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chrispy38

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I'm looking to buy a 7 yr old thoroughbred for my daughter. The horse is based at the stables where she is doing her apprenticeship, she has been riding her since she came in August '11 & qualified in October for the next level of the UK Riders Challenge 2012 in show jumping. What vet checks should I get done? we know the horse & her temperament, how she behaves with the farrier and when handled in general.
 
I probably wouldn't bother if I knew the horse that well. But I suppose it does depend on the purchase price.....
 
A vet will be able to check the eyes for any abnormality. They may also pick up on any abnormal heart rhythm. And they may pick up on something conformationwise or injurywise that may be significant to what you want to do with the mare.

I'm not sure whether I'd have a vetting done. I like to think I would, but I'm not sure! At least you know that the seller hasn't doped up an unsuitable horse to try and sell it to you, and that really IS good to know the horse genuinely.

If the vet does find something, then if you insure the horse, then you will probably find that the insurers exclude any claim relating to that condition/observation. For example, I bought a mare with a small wart on her fetlock. The insurers refused to cover her for warts/sarcoids, but to me she was worth having anyway, and she's now been here 11 years and that condition has not caused a problem.

On balance, I'd prefer to know if there was a problem lurking that might require expensive treatment.

Sarah
 
Thanks for the advice, she's being sold to my daughter for £350 as she's staff, but they were trying to sell her anyway, as she's too much horse to use in most lessons. Apparently they were going to put her down if they couldn't find a buyer, I couldn't let that happen.
 
Does your daughter have any reason to suppose there are any problems? Has the horse always been sound?

Quite frankly for the money - if she's hale and hearty - I'd snap their hand off.
 
She's been lame once briefly, because some wally left bailing twine in the field and it got caught in her shoe. I already have her insured as my daughter was able to take her off site to do competitions.

I've decided to buy her, scary though it is, this is our 1st horse
 
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