Rotated pelvis

Some vets, including my own, record all telephone conversations. That would be the first place to start, to get the vet practice to agree that you had informed them that the horse had to be suitable for hunting. Then speak to the vet to see if this makes a difference to their opinion as to whether the horse is suitable. As I mentioned, my own vet would have passed an unlevel horse and I stated, more than once, that I was looking for an active competition horse suitable for eventing, dressage and general rc activities. The behaviour of this horse at the vetting was nothing like it was when I tried the horse, twice, so this was concerning and whilst it was absolutely sound before and after exercise the xray findings clearly indicated a problem.

I'd have an increased level of concern about this horse since she has been sent from Ireland to England for sales livery rather than placed on sales livery by a local person at a dealer they were familiar with. The seller could easily be lying about the vet history. The story about going up the levels doesn't really fit with a 7 yo who has been out hunting and doing side saddle and hasn't been out competing at all. This would be more applicable to a sj'er or eventer who was suitable for grassroots level stuff and had done a couple of seasons and didn't look promising to go further. If the horse is on a copy passport that would be another red flag for me.

Sorry you're in this situation it's so difficult.
 
'More whoa than go' could suggest the horse is already having issues. It can be really hard to see/feel things if the horse has had said issue for a while, as they are so good out of necessity at just coping.

And if it's something present since birth, or from very early on in their life, the horse themselves likely won't be aware there's anything 'wrong'. Sometimes all there is to see/feel is a lack of true forwardness until you start to unpick things.
 
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I am no where near as experienced as other forum members so take this as a pinch of salt as I could be wrong and I don't know anything about side saddle but if the previous owner did a lot of this, could that have cause a tilted pelvis? Something that could be sorted with the right work and a good physio/chiro?

My inner voice of telling me to "fix" something would tell me to try to get a good discount on the horse and give it a go but obviously others here have a better experience of it.
 
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