Horses that fail the vet

[EventingMum]

Depends on what the reason was. I recently bought one, he was advertised with full disclosure that he failed the vet on flexions, his price was reduced by £11k and he really seemed to fit the bill plus I know flexions are controversial and subjective. I had a vetting done fully expecting the flexions to be flagged up again but this time they were fine and he passed.

 

[spacefaer]

We bought a horse years ago that we'd tried and my OH had loved but there was absolutely no movement on the price, so we walked away, only to get a phone call a few weeks l to say he'd failed the vet for someone else and would we be interested?
He'd failed on hind limb flexions and I'd already notified his pelvis was asymmetric. We bought him for about half the asking price aged 9/10 and he went on hunting til he was 19 - never took a lame step in his life. My OH adored him - he was absolutely awesome across country and jumped some of the biggest hedges.

 

[The Irish Draft 2022]

I now a breeder that has youngsters fall vetting they just sell to dealers that don’t care about vetting. I say some of them horses had awful lives the funny thing is the breeder is still breeding from awful broodmares . They still haven’t learned there lesson. I think some vet are to strict or will pass a vet to easily. It’s a big problem in Ireland some vets are passing lame horse.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

I too have often wondered what happened to the lovely horses who failed vettings when I was looking some 5 years ago now.........

One is particularly memorable: this was at a riding school which is reasonably well known in the South Devon area where I'd gone to see a really nice little Welsh D mare. She was from the same bloodlines as my old gal and oh boy I really wanted her! She was absolutely lovely, a dream to ride and bombproof with it.

The Proprietoress of the riding school was a bit sniffy when she learned that another member of the practice was coming to do the vetting. "Oh dear but Mr So-and-So always does the vettings here" was the bleat that immediately arose from her. Then the vet requested the horse trotted up on a level surface in the school - and this evoked the sentiment that "oh Mr So-and-So never asks for this he always trots up along the lane" (like a stony lane with a pronounced slope on it, on the side of a hill, NOT helpful!).

We then proceeded to the school, where the vet I'd engaged found lameness in one of the hind legs. He'd taken some slow-motion shots which clearly showed this. The Proprietoress then became very rude and abusive to the vet saying at the top of her voice so the whole yard knew that he didn't know what he was talking about and needed to get the "normal" vet back to have a look at the horse.

The horse was clearly lame. Broke my heart coz I was sooh sure I'd be bringing her home.

The vet to his credit behaved impeccably in spite of extreme provocation and stuck to his guns. If I lived in the area which his practice covered I would have engaged him without hesitation. Lovely guy. The quiet thoughtful thorough type, reminded me very much of my own vet of that time.

Awful vile woman. With a face permanently like a slapped arse. She is known for it.

I think i know who you mean, has a lot of imports as well?

 

[Birker2020]

I guess some people would negotiate to buy cheaper, or the vendor might feel inclined to ask sales livery to sell the horse, they're are some who are more economical with the truth than others. Not ethically right by any means and not something I would do by not disclosing but it does happen.

 

[Juniper Jack]

I too have often wondered what happened to the lovely horses who failed vettings when I was looking some 5 years ago now.........

One is particularly memorable: this was at a riding school which is reasonably well known in the South Devon area where I'd gone to see a really nice little Welsh D mare. She was from the same bloodlines as my old gal and oh boy I really wanted her! She was absolutely lovely, a dream to ride and bombproof with it.

The Proprietoress of the riding school was a bit sniffy when she learned that another member of the practice was coming to do the vetting. "Oh dear but Mr So-and-So always does the vettings here" was the bleat that immediately arose from her. Then the vet requested the horse trotted up on a level surface in the school - and this evoked the sentiment that "oh Mr So-and-So never asks for this he always trots up along the lane" (like a stony lane with a pronounced slope on it, on the side of a hill, NOT helpful!).

We then proceeded to the school, where the vet I'd engaged found lameness in one of the hind legs. He'd taken some slow-motion shots which clearly showed this. The Proprietoress then became very rude and abusive to the vet saying at the top of her voice so the whole yard knew that he didn't know what he was talking about and needed to get the "normal" vet back to have a look at the horse.

The horse was clearly lame. Broke my heart coz I was sooh sure I'd be bringing her home.

The vet to his credit behaved impeccably in spite of extreme provocation and stuck to his guns. If I lived in the area which his practice covered I would have engaged him without hesitation. Lovely guy. The quiet thoughtful thorough type, reminded me very much of my own vet of that time.

Awful vile woman. With a face permanently like a slapped arse. She is known for it.

Goodness, that sounds worthy of an episode for Morse or Barnaby! I hope she and "her" vet weren't in cahoots.