Recent content by LCH611

Thank you everyone. Am going to see what legal cover is provided by my household insurance, and will see how quickly CAB can see me as well. I will see if the equine solicitor sends a letter, otherwise I will not respond. I am gutted that the horse has ended up somewhere he is not loved, but I...

Thank you everyone. The thing she is trying on at the moment is that he has a mild head shake - he tosses his head when trotted up in the video that she responded to. She had the horse vetted and the vet told her it had a mild head shake but she was still happy to buy him (and ran the bloods...

An update: the agent found another family keen to buy the horse within a week. they walked away from the sale when she refused to take what she paid for him and wanted £2k more. Given that there was a written audit trail of the fact that she was trying to deal him on using the same advert, we...

:) They are dealing directly with her and it seems likely she will reject the offer at the price she paid a week ago as she wants more............. I might sell secondhand cars instead as would be more straightforward!

Ah ok! :) In the meantime some people have been back twice, love him and have made an offer ...... fingers crossed!

Hi Peter I appreciate you taking the time to reply at length. The nub of the issue in this case seems to turn on 2 points: a) is it a private sale in which case the SoGA does not apply b) does a horse acting in an agitated manner when ridden when there are horse flies around, constitute a defect...

Thank you Fred66 for your comprehensive reply. As a family we have horses and in the last 2 years I have sold two ponies that my children have grown out of. This horse belonged to my daughter who is now starting her first job and is putting horses on the back burner so I would find it hard to...

Teddypops please would you mind PMing the name of your equine solicitor as I am about to take some legal advice on this matter and they sound like a good starting point......... thank you very much!

Hi Keith, the contract was at the purchaser's instigation. She was buying him for her own personal use. The 2 relevant clauses I believe are, that I confirmed that he exhibited not stable vices or behavioural problems whilst in my care, and that to the best of my knowledge he had no unsoundness...

totally agree that it isn't unreasonable to be hacking out on day 2 - I'd have done so before then! He is a very big horse that is hunted by a small girl in a rubber snaffle but it is perfectly conceivable that as a fairly elderly person riding him she didn't enjoy his reaction if he was plagued...

can I ask views on whether a horse that was tried twice, vetted, had the bloods run (all satisfactory) and was sold as being an all round family horse/ladies/gents/masters hunter with video & photos illustrating, can be returned as not being as described as he was agitated when hacked out 2 days...

Very true...... was suspicious when she wanted to effectively give herself a trial period by paying for him in two stages.... unfortunately there was a financial imperative to sell and she then came up with the money and seemed very happy.

also the money went to me and not the agent if that makes a difference....?

I sent a horse to be sold via an event rider with excellent facilities. They acted as agent for me when it came to arranging the viewings, co-ordinating with the vet and doing the deal with the purchaser (who was not very straightforward to deal with). The sales agreement that the purchaser...

I haven't got time to read 160 posts but have you tried copra, aniseed, liquorice or marmite? Will he eat things like cleavers and cow parsley if you pick them for him? Can anyone else step in and feed him for you - it sounds like there is quite an emotional commitment if he will only eat from...