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Lay your bets...will Hereshoping be the portent of doom for yet another unsuspecting seller?

Off to the vet check for horse number 4.

[HH on her knees praying to Epona and every other deity known to man and horse alike because I won't have any money left for a horse at this rate]

Ho hum.
 
You are not going to believe this...she went lame on the off hind behind being ridden.:(:(

She also hopped off on the flexion test on that leg. But just for two steps. Vet not too concerned about that. She was fine on the lunge on the school surface and on the hard, uneven ground.

HOWEVER..

Vet - and it's my own lovely vet - says to tell seller to get her feet sorted (they are a mile long and she has a massive crack in the right hind that follows up behind the white line) and a pair of shoes on, bed them in for a couple of days, and she'll come back and finish the check. Could also have been the saddle because we had to make do with one that she is not normally ridden in.

So. We will do that, I think. What's to lose?
 
I would do as the vet suggested, if the horse was fine for everything else the chances are it is just the feet or saddle but why do people do this when selling a horse, to neglect the feet and expect to firstly sell it then have it go through a vetting without being prepared to spend a few £££s doing the basics:mad:.
 
MrsMozart said:
Nothing to lose, other than time I suppose :cool:

How old is the horse?

How much work has she done?
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Thanks. She is 6. And a completely green baby - blank canvas. But she has some lovely paces and is an absolute sweetie. Although she threw some fabulous bucks and prances on the lunge:eek:. She was broken late last year - no jockey. And then turned away as still no jockey. She has literally just come back into work - came over from Ireland 3 weeks ago and has been ridden twice a week since by a SJer who agreed to sell her for the owner (no one buying Irish horses). A six year old that has done nothing shouldn't be lame...hence vet suggesting feet.

I would do as the vet suggested, if the horse was fine for everything else the chances are it is just the feet or saddle but why do people do this when selling a horse, to neglect the feet and expect to firstly sell it then have it go through a vetting without being prepared to spend a few £££s doing the basics.
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I am with you but, to be fair, I don't think the girl selling it (whom I know, actually, and ironically, as she is literally 500 yards up the road from my yard and uses our facilities a fair bit) has had a moment's time, nor been given any budget by the seller.
 
HOWEVER..

Vet - and it's my own lovely vet - says to tell seller to get her feet sorted (they are a mile long and she has a massive crack in the right hind that follows up behind the white line) and a pair of shoes on, bed them in for a couple of days, and she'll come back and finish the check. Could also have been the saddle because we had to make do with one that she is not normally ridden in.

So. We will do that, I think. What's to lose?
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I wouldn't be happy with that. Shoes numb the hooves, I would want the hooves trimmed and for the horse to pass the vetting without shoes. Also shoeing wont help the crack to heal. Hoof problems can be absolutely heartbreaking so if i was buying, any hoof problems would have to be very, very, very seriously thought about before I went ahead with a purchase.
 
Faracat said:
I wouldn't be happy with that. Shoes numb the hooves, I would want the hooves trimmed and for the horse to pass the vetting without shoes. Also shoeing wont help the crack to heal. Hoof problems can be absolutely heartbreaking so if i was buying, any hoof problems would have to be very, very, very seriously thought about before I went ahead with a purchase.
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Thanks Faracat. She did check for hoof sensitivity and there was none. There was no pulse, either, but there was a bit of heat above the crack. I think my vet felt that shoeing would prevent anything further getting in the crack. As it was, we needed tweezers to remove the school surface from the crack. Those feet are a good inch and a half overgrown and splitting - I would normally keep a horse barefoot behind unless I needed shoes for studs, but I could see her argument here - it was a case of getting the horse through the vet and the quickest route to doing so.

What would be your concerns re hooves and cracks? Other than infection? I suppose there is the question of pedal bone rotation due to over-growth. She does have quite good heels.
 
it was a case of getting the horse through the vet and the quickest route to doing so.
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The thing is - I wouldn't want the horse quickly patched up to get it through the vetting, I would want it to pass because it's truly sound IYSWIM.

Why on Earth has the owner let the hooves get so overgrown? Arrrg. :(

The crack can be fixed (how deep is it?), but they can be a real bind, so it really depends on what problems you are willing to take on.

I am coming from a point of view of having spent a year and a half solving hoof issues, so maybe I am cautious of problems in this area.
 
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