thank you skycat,his toe is looking quiet normal,no swelling or weird displacement.hes walking on it fine so I will give him a few weeks off and then slowly reintroduce him to short gallops and see from there.Amputation is th last resort I think.Gives me an excuse to get more work done with the saluki bitch now I suppose,lol.Thanks banner man,how far back,what about the quik bleeding in the nail.Hes walked a lot on the roads so his nails are not too long,all good info though.