Connemaras and hoof disease

laura_nash said:
Yes, you should be concerned. Why is she unregistered? A possible answer to that is she tested positive.
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Agree, that is a real red flag.

Pony tests +ve, the then owner ditches the breed passport and gets a generic one without any testing details recorded. Sells on to unsuspecting buyer, who may well be the current vendor in this case.

Don't buy this pony until you have reliable test results, or have a watertight receipt that states that you will get a full refund if she is +ve. Can you go back and pull the hairs yourself? You need to be sure that any hairs tested come from the animal that you are interested in.
 
Just to throw something else into the mix, and call me a an old sceptic but.....

The fact it is on a white passport with no breeding recorded and is over from Ireland being hawked around as a full connie would be having me backing away anyway, never mine the possibility of WLD.

If I was selling or buying a full connie I would be making sure it is registered as such on the correct full connie passport - there is a big difference in price and possible history between a fully registered genuine connie and a white passport unregistered one. Hopefully OP is buying at a realistic price, and hopefully not buying at all if seller refuses to allow testing.
 
SO1 said:
If it is unregistered how do they know it is a connemara if they don't know who the parents are? It may look like a connie but have no connie blood at all. They maybe just be saying that it is one because they are a popular breed which commands a high price.
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This has crossed my mind too!
 
Mrs Jingle said:
Just to throw something else into the mix, and call me a an old sceptic but.....

The fact it is on a white passport with no breeding recorded and is over from Ireland being hawked around as a full connie would be having me backing away anyway, never mine the possibility of WLD.

If I was selling or buying a full connie I would be making sure it is registered as such on the correct full connie passport - there is a big difference in price and possible history between a fully registered genuine connie and a white passport unregistered one. Hopefully OP is buying at a realistic price, and hopefully not buying at all if seller refuses to allow testing.
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They are absolutely open to testing.
 
paddy555 said:
It is not part of the normal vetting. You get a test by sending hair samples (mane/tail) to animal genetics. You don't need a vet you can do it yourself. Pull the hair and stick it in an envelope. The site tells you how to pull the hair. Cost is around £35. If you don't get a satisfactory answer from the seller with evidence then you will need to test to be sure.
Make sure you take the hair samples yourself or the vet or someone you trust does (your vet not theirs)
You want to make sure the sample tested is from YOUR pony. That may sound over cautious but it seems you can trust no one nowadays when buying a horse. If you get to that stage buy subject to satisfactory vetting and HWSD test.
Join the FB group mentioned in post 3.
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I am going back today to get the hair to send off for testing. On the form it says Owner name - do I put mine or the person I'm buying from?
 
Tiddlypom said:
Agree, that is a real red flag.

Pony tests +ve, the then owner ditches the breed passport and gets a generic one without any testing details recorded. Sells on to unsuspecting buyer, who may well be the current vendor in this case.

Don't buy this pony until you have reliable test results, or have a watertight receipt that states that you will get a full refund if she is +ve. Can you go back and pull the hairs yourself? You need to be sure that any hairs tested come from the animal that you are interested in.
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I'm going back today to get hairs and they are more than happy for me to test and wait for results
 
Stenners said:
I am going back today to get the hair to send off for testing. On the form it says Owner name - do I put mine or the person I'm buying from?
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excellent you are going to test. I would put your own name. You are paying and it is your test. If you were to sell in the future you will have your evidence of status. Fingers crossed for you. Let us know when you get the results and hopefully the pony:D
 
paddy555 said:
excellent you are going to test. I would put your own name. You are paying and it is your test. If you were to sell in the future you will have your evidence of status. Fingers crossed for you. Let us know when you get the results and hopefully the pony:D
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Yes, put that way, that is the sensible thing to do. :)
 
Gloi said:
That's great news, it looks like they aren't deliberately hiding things.
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Absolutely - they said they are happy to keep her for as long as needed. They have sold a Connie before so they are aware of what needs to happen.

I rode her again yesterday and loved her even more! I'm so worried about the vetting - hope she passes!
 
Stenners said:
Absolutely - they said they are happy to keep her for as long as needed. They have sold a Connie before so they are aware of what needs to happen.

I rode her again yesterday and loved her even more! I'm so worried about the vetting - hope she passes!
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Good luck, I hope she passed for you.
 
Stenners said:
Absolutely - they said they are happy to keep her for as long as needed. They have sold a Connie before so they are aware of what needs to happen.

I rode her again yesterday and loved her even more! I'm so worried about the vetting - hope she passes!
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Really hope the vetting goes well Stenners. When is it?
 
I have two purebred connies. The grey is by Monaghantown Fionn and out of Clifden supreme champion Kingstown Molly 2nd. The dun is Glencarrig Prince lines. Both have fab temperaments and will happily have a go at anything. The grey has evented to BE 100. Nothing beats a good connie!prinny.jpgprinny.jpg813-DJN 73798 - emmpix social media.JPG
 
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