What to expect from a vetting?

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Hi everyone! Ive just sold my little eventer subject to vetting, i have never sold a horse myself so i have no idea what i will/ the horse will be expected to do for the vetting. They will be having a tip top five stage vetting, so im guessing this will take longer than a standard vetting? So if you could give me an idea of what goes on etc i would be very grateful also any help/ advise about how to make this all less stressful for me would be very welcome!! Thanks in advance. x
 
It takes an hour or so. The horse will be trotted in hand and have flexion tests. The vet will check the eyes in a dark stable plus listen to the heart. The passport will be looked at to ensure it is the right horse.The horse will be lunged and then ridden. The seller will need to provide a rider unless the person buying specifies they want to do it. The ridden work will include some at speed to see what being worked fast does to the horses respiration. The vet will ask what the horse is to be used for.
 
When I was on equine vet experience we did a few vettings. It consisted of (roughly):

*assessment on a flat surface - checked all over for lumps, bumps etc. Any conformational faults/blemishes noted at this stage.
*heart and lungs listened to, eyes and ears checked.
*trotted up in a straight line, then turned in a tight circle for leg crossing.
*flexion tests and trotted up again
*lunged/ridden until puffing a bit
*heart rate/lungs tested - recovery time noted
*flexion tests again after exercise.
*bloods taken and stored (to be tested at later date if requested)

hope that helps....I may have forgotten something!
 
Cheers MontyandZoom, that doesnt sound too scary.. except i might faint when they take blood! Fingers crossed it all goes swimmingly! x
 
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