41. An injury to the collateral ligament of the fetlock predisposes the horse to fetlock luxation, the second most common fatal injury. 42. Although he was recaptured, he managed to badly bruise a fetlock jumping a gate, leading to him missing the race. 43. The Irish equestrian federation has said Waterford Crystal was given a sedative for a fetlock injury a month before the Olympics in August. 44. The fetlock is a metacarpophalangeal joint which corresponds to the human upper knuckle, such as that on the ball of the foot. 45. The horses are bigger-boned than most breeds, with wide, crested necks and long manes, tails, fetlocks and forelocks. 46. While sometimes the fetlock is colloquially referred to as an " ankle ", even by horse experts, that terminology is not correct. 47. This curved brick and timber building is said to have been designed to resemble the shape of a fetlock , one of the Canons. 48. According to a review of the results by the Associated Press, compound fractures of both front legs at the fetlock joints were confirmed. 49. An "'osselet "'is inflammation ( arthritis ) of the metacarpophalangeal joint ( fetlock ) of the equine front leg. 50. May-day got to her feet but had sustained a complete fracture of her left foreleg just above the fetlock and was immediately Pussy.
