Near the Knuckle
MEET THE EXPERT
MATTHEW SWARBRICK MRCVS graduated as a vet from the University of Liverpool in 2010 He worked in equine hospitals in Newmarket for five years, then spent a year in Australia working as a vet on racing yards. In 2016, he returned to the UK and joined The Minster Equine Veterinary Practice, North Yorkshire, where he is now a manager. Most of his time is spent dealing with racehorses.
“Bones within the joint are covered by cartilage. It is so smooth, it has up to 100 times less friction than ice”
THE FETLOCK REGION of the horse is situated on each leg at the base of the cannon and above the pastern. It is the cavity between the cannon (third metacarpal) bone, the long
