Ageing Greys - To Buy Or Not To Buy

[Happy Horse]

There are plenty of old grey who don't have Melanomas - in my case it is just once bitten twice shy. It was not a nice way to lose a horse and he was only 18.

 

[ginnyspinner]

I went to see an 8 yr old dapple grey mare with large golfball sized lump on neck with hard tissue around it - stunning mare with an amazing jump, but thought was suspicious of melanoma so walked away - may have been one of the best i saw but couldn't take the risk plus a biopsy and vetting would have been very costly.

 

[bigbess]

I have had several grey horses without having any melanomas but did know of a chestnut arab that was peppered with them, he was relatively young when diagnosed and carried on to a great age.

 

[Agent XXX999]

I considered buying a 14 year old grey with the hugest Melanomas you have ever seen – he looked like a hamster. Unfortunately the woman wanted the same money for him as you would expect to pay for a horse without melanomas of the same age and standard – and wouldn’t budge – as in her opinion they didn’t bother him. IMO however he still had stuff wrong with him and she should have been more open to offers.

So what I am trying to say is if the expectations and money is right then go for it.