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Without scaremongering, I knew a horse who was PTS due to canker being left untreated for too long and secondary infections arising. When his field mate subsequently got it, the vet was involved straight away and she made a full recovery

I overheard a conversation at an event (I'm assuming they were the horse's owners or some of OTs connections) and they said it was the showjumping issue. Apparently she was having issues with him stopping uncharacteristically

I stand corrected the research I read suggested it wasn't but it must have been out of date. That's very useful to know :)

The 30 day buyback sounds like a good idea - it would give me a huge amount of confidence as a buyer and if something was to go wrong and he was injured at least they won't return a broken horse

The article I read suggested fecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT) - doing an egg count to determine what you need to worm for as you have done (and in fact if you need to worm at all as over worming fuels resistance), then if wormed doing another egg count 28 days later. I'd also suggest...

This is why its recommended to worm egg count after worming so you can ensure the worms have been killed. It's the worms rather than the horse who are resistant :)

It was Alex Hua Tian and according to his Facebook he's fine. His horse is also fine (AFAIK) as it was up and looked fairly sound straight away

How about Annie (as she's passported Romany)

Mine was advertised for about a year on preloved, local event pages, Facebook, BD and even put it on ebay (with a reserve) and it didnt sell, but sold within a month of going to my local saddler. Wish I'd done it in the first place, it would have saved so much money and hassle!!

Horses should be treated as individuals in the same way humans should be. 100% agree that they should be happy to be stabled though, just in case they need to be box rested. I also agree it depends on the grazing. I was at a livery yard where there was absolutely no shelter in any of the fields...

I would imagine he would too. I merely said I was sceptical rather than saying she was wrong and it would be an interesting thing to look into I had a very quick look at her website - are the products that she sells made by her, or does she sell them for other people?

I'm afraid, being a BSc. student, this is what made me sceptical. However maybe it should be noted that I'm just a student not a graduate, so it would be interesting hearing from some of our resident equine science graduates or vets (or indeed people with biological science degrees as its about...

Its a shame its caused a reaction on your horse as its great fly spray! I've had great results with it (esp. with horse flies) on 3 horses, 2 of which are quite sensitive types, and have never seen them have a reaction to it. However, I did!! I had to wash my hands straight away otherwise they...

It might be worth trying horses4homes

I'm feeling really lucky too! My parents paid for everything, bar the odd lesson or competition and any unessential things I wanted for the horses