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who would you trust to age your horse have a new livery who is passported at age 16 insured by previous owners at age 14 EDT has been and done a lot of work on his teeth and says he is 25+ horse was free to a good home but new owners want to ride/jump and am just wondering if this boy is up to the work they will be expecting if he really is 25+ personally would always trust my dentist but new owners are asking for second opinion Thoughts
 
unless the passport has travelled with the horse all his life and contains his foal ID, I don't think it's worth the paper it's printed on. If he has acquired it during the course of his life, the info is only as good/honest as the person applying for it.

Insurance info again I think is irrelevant.

I would expect an EDT to be able to age reasonably accurately (as accurately as you can in an aged horse) but there should be a significant difference in teeth between 14-16 and 25+

If forced to choose..... dentist every time!
 
I agree and have put all of these points forward to his new owners but thay are very reluctant to accept his age have used my own EDT to do the work and I trust him implicitaly he has no reason to over-age the horse but his new owners want a second opinion
 
Specific changes in the teeth are what determines the age of a horse.
If a dentist can see the Galvayne's groove is halfway to disappearing then the horse in question would be about 25 yrs old.
So yes, dentist every time!
 
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