Does anyone know for certain

depends on the dealer and what they specify- if anything at all. the farm i got my horse from has a years warranty on all their horses but i know of another which has a"no return policy" as soon as you walk off the yard with the horse.
 
yes but you always have some legal recourse when you buy from a dealer. I know that after a certain length of time it is too late to complain and you are deemed to have accepted the problems. Just wondering if anyone knows how long that it.
 
I don't think it's a fixed period, it is to do with whether what they sold you is as they described it and is "fit for purpose". The issue is, the longer the period the harder it is to prove that the problems you have were the case when you bought the horse and haven't appeared since. So if it is something like the horse is a completely different age from the one they sold it as (and you can prove it) you could come back to the several years later. But if it's behaviour or lameness then you might have difficulty proving that the horse had the problem when they sold it. Does that help at all?
 
The sale of goods act protects your rights if you buy through a dealer but again it depends on the individual case- if you have a contract/receipt and the horse is not as described then you have legal recourse on this (ie horse turns out to be older than claimed etc) .
If the horse is not fit for the purpose it has been sold for then again you have recourse, the longer you leave it the more difficult it will be to claim a full refund (if it went to court) but you can still sue for damages.
i don't know of any finite time frames for a claim as i think its discretionary based on each case.
 
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