Views on vetting please

[cellie]

My daughter tried out a lovely horse today rode and jumped her for nearly a hour.Shes 6 a show jumper affiliated 16h.She dishes slightly but apart form that seemed as sound as a pound.Any views on vetting bearing in mind anything thats picked up is excluded.Does anyone know the price of vetting as well .Thanks all

 

[Fleur100]

It depends where you are located. Your vet practice will give you a price over the phone for a 5* vetting. Probably £150-200

Hope it goes well.....

 

[Smash]

What do you mean 'views on the vetting?' What type to have? Can't give views on a vetting that hasn't happened!
5 star can be around £250 depending on location.

 

[Ezme]

Always get a vetting, you don't have to listen to it, but always get it. Just not worth the risk. Dishing shouldn't exclude anything, lots of horses dish and it mades sod all difference, it's all about how the hoof hits the floor, not how it travels there.

 

[em21xx]

id recommend getting a vet out, then if anything goes wrong its easier to claim on insurance.

 

[cellie]

I mean opinions on vetting hope that clarifies

one of our silly english words that have a double meaning

 

[Smash]

Vetting - always. If you're wanting her for showjumping then go for 5*.

 

[Henbug]

always get it vetted and if I were you I would definitley get a 5* vetting. You have to have a vetting to be able to get insurance (at least at a better price). If you want to cover for loss of use at over 5,000 then you aslo need to have x-rays done. This makes it much more expensive but you cant get insurance for loss of use with out it. So really you need to decide what insurance you want before you can decide what vetting you want.

 

[Butterbean]

Have just emailed you but think have now found the horse advert. Would definitely get vetting. If she is a showjumper but going cheapish (for a 6yo BSJA horse) there may be a reason.
Things found are not always excluded from insurance - when OH bought C, NFU insured her with NO exclusions despite vetting certificate mentioning warts. However when I insured B, Petplan excluded everything remotely mentioned in the vetting e.g. he had slightly itched his neck from a fly bite - so they excluded ANY skin disorder. Aargh.

 

[Gorgeous George]

When George was vetted last year it was £215 for a 5* and that included taking bloods and holding them for 6mths. The vetting showed up that he dished slightly and had windgalls that weren't causing any problems - NFU didn't exclude anything when he was insured and the vetting meant the insurance premiums were less.

 

[amiacat]

I had a 5 stage vetting last year, cost £222, also including taking bloods and holding them. My horse dishes quite badly and this didn't exclude anything in his insurance. He does have a tiny skin "tag" as the vet called it, and the insurance company did exclude all warts, growths, cysts etc, argh! Definitely get a 5 stage vetting though.