5 Stage or 2 Stage Vetting?

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Hi, I'm in the process of buying a horse. She's 15.3hh, Irish Draught X and is 7 years old. She's £1600 & will be used for general hacking, showing & generally having some fun on - she won't be an eventer or jumper though I will be popping her over some fences if I do pleasure rides etc.

I'm ringing up the vets & I was originally going to go with a 2 stage as I wasn't going to be competing her. Do you think I should go for the more expensive option of the 5 stage instead? Is the 2 stage a waste of time & the 5 stage the only sensible option?

Riding her, she is very well schooled with a beautiful outline & very comfortable to ride & I can see us going far - I cannot wait to pick her up!
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Any advice would be gratefully received!
 
given her age,breed and level of schooling why is she so cheap? She does sound as though she is what you want in a horse so in this case I would go for a 5 stage vetting as that will pick up more than the 2 stage will.She is extremely low priced for what she is so I wouldn't take any chances or else you could find your bargain purchase has major veterinary problems which could cost you alot of money and heartache.If the seller tries to put you off of a 5 stage then I would question their motive for selling the horse.I know some horses wouldn't pass a 5 stage but would pass a 2 stage with ease.The 5 stage is much tougher on the horse and more likely to find any possible problems although even that doesn't cover everything.
 
Go for the 5 stage peace of mind is priceless, and the horse sounds very reasonably priced, my older horse failed his vetting on the fexion test, but I did some research and took a gamble lucily hes never been lame once although I am careful.
 
I went for a 5 stage when I bought Thumper - purely for piece of mind.

I would have done it regardless of what I was paying for him.
 
I'd always go with a 5* personally. But then I am a worried by nature, and I like all bases covered.

Good luck with it all
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i went for a 5stage one, and found the horse had tendons problems iwouldnt have founf this ot with a 2 stage so im gratefull i went for it otherwise could have had a lot of vet bills topay
 
For an extra £100 I would go with the 5, after all it may pick up on something that will cost you a lot more than that in the long run and would have gone undetected with a 2stage. Hopefully it wont, but you will then have the peace of mind that you are buying a good healthy horse.

I think 2stage is a waste of money really for any horse that is intended for riding as they really do not check much at all. I would go with 5 stage or nothing.
 
Thank you so much everyone - a 5 stage it is & fingers crossed she will pass tomorrow. I'll let you know what the outcome is & I hope it's a good one.

Yes she is cheap & that does concern me.
 
Well, it's bad news - the vet rang me to say that he stopped the vetting as the horse was lame & that yes, it was too good to be true. He said that if I wanted a horse to plod around on or breed from, she'd be okay but anything else, any form of competing/showing, even low level dressage - he would advise me not to buy her.

So I haven't.

The seller is sending me back my £100 deposit & says she has 40 people lined up to view her so it's game over for me. Very disappointed as she was a nice horse but glad that I went for the vetting. The vet said that she would have failed a 2 stage also & that hers was a low level lameness & that she'd prob been mildly lame for a while - possibly an old injury? And she was only 7!

I could have taken a gamble & put her out to rest until spring & seen if she'd improved he said but for £1600 - that's too much of a gamble for me! I would have offered them £500-800 & bred from her but they wouldn't budge on the price.

The advert is here: JUSTY JAZZ

I'll keep looking...Hannah x
 
To be fair, she is described as a broodmare and only intermittently sound in the ad, so the price was quite right.
Here is a tip for you, if somebody describes themselves as a private seller, copy their phone number into Google and see what turns up - you can then see whether they are selling a much loved family horse, or are turning horses around more regularly
 
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