"Daddy," said the little girl, "I've got my eye on a beautiful horse at the stable."
"Good," said her father, "because you will never get your bottom on it!"
"A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan."
Pam Brown
All About Thrush
No one knows exactly what thrush is -- a bacteria or a fungus -- but one thing is for sure: It's dangerous. Left untreated, hoof thrush can make your horse go lame.