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Note: Links with green underlines are shopping links and will open in a new window What Are Chestnuts And Ergots?Chestnuts and ergots are normal, healthy growths found on most horse's legs. No one really knows why they exist, and they have been a subject of curiosity among horsemen for quite a long time. Chestnuts And ErgotsChestnuts appear on the front legs of a horse above the knee, or on the back legs of a horse below the hock. They can be large, or very small. Some people call chestnuts "night eyes." Ergots are found on the back of a horse's fetlock but they are usually covered with hair and can't be seen. Some scientists believe that chestnuts and ergots may be remnants of the pads that were under the toes of a very early ancestor of the horse. Scientists believe that about 50 million years ago the first known ancestor of the horse, Eohippus, had four padded toes on the front legs and three padded toes on the back legs. Chestnuts
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