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Hello everyone, i have had some fantastic advice from you all before and wondered if you could help again please , sadly i must sell one of my horses and as my foals are getting on better i think it would only be fair if i sold my tb, so the foals will still have each other as company, now the only problem is when i bought him i was unaware that he windsucked and weaved bought him in summer, obviously he is not worth what i payed for him and wondered really if such a horse is saleable and how much does it devalue him thanks
 
The fact taht windsucking is thought to increase the risk of gastric ulcers, and weaving which is a stress action can increase the risk of colic or other stress "by products"......... it can drastically decrease the value......

Id maybe research some other adverts of similar horses and compare....
Id say it would take about £1k+ off him. sorry that might not be what you want to hear....... just some people can be funny about taking on horses with abnormal behaviours like these.

Sorry you have to sell your horse though!
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ahh well in that case I wouldnt think it would devalue that much, espeically if you point out that keeping him in a field etc would mean he didnt...... lots of people are happy to house outside all year
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I wouldn't go to see a horse I knew windsucked and weaved no matter how low the price was. It will very much reduce the number of viewers that would want to come and see him. Whether that would reduce his price depends what he has done and how much you are asking. If he is a competition horse with a record of success, it won't affect it much. If he's already cheap it might not affect it. If he is mid-price riding club type horse my guess is that it would easily knock £4000 down to £3000 or below.

You have a claim against the seller, by the way. Both are declarable vices. Legally, she will owe you the difference between what you paid for him and what you manage to sell him for. Probably not worth the amount of hassle it would cause in your life, but at least you know that morally the law is on your side.
 
Not sure OP would have a claim against the seller if he/she was a private individual and the OP didn't ask if the horse had any vices. Obviously, if she did ask and was lied to, that's different.
 
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