslikeaduck had recently returned to training at Santa Anita Park after suffering a pastern injury, but will not race again, the trainer Paddy told Daily Racing Form.(12) The pulse can be found with a stethoscope under the heart girth, or with fingers place below the horse's jaw or on the inside of the pastern joint.(13) Grade 2 winner Gander, who ranks third on the all-time earnings list for New York-breds, has been retired after suffering a fractured short pastern in his left front leg during a workout at Saratoga Race Course on Wednesday.(14) Khalkevi's career was cut short when he severely fractured a hind pastern while prepping for a possible start in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe in October 2002.(15) When a lady asked him how he came to define pastern as the knee of a horse, his answer was ÔÇÿIgnorance, Madam, pure ignorance.ÔÇÖ(16) The 16-year-old son of Sovereign Dancer out of Din's Times, by Olden Times, fractured the pastern bone in his left foreleg.
