Back to His Winning Ways

HB Khayal Hasan is a 26 year old arabian stallion who has been performing in the show ring since he was 3. He has always been a wonderful mover, and has many championships in driving, english pleasure, country pleasure, costume, show hack and even western pleasure. He recently began a career in carriage driving. Over the years, the strain of showing and breeding began to take its toll on him, and at the age of 20, he strained a stifle breeding a mare quite a bit taller than he.

Over the next four years, his performance suffered. He was not able to compete in more than one or two classes a day before he would begin to short stride. His canter to the right suffered greatly, and he began taking the wrong lead. We medicated him with Legend twice during each show season, injected the area, and had chiropractic adjustments made. All of these helped to a point, but he never regained the fluidness he was so famous for. We had decided that age had caught up with him, and his show career was basically over.

Another horse of mine, a champion halter and western pleasure mare, had suffered a leg injury last fall, and had some very nasty scarring around her pastern. We had tried pretty much everything to minimize the scar, but to no avail. Someone had told me about Indian Creek Equine Therapy and though I was pretty skeptical that they could do anything to help, I decided to give them a try. While Suzie and Dr. Linda Harmon-Dodge were in the barn, I had them take a look at Hasan. Dr. Linda adjusted Hasan and recommended photon treatment on his stifle.

Suzie treated him with the photon laser and he really seemed to enjoy the treatment. Those endorphins must have really be flowing, because his lower lip drooped almost to the ground and his eyes glazed over. (Needless to say, he is very glad to see Suzie whenever she shows up). I got him out the next day, and to my amazement, he traveled very well, showing a great improvement in motion. Suzie has treated him several times and he is back to the performance of a much younger horse.
Hasan has been competing in obstacle carriage driving, along with his under saddle work, and is back to his winning ways. At a recent show, he won 2 obstacle classes, beating his closest rival by a full 9 seconds; his pattern class; his halter class; and was named reserve champion arabian horse. The lowest he placed was 3rd in an open driving class – he got too full of himself and acted like a 2 year old. Not too bad for a 25 year old horse. He is now able to get underneath himself for his collected gaits in show hack classes. He even wants to play tag again – something he hasn’t been inclined to do for a few years.

Suzie and Linda have since treated several horses at our farm, another driving mare, a show gelding with TMJ, and even a pony with pedalosteitis. All have shown great improvement and all but the pony have gone back into the show ring and performed better.

Thank you, Indian Creek Equine, for keeping my best friend and favorite ride young and healthy. Please see the attached for proof. You’ve made a believer out of me.

P.S. The halter mare, Khemo Mari, has also shown great improvement. During the 2002 show season, she has won all but 2 halter classes, and has been champion mare several times.

Wanda Funk