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I.M. Wright

Newmarket Equine Hospital, Newmarket, UK

Over the course of the last 50 years, the concept of fractures in horses has emerged from an association with inevitable euthanasia to an expectation, in many cases, for restoration of full athletic function. This has been the result of major developments in understanding pathogenesis, imaging, anaesthesia, internal fixation, pharmacology and minimally invasive surgical techniques. However, although previous progress was slow, there were inklings of latent knowledge. This should not be surprising: in 1722 W. Gibson [cited in 1] wrote, ‘As the general use and service of horses has rendered them more worth the notice and regard of mankind than any other of the brute creatures; so there has in most ages of the world been a more than ordinary care taken, not only to model and fit them for their respective services, but also of their breed and preservation.’