Serviceably sound ?

[Mrs Jingle]

Someone once told me only to spend on a horse the amount you could afford to write off.
If you (OP) spent your windfall on this horse and it went lame and had to be retired, can you afford to lose the money, ie what sort of money do you have at your disposal to get another horse if you wanted to?

Great advice Reacher and something I have always stuck to when buying a new horse. Still hurts emotionally and financially when things go pear shaped, but still having some left in the horse kitty is some consolation.

 

[Orangehorse]

I think the contribution about what treatments the advanced eventer and dressage horses get is a very valid one. I think that they must be getting regular, legal, medication otherwise how could we have horses competing at the highest levels into their late teens.

I saw in some eventer's autobiography that veterinary expenses came very, very high on their expenditure column.

OP, I think you need to speak to an experienced vet who sees this sort of horse all the time and is in their world, and looks at the horse's vet records. But I still think the price is a bit high!