sz90168
Well-Known Member
I had another horse fail a vetting and I am feeling very disheartened. The horse was sound on flexion and ridden but 2-3/10 lame lunged on hard ground before riding but was then nearly 100% after being ridden. He also tested slightly positive on that leg with hoof tester but vet did say as he was better after exercise usually means a tendon/ligament/muscle.
The vet did say for my budget around (5k) it is more difficult to find a sound horse which got me thinking. I am only looking for a horse to do some low level affiliated show jumping mainly and that will not try and kill me out hacking. I don’t mind if it a bit green, needs schooling and it does not need to be a worldbeater in the slightest. Why are there hardly any sound horses around?
I am thinking about have that part of the vetting repeated in a weeks time after he has been re-shod and had Physio. I am sick of looking at horse adverts, phoning people and then taking half a day going’s to look at horses that are not always as described.
The vet did say for my budget around (5k) it is more difficult to find a sound horse which got me thinking. I am only looking for a horse to do some low level affiliated show jumping mainly and that will not try and kill me out hacking. I don’t mind if it a bit green, needs schooling and it does not need to be a worldbeater in the slightest. Why are there hardly any sound horses around?
I am thinking about have that part of the vetting repeated in a weeks time after he has been re-shod and had Physio. I am sick of looking at horse adverts, phoning people and then taking half a day going’s to look at horses that are not always as described.