vetting and failing

I got my horse vetted because he is the first one I ever bought. I did go to view him though in a critical mode to find anything wrong with him and I looked at him for a lot longer than I did the cob I was going to buy but then failed a strangles test. I didn't see anything wrong with him but still got the vet who didn't either. Worst she found was a cracked hoof which we both agreed was "cosmetic" damage and nothing bad, and two small areas that might be sarcoids but I didn't think they were. Don't think she did either she said that she had to point them out and say they might be just in case. Crack on hoof went ages ago and the "sarcoids" have never changed. The one on his nose is just a black spot basically so dunno why she was bothered by that. He passed flexion tests then and recently too.

They do just have to point things out or risk getting into trouble like someone else said.
 
Slightly Foxed said:
Of course, another reason for a five stage vetting is for insurance purposes, for any horse valued over £5k isn't it?
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It was the last time I insured one.

Personally I think it is foolhardy to buy anything without the most basic of vet checks no matter how experienced you are and no matter the value of the horse. A friend has just sent a 5 year old HW hunter to the vet, it was Hoy's level and unexposed with the appropriate price tag. Lovely quality horse with the added bonus of being blind in one eye, partially sited in the other and a dickie ticker.

He was advertised very shortly after the vetting, same price and same advert.
 
Vetting is worth the money because I expect my (experienced equine) vet to see what I can't. I can spot normal lameness, I had my instructor come on the second visit and she did a few of the vetting actions as well. First horse we stopped the vetting as too much was going wrong, second passed.

When the same instructor is selling, she will check all the normal tests before presenting a horse for sale. Also pointed out to me that the horse should expect certain things and be good about it (lunged on hard ground, trotting up properly etc). I was selling a horse some 2 years ago and she had to pull him from the vetting on the morning it was due. She had checked again in the morning and there was soreness on the pelvic region which had not been there before. He passed a week later.
 
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