Sarcoids- would it put you off?

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Found a lovely youngster for sale, sounds lovely and is really stunning, but he has two small sarcoids on his tummy:

"Unfortunately Dimitri has two small sarcoids on his belly midline which our vet says could be treated easily and should not cause him any problems. Due to this he is sold at a vastly reduced price which does not reflect his true value."

He is cheap for what he is. So what do you think? Would it put you off?
 
NO

ETA - Edited to YES it would put me off.

Had somehow miss read question as 'Would you pull it off'!!!!
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Yes if you intend to sell on in the future as many people wouldnt buy.

I thought you were buying a schoolmaster........
 
No, if its not somewhere that would be irritated by tack or by rug surcingles.

Also if hes young am I right in thinking he could well develop more?
 
yes, because it does really affect their value and makes them harder to sell on, plus there is the potential for them to spread and grow in area where the tack goes.

my new horse has one on the inside of his hindleg that was missed on the vetting so i massively overpaid for him, it's cost me plenty to treat it, he's worth much less if i want to sell him, he's not insured for skin lumps now and there's still the potential he could go on and develop more in more awkward places.
 
yes....tbh......the cost of getting rid of them could end up being more than the differenct between the purchase price and what you could buy something similar for.

They could reoccur, and may put other people off buying him if you needed to sell him.
 
We are looking at everything really
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Either a potentially good youngster, or a been there done that schoomaster.
Keeping our options open for now, have a look around, and decide whats best for us.

How much would it cost to get them removed? I know they could potentially grow back but it may be something worth looking into.
 
No, my new boy has a patch in his off side arm pit and quite a few around his groin. I briefly had a bit of an iffy moment about them but he is the ideal horse for me so I got him despite the risks involved with them.
 
My initial thought was no but it would depend on the size and type. My mare has one on her chest which doesnt affect her at all. It is only small and doesnt cause any problems, therefore theres no point paying to have it removed.
My instructors horse had one on his inside hind which grew and became very sore. He had to have it removed but it never grew back and he hasnt had any more problems.

So if it was only small and caused no problems it wouldnt put me off.
 
I think it would depend on my budget and what level of horse I wanted.

If I was needed to look for a "bargain" - I wanted something with a lot of potential/scope etc for what I wanted to do but I didn't have really the budget to afford it... then it would not put me off. Neither would cribbing/weaving or any of the other vices that can drop the value of a horse considerably. You can get more talent/ability for your money if you accept a vice or blemish or condition like this that does not necessarily affect the 'ridability' of the horse

However if I was looking for a project horse to sell on or I had the budget to buy what I wanted without these conditions or if I was thinking I would sell the horse in the future then I wouldn't consider it.
 
yes, a friend of mine has a horse which started with one now has at least half a dozen.
they have been removed but they have came back looking bigger this time.
 
You have such brillant taste in horses!! I was looking at the gelding my self - VERY NICE.

The best thing with them I believe is to leave them well alone unless they casue alot of trouble. Treating them can make them 'angry'. I was quoted £500 by our vet to treat a arkward one which couldn't be treated with a band and needed cream (from liverpool uni) followed by plenty of vets visits which was the dear bit.

The problem with saroids is there a gamble, I've had horses that have had a one or two around groin/flank which never caused the slightest problem just like looked like little ticks. A Horse with saroids is prone to more however there are quite a lot of horses with sarcoids and when I've sold a few of them, buyer have not been bothered by them nor has it effected their price, they were only minor ones around groin/flank though.

Maybe the better way to look at is, yes, it might reflect on the horses resale price but then if you buy him cheap to start with... I wouldn't rule the horse out totaly.

Ps. Stop looking at horses till you've sold yours!!
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I would need to see them to be sure that they are not going to interfere with the girthing if they spread. I would be wary and TBH I would more than likely pass.
 
it would honestly depend on the horse but basically No i would never write off going to see a horse because of sarcoids - one of our youngsters had one which when we brought him, it was easily treatable by cream from the vet (although i know this doesn't always work) and he has so much potential that it doesn't bother us at all!
 
I think it comes down to whether you are buying planning to sell on - you can see from the replies that if that's the case, forget anything with sarcoids. However, if you are buying for yourself it's less clear cut - it's a bit of a gamble basically. THey COULD comeback or he COULD develop more, or they may clear up easily and never come back. I've treated several horses with the cream and had good results - it wasn't at all expensive for me as didn't need follow-up vet visits. One horse had surgery years ago and that was expensive, but it did the trick and I sold it on with no problem. If he really is cheap and gorgeous and you aren't looking to sell on, might be worth the punt!
 
I have had 2 sarcoid experiences. First horse had ones on the girth line - horse was eventually retired as a broodmare as they kept coming back. Other horse had one on her stomache near her udder - could have been a disaster also as she was a broodmare. However it was successfully treated and never returned.

You can be lucky or unlucky. Happy horse hunting!
 
I think at that age I wouldnt buy unless budget dictated. As Hollycats says it can go either way, my recent purchase had sarcoids noted on his old vet reports 18 months ago, however its not got worse in fact its got better by all accounts.
 
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