Thoughts on this yearling?

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Like/dislike? And what sort of money would you pay? Could be a rig, not gret to handle but out of a really good moving and jumping TB mare (with pretty good form) by a PSG Trakehner stallion... Oh and it would be aimed at eventing.

Not the greatest of pics
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Now that looks as if it could be a cracker. Looks a little ropey at the moment, but knowing what wonders you can work, would expect it to look 100% better in a matter of weeks.

Price wise I really don't know. Instinct tells me around £1.5K mark, because of it's possible riginess (money needing to be spent), and lack of handling. However, those things probably wouldn't put you off - and I wonder if the money wanted is significantly more.

It has a tremendous shoulder, and a cracking arse.........

Can't really see it's pasterns, but they don't look overly long in the glimpse shown.

You going to buy??
 
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Which mare is that out of S?
Id guess she wants around £7k for him?
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Else I wouldn't have even posted asking for thoughts. He's out of Emmy (the tall TB mare that trots like she's on air) she won about 10k in limited races.

Weezy - there is an op you can have done for about £800.00 to sort out a rig.
 
Looks to be very sweet, nice head, good neck set, unfortunately hard to tell about the rest of him due to the angle of the pics. Well developed withers which I am assuming comes from the TB. I dont like trying to put a price on someone elses horse without knowing more about it, or seeing more pics or video. Who is the TK sire?
 
Is the mare graded with TBF or will the foal go in the preliminary register. Sire is throwing some nice stock and there is a lot to like from those photos but also hard to judge some aspects of him. Without seeing him move and knocking off some money for attitiude and rig op I'd say 2-2.5k. both the movement and athleticism are key though and if he has great movement then the price needs to go up.
 
Gosh he has the same look as our yearling! Can I ask why he is thought to be a rig? Our yearling had to undergo an op to remove the 2nd testi which was located deep in his abdoman. The vets would not do anything else because of the risk of him being a rig.
 
He has a really pretty head... he looks like he could be a really nice horse when he is matured. Have you any pictures of him moving?

The sire looks very nice, although I don't think I recognise him
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What is his breeding (any good lines behind him?)

I don't think being a rig would put me off at all if the operation is relatively straight forwards which I would have thought it would be
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The fact he is a bugger to handle could be an issue, but then you are pretty experienced so I would have thought that would not be an issue to you.

I can't really offer a price as I don't know his breeding
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Is he a rig because he has already been castrated? or is he cryptorchid becuase he only has one testicle descended? I really love his head, and his expression....can't comment on the rest due to pics and age, he is going through that ugly duckling yearling stage which is very diffciult to assess other than the limbs which wont change a great deal but we cant see properly on the pics.
 
Pics are a bit naff aren't they, I know he'd change a hell of alot!

He's the latter, apparently her vet said it could come down...and it may not - who knows!
 
That is what happened to ours he only dropped one side. I was lucky because it only cost me £500 plus vat & that included a wk at the vets. They were very good because obviously it is not covered by insurance. I would say therefore in this case it must reflect in his price as the op is not going to be cheap.
 
lovely head. Interesting conf pics of the stallion on their website though! Personally, with being a rig and what you'd have to fork out to sort it out, I personally wouldn't pay a penny more than 1.5K
 
Looks lovely but be very careful until you know if it is definately a rig or not! Rigs are usually harder to handle than genuine stallions because their hormones are all over the place. Rig operations are fairly high risk (in a similar way to a colic surgery) as you have to make a large incision to locate the retained testicle so there is the risk of peritonitis as well as the aneasthetic risk. Before you decide to buy, insist the owner gets it rig tested (simple blood test) and then talk to your vet about the cost of rig operations.

I worked as an equine veterinary nurse for 12 months - I've seen rig operations!
 
There is a risk with any surgery, but my lad did not even loose any weight from it, & he had to have a surgeon from Potters Bar (I think), because it was so high up. He operated on the Thursday, then a weeks box rest, & this photo was taken after his 2nd day out. He has healed really well & shows no signs at all.
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