Quick help needed - opinions pls

arwenplusone

arwenplusone

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Quick question folks - a friend has had a horse out on loan with a view to buy

Lovely boy, ticks all her boxes, doesn't really put a foot wrong, but query over his right hind (slight toe dragging) so had vetting done prior to purchase.
Horse failed vetting on a few things - waranted investigation. Took him to Rainbow

Just come back that horse has mild suspensory ligament damage (bilateral). But xrays show minimal changes (which would pass a vetting xray) and ultrasound also.

Horse is 12 & does everything she wants. Not lame.

I know what my thoughts are, but would like some other opinions to help her. All welcome! (
 
Walk away!!

Having had a 4 year old with PSD and be told that I could never ride her again I wouldn't touch with a huge barge pole!!

She will never know if it will degenerate and how quickly. Could end up very very sadly like my girl.
 
If he ticks all the boxes, does everything she wants, and is a lovely boy, I would still think it's worth going ahead to buy him, but maybe with a price reduction.

I am assuming she doesn't want to compete him hard, because that would be the only problem - would he stand up to hard work? But if she just wants to do normal stuff, I would say go ahead - by 12 most horses would have some issues.
 
Personally I think she would be defeating the aim of having a vetting done if she was to go head with buying him, end of the day she spotted something was wrong, vets have confirmed it, to me that would tell me all I needed to know, despite him not showing any lameness.
 
Kenzo said:
Personally I think she would be defeating the aim of having a vetting done if she was to go head with buying him, end of the day she spotted something was wrong, vets have confirmed it, to me that would tell me all I needed to know, despite him not showing any lameness.
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agree 100% with this
 
Sags_Deer said:
I would leave well alone. If it is bilateral then the horse wont be lame until nerve blocks are done. There are plenty more horses out there.
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Agree with this 100% my girl never looked too lame until she was nerve blocked and when one was blocked and she was trotted up it was actually too distressing to watch!!
 
arwenplusone,

are the vendors aware of the problem? If they are, and if they've said nothing, then they are probably unloading him.

It would be highly unlikely that veterinary insurance would be available for him, and given time, your friend would become fond of him, with all that that would entail.

As others, send him home.

Alec.
 
a1b2c3 said:
arwenplusone,

are the vendors aware of the problem? If they are, and if they've said nothing, then they are probably unloading him.

It would be highly unlikely that veterinary insurance would be available for him, and given time, your friend would become fond of him, with all that that would entail.

As others, send him home.

Alec.
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Should have said - vendors have paid for all the investigation and have been with my friend right from the start - genuinely want to do right by the horse
 
Another one who would walk away I am afraid. Also there seems to be a correlation between hind leg lameness and SI problems and back problems in my experience. In time it can only get worse.
 
Lost Tigs to chronic rear suspensory ligaments. She was four and a half, not long backed.

Broke my heart.

Dizz has mild damage to her rear suspensory ligaments as secondary to pelvis issue.

If it's not one thing, it's very often another. Her choice.

Other than insurance wise (an operation is often a possibility), loaning or buying won't make any difference, other than to her heart.
 
If the owners have had all the investigation done themselves and are discovering what the problem is at the same time as the loaner I think it puts a different perspective on it..

I'm unfamiliar with the injury but.. as the loaner is pretty happy with the horse why don't they offer to have him on perm loan, or purchase for £1? Know the owners know the horse has the problem they won't be able to sell it and they'd know it would have a good home with the loaner??

Of course the injury may get worse and the horse might end up permanently lame as other posters have pointed out..
 
maybe she could take him on perm loan. If the owners now know what the problem is, i doubt if they would expect her to buy him. If it does get worse to the stage that he is in pain then they can take the decision together.
 
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