Horse getting vetted NOW - Nervous!!

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Please keep your fingers and toes crossed!

It's the second horse I'm having vetted, after the first one had quite a few problems, so now I'm as nervous as anything. I've also been looking since March.

I really, really like this horse and really want him to pass with flying colours...

This is a pointless thread but had to vent the nervousness to someone :o
 
This is the second horse who I had vetted whose had a heart murmur (and the other horse also had cataracts)...

I would have accepted little issues, but when I want a good all-rounder to potentially BS and BE - a heart murmur is a big no.

I'm hoping the right one will come along soon!
 
Oh what a shame but I suppose this is why we have a vetting carried out. Far worse to have a problem come to light once you have them home. I am a great believer in fate and I am sure ' your horse' is out there and hope you find each other soon.
 
Ah im so sorry thats soooooooooooooooo gutting! Like everyone has said though, better now than later. Not much consolation when you have fallen in love though hey?

Just out of interest, do you just loose your money for the vetting now then. I always wondered when i was putting my horse through one. thats a heck of a lot of money to loose each time esp if you do a five star?
 
Really feel for you! A horse you like is hard enough to find...it's not an exciting thought to have to start the search again.

I'm having one vetted this week and have been having sleepless nights. As others have said, not only don't you want a horse with issues, but chances are fate is playing its hand and the horse that's meant for you is waiting in the wings somewhere. Lots of luck xx
 
It is surprising how many horses have heart murmurs, normally low grade though. I have had a couple with them with no issues and always sold easily.

I bet you are gutted but anything other than a low grade one can cause issues in the future. It wasnt meant to be, something else will come along :)
 
Aw I'm sorry. I am in a similar position. Looking for an allrounder, ideally for some low level eventing. Found my perfect horse after the last one failed the vet and now he's failed too. :-( It sucks. I've got my fingers crossed for you that it will be 3rd time lucky....
 
Sorry! Sometimes you do just get a run of bad luck/not the right choices. But don't despair, there are plenty that pass clean vettings so always worth waiting.
 
Ohh what a shame :( Must be horrible for you after falling in love with it - when I had my mare vetted I didn't sleep for days before hand because I was so worried about the vetting, they are nerve-wracking aren't they! Fingers crossed your perfect horse will turn up soon xx
 
This is the second post in the last couple of days horses have had heart murmurs. Maybe a post asking how many people who have had horses vetted have been diagnosed with a heart murmur?

Sorry OP but there does seem to be a lot of horses with heart murmurs these days??:(
 
claribella said:
Just out of interest, do you just loose your money for the vetting now then. I always wondered when i was putting my horse through one. thats a heck of a lot of money to loose each time esp if you do a five star?
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The first time I persuaded the owner to get him vetted so I didn't lose anything.

This time, I had a two stage and the vet was wonderful. I wasn't able to be there and the vet called me roughly 15mins into the vetting saying he has a significant heart murmur and wanted to know if I wanted her to continue (but he would have already failed). I said to stop the vetting and I'll only be charged for the call out. Really impressed with the vet as she didn't have to ring me.
 
flowerlady said:
This is the second post in the last couple of days horses have had heart murmurs. Maybe a post asking how many people who have had horses vetted have been diagnosed with a heart murmur?

Sorry OP but there does seem to be a lot of horses with heart murmurs these days??:(
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It would be interesting to see why horses nowadays are more prone to having heart murmurs.
 
I don't think their more prone its always been a significant reason for vet failures I remember lots when I was young.
Bad luck OP just keep looking the right one is out there .
 
Just posted on your other thread but didn't realise it was for heart murmur which was the same as the horse we had vetted (along with other issues).

Can i just ask (if anyone knows) - at what stage would the vet fail for heart murmur if low grade would pass?

Good luck in your search OP, i can honestly say that with all the sellers that are economical with the truth it certainly takes the fun out of what should be an exciting time.
 
FabioandFreddy said:
Just posted on your other thread but didn't realise it was for heart murmur which was the same as the horse we had vetted (along with other issues).

Can i just ask (if anyone knows) - at what stage would the vet fail for heart murmur if low grade would pass?

Good luck in your search OP, i can honestly say that with all the sellers that are economical with the truth it certainly takes the fun out of what should be an exciting time.
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Although I say the first horse that was vetted failed, it did in theory pass (just the vet was biased as was the owners father!). He had a grade 2 heart murmur and cataracts in both eyes- which I think is a fail (and had my own vet look over the findings and agreed with me)

The second had a significant heart murmur and the vet advised at this point he wouldn't be suitable.

So I do think it depends on the vet and what you'll be asking the horse to do, whether or not it fails a vetting on a heart murmur.
 
loverly said:
Although I say the first horse that was vetted failed, it did in theory pass (just the vet was biased as was the owners father!). He had a grade 2 heart murmur and cataracts in both eyes- which I think is a fail (and had my own vet look over the findings and agreed with me)

The second had a significant heart murmur and the vet advised at this point he wouldn't be suitable.

So I do think it depends on the vet and what you'll be asking the horse to do, whether or not it fails a vetting on a heart murmur.
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My grey boy who is now 14 ' failed' a vetting 8 years ago when he was 6, for a grade 4 heart murmur. I took a second opinion on the type of murmur it was to be informed that it was not a ' drop down dead' problem. So I bought him. 8 years later he is as fit as a fiddle and has endless amounts of energy and he has done everything we wanted him to do.
 
Although I would love to take the risk, the horse in question is a just broken 4 year old. If he had a year of ridden/competition experience behind him and nothing had shown then it wouldn't matter to me as much, but he hadn't and in the short term I'm wanting to do BS this summer and BE next season and I'm not sure he would be able to cope.

The vet who did the vetting is very well respected and said in her opinion/experience (and without doing further tests) she said it would be at least a grade 4.

I'm truly gutted that he failed.
 
I have a friend who has has six vetted and all but one failed, that one bucked throughout which to us looked like a bad back.

The last one had a stage 2 and passed, the horse then went for further training and was to have the other 3 stage done but the vet who did this part refused to just do the other part so the horse was re vetted and failed. Is it the opinion of the second vet that the first one was wrong. Want the horse to do Endurance.

I have a 22 year old Arab mare that has a murmur and she has raced (Endurance) . She has recently won a 80k race.

I think more horses are being diagnosed with murmurs because vets understand them more now.
 
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