Affiliating a horse to BD that is loss of use

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Very speculative BUT a bit of positivity never hurt.. Can you affiliate a horse that is registered as loss of use to BD? Said horse is branded on the shoulder so no hiding the fact.

Obviously horse is sound and in work but I can't find anything on the net about it.. I also can't help but think that with the branding on the shoulder for all to see it would probably affect the scores :-(
 
I think it depends what the LOU was paid out for.

My friend claimed LOU on her horse and was paid out as he was a 3*** eventer who could no longer jump and I know she now competes him BD.

I think there are various levels of LOU, from the 'lesser' ones which stop a horse competing at a certain level down to only field sound horses who cannot be ridden at all.
 
my old boy was LOU for SJ (low grade navicular, sound on a surface with appropriate shoeing but would get sore if jumped). We affiliated BD no probs though he did spend a lot of time trying to jump the boards :p he had his brand under saddle as already freezemarked but i would hope a judge would pay little attention anyway as long as he was working correctly - i think most of them would understand the L was for a different dicipline. good luck :)
 
Agree with both posts above, what was the LoU for, as already mentioned LoU doesn't necessarily mean that they become field ornaments just that they are no longer suitable for what they were insured for.
If you're not sure why do you either join yourself and compete Prelim on the unregistered horse (assuming the horse has less than 49 points and if you qualify you would need to register), or get some class tickets and go to some shows and see how you get on.
 
Horse is LoU for sacroiliac injuries, justified as LoU by insurance as insured to jump/event.

She is 7 has been sound and back in work for almost a year after a year in the field looking pretty, we have done everything very slowly so are at the beginning of our training but a girl can dream right?

I agree it would be great if the judge was not distracted by the L on the shoulder (which stands for lovely by the way) I bet some won't but I also bet some will look for the issues on seeing it..

Tickets are a good idea though!
 
Just buy a coloured hairspray for the shoulder mark!

I think as long as you are not trying to fiddle insurance companies, there is no reason why the affiliated bodies should be involved.
 
LOU Freeze branding is purely to mark the horse as such to protect unsuspecting future owners and prevent fraudulent insurance claims. It really has no bearing on what you can/can't do with a horse as long as it is sound enough. I am sure that in the back of my memory I remember reading about a 4* horse that had a previous LOU claim, wish I could remember which it was!
 
You don't need to cover it up - you can do what you like with a LoU horse, you just can't insure it for the reason it has been branded LoU.
 
SpottedCat said:
You don't need to cover it up - you can do what you like with a LoU horse, you just can't insure it for the reason it has been branded LoU.
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To be fair some of the lower level judges may mark down for it, probably wouldn't bother the higher level judges, I only say this as the lower level judges always seem to think that my friends horse is tilting her head (she isn't it's her face markings making it look that way, and they are looking at the face rather than the ears).
Another friend used to dye her horses back leg that had a sock on it as it drew the eye too much and made it look unlevel (no comments after the dye job).
 
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