Can the seller of a horse refuse to allow owner to move horse to a new yard for a period

[Fjord]

@Cheetchy, has the seller said why they are imposing these rules? Please show your friend this thread before they go ahead, while I can understand someone wanting to ensure their horse is looked after following sale, this sounds as dodgy AF.

 

[Merry neddy man]

@Cheetchy, has the seller said why they are imposing these rules? Please show your friend this thread before they go ahead, while I can understand someone wanting to ensure their horse is looked after following sale, this sounds as dodgy AF.

Has your friend SLOWLY read ALL of this thread, she ought to.

 

[DirectorFury]

Hey, so my friend is proceeding with buying the horse but she is writing everything down and will wait till she owns before she then deals with whether to move him etc. The horse isn't used in the riding school they have a group of riding school ponies then they also buy school and sell horses on top of that. My friend is going to push for vetting though and has really put her foot down, hopefully if all goes well, the vetting will go well, she's going to get dentist and vaccinations started etc and will make sure she gets her requests also in the agreement they're going to make her sign. She plans to complain every time something isn't just right in the hope they might actually ask her to leave

If she’s determined to go ahead with this she needs to get bloods taken and then immediately tested as part of the vetting. Iirc vetting bloods are only kept for 6 months (perhaps because they degrade?), so if she sticks to their bonkers rules she won’t be able to see if they’ve been drugging the horse if there are problems after she moves it.

I’m sure we’ll all see a sob story about it all going wrong plastered all over Facebook within the next 6-8 months .

 

[ycbm]

If she’s determined to go ahead with this she needs to get bloods taken and then immediately tested as part of the vetting. Iirc vetting bloods are only kept for 6 months (perhaps because they degrade?), so if she sticks to their bonkers rules she won’t be able to see if they’ve been drugging the horse if there are problems after she moves it.

I’m sure we’ll all see a sob story about it all going wrong plastered all over Facebook within the next 6-8 months .

She probably only needs to tell them that's what she's going to do and watch their reaction.

 

[MagicMelon]

Absolutely run for the hills. CRAZY!

 

[myheartinahoofbeat]

I like to give people the benefit of the doubt but whichever way I spin this scenario, I end up with alarm bells ringing.

As your friend is already in love with this horse, I guess it is too late to do the logical thing and walk away? If it is this ,then she is into damage limitation. The vetting and blood tests might be enough to stop the sale if the sellers reasons for selling are dodgy. If not, then she needs to proceed with caution, eyes wide open. It will be a hell of a lot easier to walk away now.

Get her to read the posts on here.
Get her to look at horses for sale on H & H, Horsequest etc. to see there are so many other options.

You havent described the horse? What is it like? totally unique?

 

[Honey08]

I’m sorry but she’s an absolute fool to get embroiled in all this. A fool and their money are soon parted. They are going to walk all over her. I envisage scenes of her horse/belongings being locked in when she tries to move it, or other nightmares. She needs to put her foot down and be firm. They’re not going to sell it to anyone else under these conditions, it’s not likely to sell under her nose if she dithers..