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Advice needed please, a friend of mine has spotted a loverly Welsh Cob which she is thinking of buying. The problem is that the front foot turns out and looking at photographs which she took, it seems to be from the knee down rather than the fetlock down. What would be the long term ligament/tendon damage/if any could because problem please? The cob is quite upright in the shoulder and pastern. Any advice for her would be really welcomed please
 
The horse is 8 and she is going to be doing Riding Club dressage, cross country etc. She realises that showing wise the conformation will come against her. Obviougly realistically wise the limback are not going to be as strong as straight legs
 
I would not want to buy anything with such an obvious conformation fault but if it ticked every box, was already proven to be coping with the same level of work I was expecting to do, passed the vet and was very sensibly priced then it may be worth taking a punt, if it didn't meet all of that criteria then I would look for one that didn't start with a potential problem.

Proven to be sound at the job is a priority, if it has done very little then you have no idea whether it will cope with more strenuous or faster work.
 
Personally, I would keep looking. If it were an older horse who had stayed sound, I wouldn't be quite so negative, but an eight-year-old with poor conformation isn't worth the risk.

I'm out :D
 
Piglet said:
Yup that was what I thought, I know she is getting it x rayed to check but that wouldn't give soft tissue damage would it?
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If she is going to the expense of xraying it sounds as if she is really committed and at least getting it fully vetted, this is a situation where she needs to listen to the vet, if there is any sign of soft tissue damage it should be picked up on palpation and can then be scanned when it is xrayed but to me this is overkill for what should be a relatively cheap horse, the vetting will be potentially as much as the purchase price, a welsh cob with poor conformation should be no more than £1k unless it has an amazing record, and will still not give a definitive answer as to whether the horse will remain sound in the future, it can only say it is on that day.

Personally I would put the money xrays and scans will cost towards buying a better quality animal.
 
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