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The average thoroughbred racehorse weighs 1,100 pounds. He carries this heft, often at speeds over 35 miles per hour, on slender legs narrower than the human shin. Though horses are “pretty tough” when you get right down to it, they are fragile as glass. The tendon is perhaps the most delicate, and most often injured, part of the front leg. A tendon is a tough, inelastic band of fibers that connects muscle to bone. Tendons are classified as either flexors or extensors, depending on whether they bend or straighten the limb. Most tendon injuries occur in the lower half of the leg; likewise, the front tegs carry the bulk of a running horse’s weight and therefore are more susceptible to injury.
Perhaps the most common injury to a racehorse is a bowed tendon. The bow is described by its location; i.e. “high bow” - just below the knee; “middle bow” -
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