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ive had an horse now for a month she was sold to me has a jumping horse.
now i have found out that she was sound to the people i had her off as an companion for life light hack .because of old injurys on front legs.
do i have a case
 
Is the horse lame now because of this? Where did the information about the injury and light hacking come from and can the vet confirm that the previous owners knew about these injuries before you bought the horse?
 
i did not have her vetted as she was under 2000 but they told me she had old barbwire scars never bothered her but her previous owner has told me the truth i carnt go into to much detail at moment as trading standards involved but all i can say is they saying there private but they are dealers and this is not the first companion horse they have sold as a jumping horse. ive spoke to the vet who treated her and its all true.
 
apparently the lady that sold this guy said that she was only able to use as a companion light hack and he knew everything about wghat had happened to her
 
I don't want to sound harsh but as you didn't have her vetted I doubt very much whether you have a leg to stand on. Unless this horse was advertised as a super jumper which I find very doubtful beacuse of the price.

Sorry probably a bit harsher than I mean it to sound.
 
she was advertised as doing showjumping cross country and hunting only forsale as daughter going to universty got advert
 
If you have the advert its definitely worth a try. Did you ride her when you went to see her? Did you jump her? Did you take someone else with you who could act as a witness, and is the horse lame at present?
 
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Agree if you have the ad worded like this then you probably do. I hope that the previous owners are prepared to stan up when it counts with this info,
 
If thye are 'private' but really trading, try Googling the phone number-
You may find ads with it on, and various claims of daughters going to Uni! That may help your case.
 
thanks all for the info when i tryed her it was on a very deep surface the vet has told me today she was not even worth £50 when this is sorted the people will be revealed as i have to put a stop to them doing this.watch this space
 
The problem is.... If the daughter has show jumped the horse/cross country etc even a few times then the advert might not be invalid. Unless you have anything from her to you in writing stating that the horse was assured for this that and the other (which I doubt anyone would give) it might be difficult to prove. The very best of luck anyway!
 
Well, on the face of it I'd say not really. The phrase 'buyer beware' is something that we should all be very aware of.

However, if the advert was seling a jumping horse and you have something that clearly doesn't jump, you are looking at something a bit more difficult - i.e. wrongly advertised but also other things would be looked at, e.g. would someone of your experience have done the same thing? Would they have had it vetted? Is it reasonable to believe that you can get a jupming horse as it was described for £2k? Did you try it out before you bought it? They would also look at whether someone of your experience would try it, if not, why not, and if so, how did you not work out whether it would jump or not.

As you can see, there are a lot of things to consider. I think if you do want to sue on this, you probably won't get very far. If you do take it further, I expect you'll end up paying more than £2k in legal costs anyway.

If they're saying they're private when they're a dealer - yes they're lying but I doubt much will be 'done' about it! Sorry!
 
Keep the advert in a safe place.

If they are dealers then you should have no problem in getting your money back.

Even if they are private they have told you stories and again you should not have a problem.

If you want to be compensated then you need to instruct a firm of solicitors that specialises in Equine matters or alternatively take the vendors to the small claims court which you can now do on line. Here is the link:
https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp
 
I would think if you have the original advert and the previous owner is prepared to say that the horse was originally sold as as a light hack/companion you have a very good case for getting your money back. Good luck.
 
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Absolutely agree.

I would never buy a horse without having it vetted - its just insanity!
 
thanks everyone all i know is im going to get my money back iver way theres so many dishonest people around i feel sick over the hole matter and feel sorry for the poor horse.
 
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