Vettings and X-rays

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I've found a lovely little new horse and will be having him vetted for insurance purposes. Agreed price for horse is 10,000. He's 7yo and low mileage. I'm wondering whether or not to get X-rays done as well? In the past I haven't bothered and just gone with the standard 5 stage vetting but they've always been a lot younger when I've bought them and so I'm wondering whether most people in my position would or wouldn't get him xrayed? Tia!
 
Just bear in mind that at that price lots of insurance companies will want basic x-rays anyway. I probably would but having said that we've had horses competing at Grade A level that have been x-rayed and showed all sorts of things things but never had a lame day in their life! I'd say just make sure you get a 'realistic' and experienced vet to look at x-rays x
 
I think it's either 10,000 or over 10.000 that X-rays are required for your insurance so you need to check that as a priority and then get the X-rays they want.
As to vetting and xraying I would not routinely because of the difficulty in choosing what to X-ray because clearly it's not going to be possible to X-ray everything .
If I was to pick one thing to do I would choose the back as horses with KS pass the vet all the time as it's difficult to pick up .
The problem with X-rays is the interpretation of them and many healthy horse that work all their lives have all sorts of things that are not normal .
 
Goldenstar said:
I think it's either 10,000 or over 10.000 that X-rays are required for your insurance so you need to check that as a priority and then get the X-rays they want.
As to vetting and xraying I would not routinely because of the difficulty in choosing what to X-ray because clearly it's not going to be possible to X-ray everything .
If I was to pick one thing to do I would choose the back as horses with KS pass the vet all the time as it's difficult to pick up .
The problem with X-rays is the interpretation of them and many healthy horse that work all their lives have all sorts of things that are not normal .
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This. I wouldn't bother to x ray the joints of the horse is a100% pass but I would x ray the back.
 
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goldenstar and ycbm that's exactly my thinking but I guess if the insurance company wants X-rays then so be it. Having lost a horse at 6 to arthritis I was thinking of hocks and below but maybe I'll consider spine too.
 
As others have said, check with your insurance company first as it may be a requirement.

Hard to know where to stop/start tbh, I also think your choice will be guided by problems you have had personally with horses in the past!

If money were no object I would have the spine, hocks and feet x-rayed.

Hope he flies through the vetting, very exciting :)
 
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