Aug 28, 2026 · 49 min · 13 segments
Steven Leigh talks about some of the common roadblocks in navicular cases, and how he gets these horses more comfortable and sound.
Steven LeighGuestAlicia HarlovHostYeah, actually, I just did a podcast episode, not for my podcast, oddly enough, but for the Hoof to Horse one with a few friends.
And Lisa Aegis Gilbert, she's going to make fun of me for not knowing how to say her last name.
But she actually said almost the exact same thing that like when the soft tissue in the back of the limb is at full tension, it's actually at its best ability to disperse all of the ground reaction forces and, you know, the basically the impact up the limb because at full tension, it's sort of at its peak, you know, shock absorbing ability.
And when it comes to rehab and that, I find that's the hardest part and most interesting.
You can't say, look, I know it's a bit sore, but you need to land heel first to get this to improve.
If I could find someone who could bottle wet sand on the end of a tideline on beach, that's perfect.
You know, then you do the lead now and you build the work up and things once they're comfortable.
I try not to have anything on painkillers and things if possible because I don't want them to do too much.
You know, the more you do when they're not Actually, I keep talking about Nick, but Nick, there's something There's a few people say things as your career and you remember them right the way through.
Yeah, actually, I just did a podcast episode, not for my podcast, oddly enough, but for the Hoof to Horse one with a few friends.
And Lisa Aegis Gilbert, she's going to make fun of me for not knowing how to say her last name.
But she actually said almost the exact same thing that like when the soft tissue in the back of the limb is at full tension, it's actually at its best ability to disperse all of the ground reaction forces and, you know, the basically the impact up the limb because at full tension, it's sort of at its peak, you know, shock absorbing ability.
And when it comes to rehab and that, I find that's the hardest part and most interesting.
You can't say, look, I know it's a bit sore, but you need to land heel first to get this to improve.
If I could find someone who could bottle wet sand on the end of a tideline on beach, that's perfect.
You know, then you do the lead now and you build the work up and things once they're comfortable.
I try not to have anything on painkillers and things if possible because I don't want them to do too much.
You know, the more you do when they're not Actually, I keep talking about Nick, but Nick, there's something There's a few people say things as your career and you remember them right the way through.
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