5 stage vetting?

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could someone please enlighten me as what what a 5 stage vetting actually involves? im considering having one for buster as he is eventing and i want to now that there is nothing that might be wrong with him or that might effect him competeing.

could some one please tell me what it involves? what you get out of it if you have no intention of ever selling the horse? how much it is? and what happens if your horse fails?

sorry for all the questions
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thanks in advance!
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edited to correct awful spelling!
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1. General check over by vet, eyes, legs, lumps and bumps, feet etc etc Heart rate, breathing

2. Trotting up, Flexion Tests, turning on circle that sort of thing.

3. Exercise

4. Resting, hearbeat breathing recovery rate.

5. Final trot up

That's what I remember from when one I sold had 5* vetting early january. 2 stage is parts 1 and 2 basically. I have always just gone for the 2 stage one (apart from the first pony I bought who had 5 stage booked, but pulled off a front shoe at the start of the exercise, so it had to turn into a 2 stage!)

It's quite possible I have omitted something very important, but the above is the gist of it.
 
the 5 stage vetting is otherwise known as a pre-purchase examination. you only have one done if you're buying a new horse. they dont pass or fail - they just get recommended for purchase if the vet find nothing that will hamper the horse's ability to do what the new owner wants to do with it.
if you're worried about your own horse, then just get the vet out to do a general MOT. it'll be a damn sight cheaper than a vetting.
 
£200-£300, but you'll get an examination of your own horse for a lot less than that - a vet will only carry out a vetting on a horse for purchase.
 
MOT will be whatever you want it to be. a call out fee (normally £25-55), £25 for an examination - in this they could check eyes and heart, check for lumps and bumps etc - they'd probably charge a bit more if you wanted the lameness exam, flexion tests, lungeing on hard and soft etc - maybe another £40 or so. depends why you want an MOT. if you've got a horse with no hint of a problem, then i dont understand why you'd want all that.
 
I would just be inclined to get heart checked and maybe tendons scanned. Why go looking for problems, unless there is something you are worried about
 
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