Thoughts on this horse, please?

WEll he's cheap so by how much did he fail his vetting. I know 5*'s are notoriously hard to get any horse through BUT if he's sound, you'd have thought they'd get more than 2.5k.
Before you take him on, you need to find out why else he is so cheap. A duff horses is as expensive to keep as a sound one so do your homework.
Warning bell for me would go off. 2,5k for a Novice BE horse that's 8 seems all wrong to me.
 
Depends what you want to do with him and why he failed flexion test. Theyre not always 100% accurate anyway. Get your own vet that you really trust to vet him and see what they think. Its your money, go for it if you want and you can be sure you can improve his life!:)
 
Drakerath said:
Warning bell for me would go off. 2,5k for a Novice BE horse that's 8 seems all wrong to me.
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Maybe the owners need to sell and are being realistic about how long they can hold out and so are selling for that price?
Doesn't necessarily mean the worse.. Get it checked out OP and if all goes well then its all gravy :D
 
Looks like his Dad.....I'd have thought they must have checked flexion more than once or twice to have failed such a nice prospect and need to dispose of so cheaply?
 
Fimbacob said:
Depends what you want to do with him and why he failed flexion test. Theyre not always 100% accurate anyway. Get your own vet that you really trust to vet him and see what they think. Its your money, go for it if you want and you can be sure you can improve his life!:)
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Agree with this.
 
I think flexion tests are misleading. I also think vets these days are reluctant to pass horses and will hone in on the slightest thing to give them a reason to fail as they're scared of getting sued, especially young vets.

I bought a horse who failed a flexion test. He hunted for 5 seasons and I showed him in the summer. I sold him to someone who had him another 5 or 6 years and he did eventually go lame, but it was in a different leg.

Who knows, that horse might pass another vet. His owners are being honest and that ad might put people off, but he could well be a sound horse, more than capable of doing a job and he just got unlucky on the day for whatever reason.

Go and see him and make up your own mind :)
 
Hmm, if I was looking for a keeper I would definitely consider it after a vetting by my own vet. A horse failing a flexion test is not a biggie for me as I have little faith in flexion tests. However if I was looking for something to sell on I wouldn't be buying a horse that is likely to fail a subsequent vetting I'm afraid.
 
Same here. I like the look of him and would probably take a chance, but I don't sell on my horses. I wouldn't have thought he'd make a suitable project, as he is likely to fail a flexion test.
 
Looks nice and could well be a bargain.

Just do lost of check on his history, riding him lots and take him out somewhere.
Really check him out.
Then if all is well get a decent vet to do a full vetting.
Then take it from there going by the vets advice and instict.
 
Wagtail said:
Same here. I like the look of him and would probably take a chance, but I don't sell on my horses. I wouldn't have thought he'd make a suitable project, as he is likely to fail a flexion test.
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Agree with Wagtail. Nice horse and worth checking out if you were looking to keep but not for a quick turn around.

Get his registered name and look up BD and BE records
 
A failed flexion test could mean something much worse. I found a lovely novice eventer for me last year, he failed his flexion tests and on vets advice, I paid to have his hocks x rayed. Turned out to have really bad degeneration in one hock and starting in the other. My vet had originally thought it might by manageable to take the horse into normal old age and retirement but sadly the xrays shown an incredible amount of damage. Horse would only be fit for light hacking in probably less than a year based on the X-rays. Owner is being honest in this ad and I would be interested, but based on my previous experience, I would actually pay for x rays of the hocks to be see what was going on. The owner I was trying to buy from had no idea so don't blame her and she lost all her money on this horse. He went from being a good intermediate horse to one she gave away as a light hack.
 
Found him. He has not evented for a year and last 3 runs were really poor (elimination etc) so never made it successfully around a BE Novice course. Pretty much has 20 penalties each time XC at BE100. Looks like a stunning horse but think you would need to think about his future in another arena other than eventing. Also showing as 17 hands on BE and not 16.3.
 
Luci07 said:
Found him. He has not evented for a year and last 3 runs were really poor (elimination etc) so never made it successfully around a BE Novice course. Pretty much has 20 penalties each time XC at BE100. Looks like a stunning horse but think you would need to think about his future in another arena other than eventing. Also showing as 17 hands on BE and not 16.3.
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There is always more when you scratch the surface....
 
Luci07 said:
Found him. He has not evented for a year and last 3 runs were really poor (elimination etc) so never made it successfully around a BE Novice course. Pretty much has 20 penalties each time XC at BE100. Looks like a stunning horse but think you would need to think about his future in another arena other than eventing. Also showing as 17 hands on BE and not 16.3.
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didn't post all I had typed. Hence why he is being sold as an all rounder etc. Just bear that in mind!
 
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