Got to the barn a little later than I planned and was going to turn Timmy out and then ride.  Pretty normal for a Saturday.  But as he was trotting away, there was a huge gash in his left haunch!  Nasty hanging skin flap and everything.  It didn’t really seem to bother him too badly, though it must have been pretty painful.

The vet came out later and stitched him up after tranquing him, numbing the skin (to make it easy to stitch),  and cleaning the wound.

Poor pony is on 10 days’ stall rest and a course of antibiotics.  I’m curious to see the stitches tomorrow morning.