Asking for vet records?

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I am interested in buying a horse and I was wondering if it would be acceptable to ask for these records? If yes, how do you go about it? I would only be wanting to look at them with my friend who is a vet.
 
I just speak to the owner and then ask my vet to deal with their vet, I've never been refused yet. Unless the horse is a long distance away most vets know each other.
If I were selling a horse I would only be too happy for the buyer or buyers vet to have the records but a deposit would have to be put down first and a vetting about to be taking place

I wouldn't be happy if I thought everyone who came to view wanted a copy of the vets records, they would have to be a serious buyer

However I have never sold anything in my life so I am always the buyer and when I go to view anything I am very serious in my intentions
 
Yes, of course it is acceptable to ask. Usually done through your Vet and their Vet. Or ask for a clinical history print out.

Good luck, hope she passes the vetting if you go ahead :)
 
Something I would do as standard prior to arranging a vetting, especially in the kind of situation you are in (I assume the TB you linked to).

I'd probably ask them first who their regular vet is, then just say casually 'I presume you are okay for them to release clinical history' then assuming answer is a yes (if it's a no then walk away), the vets should email a PDF/non-editable file out to the vendor to pass on to you.
 
When the loaner of my TB wanted to buy him, she asked if I could get his history for her as he had previously had some issues. It was no problem at all, I called up the vets and they emailed it over to me, I then forwarded it on to her.
 
Do you need to think about the insurance implications of this?

Stuff that shows up in a vetting is likely to be excluded. Presumably anything else (which may well not show up in a vetting as the vetting is about one day not a lifetime!) might be excluded as it would then be known history/'existing issue' too?

Whereas if you didn't have the history it wouldn't be? (Unless insurance companies will identify the horse's previous claims by microchip, but even then, there could well be stuff that wasn't claimed for/horse may not have been insured?)

I don't know the legal status (and would obviously encourage you to follow whatever the rules are) but jyst another factor you may want/need to consider.
 
GirlFriday said:
Do you need to think about the insurance implications of this?

Stuff that shows up in a vetting is likely to be excluded. Presumably anything else (which may well not show up in a vetting as the vetting is about one day not a lifetime!) might be excluded as it would then be known history/'existing issue' too?

Whereas if you didn't have the history it wouldn't be? (Unless insurance companies will identify the horse's previous claims by microchip, but even then, there could well be stuff that wasn't claimed for/horse may not have been insured?)

I don't know the legal status (and would obviously encourage you to follow whatever the rules are) but jyst another factor you may want/need to consider.
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When I insured my horse I had to request and then provide the full vet records to the insurers, who then promptly excluded all skin conditions :rolleyes:. So if you're planning to insure I don't think there's any way around that one.
 
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