A six year old mare was presented with history of lameness and swelling at palmar aspect of fetlock since one month.

"When Danoli fell at Cheltenham he loosened a small chip in his fetlock joint.

How Danoli, the horse who refused to die after fracturing a fetlock, went off 5- 2 is one for Sherlock Holmes to unravel.

Withers quivering for a moment, fetlock and the proud rise at the base of the tail, width of back.

OK a leg in a horse or at the very least one hair in one fetlock.

Congenital flexural deformities usually involve the carpal or fetlock joints and range in severity from mild flexion of one joint to severe flexion of several joints and inability to walk, stand and suckle (Fubini and Ducharme, 2004).

The nine-year-old, trained by Nicky Richards, has damaged a fetlock and will not run again this season.

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Murphy said: "She has sprained her off-hind fetlock joint.

He had claimed the drugs, fluphenazine and guanabenz which are used to treat high blood pressure in humans, were given to Waterford Crystal a month before the Games when it was being given hydrotherapy treatment on a fetlock injury, and that they in no way boosted performance

Mamool limped home last behind Makybe Diva and, after extensive tests, was found to have a broken fetlock on his right hind.

The Charles Byrnes, inset, trained 10-year-old has not been seen since chasing home Gemix in the French Champion Hurdle in Auteuil in June and has failed to recover quickly enough from a fetlock injury.