Cheap well bred youngster with sarcoid, would you buy?

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Hi,

Also posted in NL.

I've been looking quietly for some thing to catch my eye and found a lovely 4 year old, unbroken, well bred, stunning and cheap. But, he has developed a sarcoid on his chest. I haven't rung up yet as want to find out as much as I can and people's opinion's on whether this is a good idea or not?

This is an idea way for me to buy a well bred youngster, who would of normally have been way out of my budget.

But I need more info please

Thanks in advance.
 
If buying to keep, or at least with that intention, I would.

A client of mine was in a similar position 3 years ago, looking for a horse to do dressage on she could not find the right type within a sensible budget, a horse that I knew and its full history was offered at a very reasonable price due to having a few small sarcoids, they had been treated but not fully cleared up. The vet said not to buy, despite being told that the sarcoids were not up for discussion and we did not need an opinion on them.

So he was purchased he was just the job for her, they have done very well together,
and the sarcoids have now gone. :)
 
As long as it was away from tack area. My 4 yo had one develop shortly after purchase. It was successfully treated and she's just turned 19 with no reoccurrence :)
 
Debatable. If you are thinking of buying with a view to selling on in the foreseeable future then perhaps I wouldn't buy the horse, however if that isn't your plan then if everything else about the horse suits you then I would consider.We have a horse with sarcoids (been treated with varying success). While the sarcoid on the horse at present may not been in a "tack area" you will have to accept the possibility of others appearing where they might be rubbed by tack. I agree it would be a good idea to talk to your vet altho in my experience vets do differ in their opinion on how much of a problem sarcoids are. I also agree with a previous poster re the type of sarcoid the horse has. "Grape" type seem less serious than the multiheaded variety but a vet would be able to advise you much better than I. The big snag/unknown factor is some horses may only ever have a single/few sarcoids, while others continue to produce them throughout their lives and may become very severe in time.You will have to decide if the risk is worth it.A world authority on sarcoids did say to me it's often the really nice/good horses which unfortunately are susceptible to the damn things!
 
Baggybreeches said:
Sarcoids can reabsorb especially on youngsters, we have had a couple who came with or developed small Sarcoids but as soon as their immune system picks up they disappeared
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this ^^ my horse had quite a large sarcoid at the base of his ear when i bought him and it fell off/disappeared as the vet said it probably would when he vetted him. i didn't even debate not buying him because of it....
 
Are you certain its a sarcoid in the first place .In my experience most in young horses are warts caused by Papiloma virus usually due to being kept near cattle or where cattle have been.They are very easy to get tested! Whats more they disappear quite quickly.
 
NR99 said:
As long as it was away from tack area. My 4 yo had one develop shortly after purchase. It was successfully treated and she's just turned 19 with no reoccurrence :)
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I totally agree with this, I bought my mare as a 4 year old with one and at 11 no reoccurrence (touch wood). They are so easily treated and it doesn't change the horse, unless you want to show it!
 
Purchase a 4yr old with a sarcoid on his chest was a mess someone had gone over it with clippers . Treated with indian mud from vets cleared up no scarring left.

Treatments improving all the time. So many horses with them.
 
Going against the grain here... There is no way I would buy a horse with a sarcoid. My Mum's horse was bought at 4 with one small sarcoid, and over the 10 years she was with us she had to have them treated so many times, she was horrendously uncomfortable with some of them, and it was horrible to see her struggling with them (whilst they were being treated) and they just kept coming back.

I think I've probably just had a bad experience, but whilst it sounds like many aren't a problem, sometimes they are!
 
My 4 year old developed one at Xmas and it has now nearly gone again, just a tiny mark , stuck some blood root ointment on it. Yes I would buy it.
 
Sarcoids (or warts) on a youngster are not unusual when the said horse has lived out in the field (as alot of youngsters have prior to backing) where cattle have previously been kept, or even cattle in neighbouring fields, and they usually go after a while, but, this isn't always the case, and it can unfortunately be a bit of a guessing game, so you would be taking a risk. Wouldn't put me off if I thought it was the right horse!
 
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