A horse is being fraudulently advertised as vice free

fburton said:
Well, when I read "vice free" I assume the sellers are referring to stable vices, i.e. cribbing, weaving, etc., not whether the horse bites or kicks people (or poos in its water bucket).
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Well this is my point the advert doesnt say 'stable vices' it
Says no vices ... Which mean in english no vices at all which includes a ridden vice

And rearing for example is commonly called a ridden vice

So i dont know if its different in diff regions but here for everyone i know 'vice free' means stable/ridden ALL


So i was suprised to hear that
For many of u it just means stable
Vices

But anyway this horse does have a stable vice so either way the info on ad is a lie
 
Legally speaking, weaving, wind sucking, cribbing and box walking are all "unsoundnesses" that have to be declared when selling a horse.

Anything else is behavioural and should be declared morally and ethically but it's not illegal.

Selling a horse that is "not as described" comes under the Sales of Goods Act ( where a product has to be of merchantable quality ie as described)

There is less legal comeback on a private seller but courts would not look kindly on a seller who deliberately misled a purchaser
 
spacefaer said:
Legally speaking, weaving, wind sucking, cribbing and box walking are all "unsoundnesses" that have to be declared when selling a horse.

Anything else is behavioural and should be declared morally and ethically but it's not illegal.

Selling a horse that is "not as described" comes under the Sales of Goods Act ( where a product has to be of merchantable quality ie as described)

There is less legal comeback on a private seller but courts would not look kindly on a seller who deliberately misled a purchaser
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Thanku this info really helps a lot !!!!'
 
I agree, I would stay out of it and let happen what will happen. Apart from fall out with the owners nothing will come out of it.

The future owners will soon find out what the horse is like as soon as they go for a try out.
 
Wouldn't think trading standards would be interested in a private sale, there's very little comeback unless the seller is a dealer, as to knowingly putting someone else in danger, don't know what the legalities of that are. Difficult situation, do nothing and risk the guilt of knowing you could have done something and didn't, or wade in with all the inevitable consequences.....

I would speak to sellers, tell them to change the picture used in the ad and make sure that they know its because you think the horse is being falsely described and that you don't want to be associated with it, in case of any legal comeback should anyone get injured.
 
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