Dislocated shoulder fixed in once-in-a-lifetime vet case

Vets were unsure if the incredibly rare procedure would be a success as there have been so few examples in big horses.

- ELEANOR JONES

THE surgeon who led the very rare procedure to reposition a dislocated equine shoulder hopes to get the message out that this is possible, adding: "It's so good when you can make such a difference." Cheryl Bell's 15.3hh Irish Sport Horse/Connemara mare Willow could hardly bear weight on her left foreleg. But after her operation, she towed Andy Fiske-Jackson, associate professor of equine surgery and deputy head of Royal Veterinary College equine, back to her stable.

"It's nice to be able to make such a difference to a horse in such a short space of time," Mr Fiske-Jackson told H&H.