What do you think of this leg? Could it be a problem?

That is quite a twist!
I wouldn't buy it, and if I did have one like that I wouldn't consider it to be suitable for much other than hacking. If a mare I wouldn't breed from it either.
 
I have a boarder who has a 3 year old mare. The mare also had one a turned out foot similar to the photo you have shown. I spotted it on the turn back in the winter and told the owner who hadn't noticed. The farrier has been working on the mare and now in August you honestly wouldn't see that there had been anything wrong. The mare has nice straight legs now......however......I also know of another mare who had similar problems. This mare was older, 7 or 8 I can't remember which, and another farrier tried a similar route, the mare ended up totally lame and useless.

With legs and feet, nothing is a given I'm afraid. Personally I wouldn't buy a horse like this - there are plenty others around who don't have these issues.
 
Yeah, seen that a few times, horse will be at high risk from tendon injury, wont be worth much money. ( around £1k). The three horses I saw that had this-

-one was a 18 year old that was about to be put down after years on and off getting constant tendon injuries in that leg. But up till age 8 he managed a fair bit of novice eventing and ridinglclub activities before breaking down.
-other one was a 6 year old,was not 100% sound ever always 1/10th lame
-other one was fine


Dont get me wrong, they can last for years with it but they will break down eventually....or they can break down quickly.

I would give this one a miss TBH, plenty more horses in the sea with straight legs...
 
surely with that much of a twist the horse must dish on that leg? which immediately drops the value. I would keep looking if i were you, at three years old you want the legs to be straight and clean..
 
I would not buy him, especially as his legs are not a pair, he will therefore compensate a lot with his other leg and so is more likely to go lame. Keep looking, you'll find something else!
 
If I bought a horse with a leg like that I would be expecting problems in the long run.

Having said that, I bought a 3 year old with a terrible pigeon toe and outward knee deviation, but didn't notice it at the time (long story!)

He is now 12 and retired with an increasingly bent leg and arthritis, but is still the coolest horse you could ever meet!
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If I were you and you really want the horse (for his temperament or for whatever other reason) I would ask for a substantial reduction in the asking price. There's not a lot you can do now to correct this deformity because the bones/ligaments have set and the horse is used to his compromised way of going.
 
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