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Overshot fetlock ("knuckling over") in the horse

"Knuckling over", or upright fetlock joints in the horse, is usually caused by a congenital tendon deformity, where the tendons are too short. This causes considerable pain and weakness in otherwise well-conformed horses if corrective surgery is not undertaken soon after birth.

The New Book of the Horse. Charles Richardson, 1913.

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From The Points of the Horse: a familiar treatise on equine conformation. By Horace Hayes, 1893.

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From The Points of the Horse: a familiar treatise on equine conformation. By Horace Hayes, 1893.

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