UNBELIEVEABLE. Horse sold whilst on Loan

If you are putting a horse on loan ensure that it is Freezemarked on it's shoulder so that it is visible while being ridden.
Ensure that the contract is checked by a specialist Equine Solicitor.
Ask to see where the horse is going to be kept.
Ask to see the passport, driving licence and a utility bill of the person loaning the animal and photocopy them.
Check out the person for any previous indiscretions. i.e. use something like risk disc.
Tag the horses record on ned-online.org.uk data base stating it as being loaned.
 
It's very puzzling that police often refuse to recognise this as theft - especially as there is a case (in the national papers as well) going on in Birmingham in which a woman is being taken to court over the theft of a kitten.........
 
So if you lend your car to someone and they sell it its a civil matter, its a Theft take this further I will speak to my friend who is a policeman and see what he has to say, will get back in touch when I have got hold of him.
 
there has been a case going on for the last 2yrs where someone loaned a horse then sold it and refuses to tell the owner where the horse is or who she was sold to. she has been in court and was tagged amongst other things. again this is a local case to Bath. different name though but i know the police took it very serious from the start.
 
I am sure I have seen cases where people have unwittingly bought stolen cars and then they have been returned to the proper owner and the person who bought the car basically loses out and has lost their money. Does this not apply to stolen horses as well?
 
Fourlegsgood said:
I am sure I have seen cases where people have unwittingly bought stolen cars and then they have been returned to the proper owner and the person who bought the car basically loses out and has lost their money. Does this not apply to stolen horses as well?
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Receiving stolen goods and the small matter of falsifying passports. You're damn right it should apply to horses:mad:
 
maree t said:
This sort of situation really troubles me. Next year we will have to loan our sons outgrown pony what is the best way to protect him. I am thinking that I will keep him here and they can loan from here.
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Do what we do (have done). We do a contract hopefully covering everything and get the person to sign it in front of us and then we ask if we can take a close up photograph of that person and say to them that if they run off or sell our pony/horse, then their photo will not only be given to the Police immediately, but will be plastered on every horse forum we can think of. If they were to object in any way, then we wouldn't loan them our stock. Nobody who we've ever loaned to so far, have objected to this and have all said they thought it a good idea - weeds out the bad people from the good. We have one lady who has now had a pony of ours on loan for longer than we have actually had him at home for.
 
Hi there, we are very local to warminster, Are you saying that this woman sold the horse to a dealer in trowbridge? There is one major dealer in this area although she is not actually in trowbridge but very close to it, I think we may be talking about the same one, but would you poss pm me her name just to check we are talking about the same one. we have mutual friends and i dont want to start asking questions and checking out her fields if we are not talking about the same person. most of her ponies are in fields around us although tbh last time I spoke to her she told me she currently had about 300 horses. however this horse is fairly distinctive and we may have a good chance of spotting it! Also it wont be being hidden as to all intents and purpouses she has bought this horse and wont feel she has done anything wrong.

selling horses on loan....... not a new thing sadly.
 
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OWLIE185 said:
If you are putting a horse on loan ensure that it is Freezemarked on it's shoulder so that it is visible while being ridden.
Ensure that the contract is checked by a specialist Equine Solicitor.
Ask to see where the horse is going to be kept.
Ask to see the passport, driving licence and a utility bill of the person loaning the animal and photocopy them.
Check out the person for any previous indiscretions. i.e. use something like risk disc.
Tag the horses record on ned-online.org.uk data base stating it as being loaned.
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This seems like good advice. I think all horses going on loan should be freezemarked as a precaution.
 
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