Is she keeping her horses with Mclain while she's at school or are they somewhere else? I'm assuming somebody else is riding them for her during the week and then she's picking up the ride?
When I think of catty it relates to hotter but that's just me. I think of more quick in the air, quick on their feet. They think fast and can act even faster to get themselves out of tough spot. ...
All the more reason to support the cardiac studies being done on horses after cross country, and hopefully soon during cross country. Hopefully these will help...
Muffin:
the vets at the FEI level take those things into account for the jog the next day. When horses come off cross country they are pretty serious about looking for scrapes, bumps, lost shoes,...
I'd get him looked at for sure. What do you mean by back problems? Sore when you touch him ir just problems undersaddle? Injections are meant to take down inflammation in the jt (steroid component)...