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Having never had any personal experience of roarers
Would people buy a known roarer it wouldnt be a competition home just the odd dressage test/show
Also what are the consequences long and short term?
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Yes I would, if the price was right. Have no idea of consequences but I thought roaring made a difference on galloping/fast work rather than general hacking, schooling etc.
 
Yep, I did but it's only very mild and he spnds his life galloping up and down a pitch without a problem
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I agree with Super_Scrooge, it really does depend on how bad it is...I would insist you get a copy of vet report after a scope. Ya dont wana do what i did and buy one with a 'Whistle' only to have him scoped and finded he had a collapsing throat and both larynx's partially paralysed! lol
Although I do love him and wouldnt sell him 4 the world..it is Better to be safe than sorry! x
 
I've got one!! Had her 8 years, SJ/XC/dressaged/Hunted etc with absolutly no problems. Shes a performance graded sports pony, with a brilliant foal so its not done her any harm at all.
 
It depends what what causing the respiratory noise- some causes are only a problem at fast exercise, some only make noise when working on the bit, so dressage might be a bit of a problem in that case.
 
Possibly but get him 5 stage vetted and scoped if you can. My Welshy has/had displacement of his soft palate which sounded like roaring sometimes, and the vet initially dismissed it as "just high blowing". After being fully scoped and worked up, another vet said he had soft palate displacement which is where his soft palate was collapsing into his airway during work. Ended up having to have it cauterised (for which I got well and truly shot down on here, but that's another story
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), which did really help, but make sure you get your vet to find out exactly what the problem is. With my boy I was told to expect the op only to be a temporary solution and that with time it will eventually come back, at which point it will be untreatable. He's out on loan to a home where they do a bit of jumping, loads of hacking, some showing and a bit of dressage but he would never do serious competition again.
 
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