Really need opinions .. vetting high lighted a murmer :(

[Bowen4Horses]

it's pretty unanimous... get her!

yay! x

 

[f_s_]

Many top class racehorses race with murmurs!!! Depends what you want to do with the horse and how severe it is. Discuss it with the vet, but heart murmurs aren't then end of the world, and many horses have them

 

[AmyMay]

Most horses seem to have some sort of murmer. If the vet was happy, so would I be.

 

[lannerch]

my horse had a heart murmer when he had a virus, the next time the vet visited it had totally gone.

Agree with the majority if the vet is happy then go ahead but do bargain the price down

 

[KatB]

I knew a very successful JRN horse who had a heart murmur, never caused him a problem. Also, Over to You has one!!!!

 

[welshied]

I think they are quite common if a racehorse can go flat out gallop with one then yours should be fine, if vet said it will be alright then i would go for it but i would try and get the price down because of this just emphasise that it might put alot of other buyers off etc

 

[RLF]

I was told my mare had a heart mumur when having jabs and a check up, a year later when having the next lot of jabs and a check up the another vet said there was no mumur.

I also have a heart mumur, but don't expect to drop down dead any time soon

 

[zoon]

my horse has a grade 4 murmur (thats bad - it can be heard by sticking your head on his side and occassionally seen in his pulse)

He is 14 now and in medium work, regularly showjumped and goes for long fast hacks. He gallops down a 3 mile track with no problem apart from the big bucks he adds in out of excitement!

He see's a specialist (Lesley Young at Newmarket; she's a leading cardiologist) every year to check him out. She says he's as fit as a fiddle and at no greater risk of dropping dead than any other horse of his age. His murmur never gets any worse, although they often do with age.

If the horse is anywhere near Newmarket I'm happy to give you Lesley's details if you pm me.

 

[sugarpuff]

A horse I used to share had a heart murmer (undiagnosed at the time), but the owner used to event (PN) and hunt him with no problems at all. When he was sold he was vetted and it was picked up, the price was reduced from £4k to £2.5K and she accepted as saved her sending him to the vet college for further tests.

 

[brightmount]

As everyone has said, a heart murmur at rest that goes away on exercise is very normal for TB types.

 

[TicTac]

My daughters gelding has a grade 4 heart murmur. We have had him for 5 years ( he's 11 now) and is a fit and lively little chap who has done everything. He failed his pre purchase vetting but we took a second opinion and decided he was worth the risk. Don't be put off, none of us or our horses are perfect.

 

[showjump2003]

I have decided to take a risk and buy her. Thanks for all the advice.

 

[ForeverBroke_]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!! Wahoo!!!! I look forward to the updates

 

[Holidays_are_coming]

Its important to find out if it was there after exercise or not, if its not then I dont think its too much to worry about and its called a AV Block my WB mare has a very strong one but it disapears after exercise so the vet said it doesnt matter. Its just she is so chilled and so fit that her heart doesnt need to beat as much.

But if its still there afetr exercise I think its significant and more of a problem.

 

[showjump2003]

He did say it wasn't there after stage 3

 

[ecs]

Spoke to my vet recently about low grade heart murmer, disappears when heart rate even slightly raised. Her opinion was dont worry about it at all as somewhere in the region of around 70% of thoroughbreds have heart murmers, and race or whatever they do without any problems

 

[Hollycat]

I have had 2 comp horse with mild murmers and it never affected them. Vets are so worried about liability these days re vettings, that if the vet had any doubts at all about this murmer affecting the horse, he would have failed her. The vet has said she is fine - that is what you paid him for - to give his opinion. Listen to him, buy the mare and go and enjoy her!

 

[showjump2003]

Have done! lol

 

[Redd]

I bought my eventer (we event up to Pre-Novice level) with a heart murmur at rest, gone when exercised, and he's absolutely fine. He never had a problem with his previous owner either. I guess it does depend on how bad it is, but I asked the vet if it would stop him eventing (I said up to Novice level) and he said no. I guess it depends on what your vet said too?

 

[Geegee2009]

Well obviously it is up to you but my horse has a minor heart murmur and it makes no difference to him whatsoever, with the approval of my vet he quite happily hunts all winter and events all summer and is an absolute jumping machine. I discovered the murmur 2 years ago when he had to have a heart scan before major surgery (totally different injury issue) and it showed up a murmur. If you really wanted to put your mind at rest I think the heart scan cost me £250 and shows exactly the nature and severity of the murmur. Don't know whether that helps but you could always knock it off the asking price?

Is it a big horse as I know they are naturally more prone to them (mine is 17.3hh) Good Luck hope it all works out one way or the other x