Paulick Report: Research In Action: Searching For Genetic Clues To A Common Neck Abnormality In Horses

The variation is estimated to occur in 20 to 30 percent of Thoroughbreds and Warmbloods, but researchers still don’t know what it means for an individual horse.

As diagnostic imaging of the horse's neck advances, our understanding of what is found has to be combined with clinical status. Read this great article discussing transposition of C6 to C7 to understand how these findings are interpretted, and what we still need to understand.

Paulick Report September 22, 2026