Should I have an 8 month old vetted?

How much are you spending? Its always good IMO to get a health check more so than a vetting on a young horse so you know about potential heart etc problems which could be very costly. But at 8 months a lot could change so almost not worth it (depending on money spent and if getting insured).
 
Depends why you are buying, how much it is and whether or not the result would affect your purchase decision. If you are going to buy it regardless then its better not being vetted for insurance.
 
For that price I wouldn't bother, but depends if you want to take the risk and how knowledgable you are. I had my 6 month old weanling vetted last year as he was expensive. 2 stage vetting cost £200 which wasn't a massive percentage of his price, whereas if you had that done it would add almost another 50% to his price. My gypsy cob was bought as a yearling unseen and unvetted as he was so cheap. For a cheap horse its a risk I'd take
 
Ther are quite a few insurance companies that like to have a 2* vetting.
Just check they are sound, breath can see and have no visable defects so to speak. :)

I had to do this with my last two youngsters.
 
HappyHorses:) said:
Ther are quite a few insurance companies that like to have a 2* vetting.
Just check they are sound, breath can see and have no visable defects so to speak. :)
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Ditto- I've been looking up a few quotes from various insurance companies recently and some of them do request a 2 stage vetting- they need this to get a BVA mortality certificate in order to insure them.
 
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