An aged Pony was presented with a stiff gait in his left hind limb. On history he was kicked by another horse while turned out in the field. Fibrotic Myopathy was diagnosed for the scar tissue that was palpated in the middle part of the Semitendinosus muscle. The Pony seemed to be walking with his left hind stiff, like those soldiers at the Prague castle walk when changing shifts… It’s funny but there is almost no flexibility of the limb.

Surgery was elected since the pony is very well behaved and the family was willing to try anything to get him back to his usual self for all the kids who wanted to ride him again. The main reason for the formation of scar tissue in this area is usually due to trauma but another common reason may be I.M. Injections.

Treatment: resection of scar tissue. A drain was let in for a 36 h. post surgery for that there was substantial amount of bleeding during surgery. One dose Aminocaproic acid was given after surgery. Bleeding had continued for several hours after the operation.

The pony did very well. His gait abnormality had almost totally disappeared when was presented a month after the surgery. Very successful!