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New Member:
zebrack

Posted on Monday, Mar 10, 2008 - 3:58 pm:

do you think high ringbone is inherited would you breed a horse with ringbone
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 11, 2008 - 6:46 am:

Hello jerry,
It depends on the cause of the ringbone. If your horse has bad conformation of the pastern, that may predispose to ringbone. This conformation may be strongly inheritable.
DrO
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