A video of a mare having a HYPP attack

I have discussed the HYPP problem in Quarter Horses and horses with QH blood here in the past. However, today I found a video that I need to pass along as well...in case anybody is reading this and thinking, oh, I will try to breed my N/H horse, the baby has a 50% chance of being normal, I bet I'll be lucky!

I warn you, the video is upsetting. The horse does not die and is standing up after being treated at the end, but it is still very hard to watch.

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Again, for anybody who did not get the memo, not all Impressive horses have this problem. It is only carried by horses who test N/H or H/H. There are many excellent horses with Impressive in their pedigree - but it's important to choose ONLY the ones with a clean N/N test result for breeding (and for riding, as far as I'm concerned - I sure wouldn't want to take a header off one having an attack!)