Need advice ASAP... Vetting results

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Vet just called from vetting... Horse is fine, may suffer with flies/sweet itch in summer, as has a few sensitive bits, but nothing a rug won't solve.
Passed flexion tests fine, and was sound all the way through... except, at the end, when trotting after a lunge, she showed slight lameness. Vet said it could be due to her feet being a bit long (they are overdue a trim, and has no shoes) and there was a crack on one of her feet, so vet said get the feet trimmed, and she can re-check within the week, and then she can see if its due to long feet or something more sinister.

She said she is a lovely mare, hocks maybe a bit straight and she is slightly narrow in the chest, but only if she is being picky.

What should I do? Walk away or sort out trim and re-check? What would you do?
 
speak to current owners the horse should be presented fit and ready for vetting, they should have got feet trimmed. personally depending how much horse is and how much I like it I would expect the current owners to foot revisit costs from vet
 
I will never understand owners who present horses for vetting with overlong feet it's a sure fire way fail a vetting to loose a sale.
OP I would repeat this bit of the vetting if you like this horse, however I would not expect the owner to pay for it as the vet has a contract with you to vet the horse on your behalf and you should be paying for it but I would of course expect the owner to pay for the trim or the set of shoes .
 
I cant help on the lameness but I would not gloss over the possibility of sweet itch, this can get worse in a different location
 
Horse is going to be used for dressage and showing mainly. She is 3yo and agreed price is £1750. Yes, you are right, I should ignore the possibility of Sweet Itch, it can become quite serious. She doesn't have any obvious signs.. no rubbed tails or manes.

The issue with the trimming... horse is not with owner, but with friend of owner, who is bringing on to sell. She is due a trim now, but "seller" said her farrier isn't due for another 3 wks... I did think you should make sure things like trimmed feet are up to date.
 
There's no need to buy a three year old with the possibility of sweet itch , the only time I would chance that would say a perfect first horse where you where placing a premium on the horses experiance and a three yo who is unlevel because of sloppy foot care I think I would leave it if I where you .
 
showing + sweet itch = walk away

as for leaving feet that long overdue also = walk away for me, thats a lot of money for a 3yr old that has not been produced or even cared for correctly to be presented for sale
 
Goldenstar said:
There's no need to buy a three year old with the possibility of sweet itch , the only time I would chance that would say a perfect first horse where you where placing a premium on the horses experiance and a three yo who is unlevel because of sloppy foot care I think I would leave it if I where you .
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Thank you. You are right... a 3yo should be "fighting fit". I will have a chat with the owner.
 
It depends how much you like the horse.

If you think it could be the one then wair the week, get the trim done and check again

If you are having doubts now, walk away and look for another.

It does seem a lot of money for a 3 year old.
Horse should have been ready for the vetting.
It just wastes time and a possible sale by sellers neglecting things like this.
 
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Just want to say that for a three year old who will show and do a nice dressage test once trained, I think £1750 is not a lot of money at all, sound and sweet itch free.
 
twiggy2 said:
showing + sweet itch = walk away

as for leaving feet that long overdue also = walk away for me, thats a lot of money for a 3yr old that has not been produced or even cared for correctly to be presented for sale
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I'm with Twiggy on this one. Walk away.
 
I don't have horses vetted BUT I presume you did so because you wanted to be able to rely on a professional opinion. Vet's opinion is that this horse may develop sweet-itch - that can be a pain to manage, although it can depend on your location. If you want to show, you don't want a horse with sweet-itch. If you want to do dressage, you don't want a horse which is in discomfort and twitching even before you start a test.
I'm another who thinks the horse is over-priced and hasn't been produced for sale correctly, so I would leave it there.
 
My horse was diagnosed (during her vetting) as may perhaps have slight sweet itch in summer (due to a few fly bites on her that had reacted). She has never had anything other than a few isolated reactions to bites in the 8 yrs I have owned her, despite living in a pennine bog. From my experience of SI sufferers, by this time of year they will have signs of itches or will be itching - if they haven't they are obviously easily managed with SI rugs or they haven't got it...

Re the lameness, that would bother me more. I would speak to the owner/seller, tell them what the vet has said and say that you obviously want to make sure that the horse is sound so would they be prepared to trim the feet please. If they aren't I would walk away.
 
How can the vet tell if it has sweet itch if it has no signs of it and how can the vet say if a rug will cure it?!

Add that to the lameness and I would walk away.
 
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