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Just wondered if we could have some HHO advice! Friend has a lovely 16h warmblood 10 years old that has been diagnosed with arthritis in the coffin joint. Horse is beautifully schooled, confidence giving type, easy to do anything with, great in traffic, open spaces etc.. He is fine to be ridden on bute or would make a lovely companion un-medicated. Question is where to advertise and how much would he be worth? Been having a look around and its hard to find anything comparable. Would come with rugs & bridle. Thanks in advance!
 
Having a horse with the same problem, I have resolved myself that he is now worthless - which considering I was selling him in the summer was / is pretty devastating.

Please tell your friend to think most carefully before parting with this horse.......


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I think there are certainly good homes out there for such a horse, but the problem with selling is that your friend will have sell cheap and he may end up in the hands of a less honest seller who will bute him up and sell him on for a lot more money as sound.

It would be much safer to look for a loan home for him. He sounds like he would be snapped up immediately and your friend would have more control over his future.
 
Too big for companion IMHO.

I would turn him away for a year, then bring him back into slow work un buted, if he stays sound, loan him out as a hack.

Dont sell him. Cant your friend have him PTS if he is unrideable? To me much more ethical than selling on a cheap horse with issues that could end up in bad hands, drugged, and passed around.

You wouldnt sell on a problem dog, so why a horse?

If she is insistant on selling, I would say £300, thats it!
 
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I think there are certainly good homes out there for such a horse, but the problem with selling is that your friend will have sell cheap and he may end up in the hands of a less honest seller who will bute him up and sell him on for a lot more money as sound.

It would be much safer to look for a loan home for him. He sounds like he would be snapped up immediately and your friend would have more control over his future.

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^^^above, because as riding horse in money terms he's pretty much worthless, of course not worthless to somebody wanting a steady hack, this horse probably still has a lot to give and will no doubt live a very happy life, under careful management it would be a shame and a bit of a waste to be written off as companion or retire him, but the only way to ensure this horse lands in the correct hands and will not get passed from piller to post is keep him and put him out on loan, if the owner no longer wants to care for him because they no longer t ride him (well do the sort of ridden that the horse can't cope with), do the right thing, put him out on loan to someone that can potter him around or perhaps it would be kinder to have him PTS than risk an unknown future.
 
I am currently caring for a 13year old ex eventer. Basically has back problems probably due to injury. This chap is the most gentle person and just wants to please. He comes from a top well known stud.
In short, he has been passed from pillar to post for at least the last 4 years.He has been through 3 dealers yards in the last 2 years.
I is a crying shame to see a horse that has clearly been degenerating for some time,being sold by these dealers as a sound safe allrounder. Needless to say.........numpty buyers never had him vetted and couldn't cope with constant back trouble and lameness and PX him in for another (probably unsuitable) horse.
He is only 13 years old and is now crippled due to him not being retired.
He'll be lucky to make it through this week, let alone the winter.
So, I really would reconsider parting with your horse. It is unfair on the horse and he WILL end up in the wrong hands as this lad did (he sold for £18,000 as a 5 year old, and was sold to a dealer this January for £300......dealer said he'd retire him and sold him as sound 8 weeks ago for £850).
I do feel very strongly on this matter, so I hope I haven't offended you in any way.
 
I have been given a 17.1hh 15 year old warmblood as he has had such chronic back problems and felt like riding 2 halves of 2 different horses !! The owner said that as I was prepared to pay for the treatment and the time and cost involved in getting him right that he would give him to me - maybe this is something to be considered ??

Hope this helps
 
My mare has a slight problem in the hind leg. We don't know what it is but have ruled out a lot. She is only marginally lame on a deep school circle. Sound on a straight line and harder surface circle etc. Bute has no effect. I am loaning her out as a hack, and have had a lot of interest in her. I couldn't sell her straight away as I knew that she could end up in the very wrong hands. Perhaps long term loan or lwvtb in a year could be an option?
 
With the market the way it is and the amount of dodgy dealers out there, I just wouldn't part with him, he could easily end up in the wrong hands.

I have a 16.3h Warmblood who is impecably bred for dressage and is now 8, but he has DJD in both hocks and will never be fully sound. I knew this when I bought him and had him 2 stage vetted. He is OK for hacking most days (although he has his stiff days) but certainly not up to much trotting on the road, let alone anything else. He will still with me for life, and when his quality of life is not what it should be, he will be PTS at home.

Can you persuade your friend to keep him as a gentle hack herself.
 
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