will a horse pass a 5 stage vetting with a splint??

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as some of you may know my TB gelding injured his leg last month whilst out on loan, the injury is healing but I think it might result in a splint.

I am prepairing to insure my boy when he comes home in afew days time so really need to know if this splint (if it does result in a splint) will effect his value and vetting?

not come across splints before so not sure what will be effected if anything.

Horse is not lame but is still under the vets attention.
 
Why are you vetting the horse? I've insured un vetted horses before.. They only ask you to vet if over £5/6k usually.

While a splint will be mentioned on a vetting it shouldn't prevent it from passing, however in your case, the horse hasn't a splint yet, just a not healed injury. That would fail a vetting and would probably be excluded on the insurance - whether you vet or not (they usually ask you to fill in a form detailing vet treatment in the past year which they are allowed to ask your vet too..).
 
Honey08 said:
Why are you vetting the horse? I've insured un vetted horses before.. They only ask you to vet if over £5/6k usually.

While a splint will be mentioned on a vetting it shouldn't prevent it from passing, however in your case, the horse hasn't a splint yet, just a not healed injury. That would fail a vetting and would probably be excluded on the insurance - whether you vet or not (they usually ask you to fill in a form detailing vet treatment in the past year which they are allowed to ask your vet too..).
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I am not vetting the horse, but if i ever sold him in the future i need to know if (if the injury did result in a splint) the splint would prevent the horse passing a 5 stage vetting... thus perminantly effecting the horses value
 
all about Romeo said:
I am not vetting the horse, but if i ever sold him in the future i need to know if (if the injury did result in a splint) the splint would prevent the horse passing a 5 stage vetting... thus perminantly effecting the horses value
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Noit shouldn't, unless its in a place that affects the movement. You'd be better off asking the vet that is treating him if he thinks it will affect him...
 
I've known horses to pass with a splint. Once formed they are not a big deal and many go away with time.

Unless your horse is a county level show horse it will not effect it's value.
 
Mine (that I have now) passed with a splint. Every last part of her was /is insured.

That was 2 yrs ago and now aged 6 it has NEVER been a problem!
 
yep, as long as it is unreactive when the vet feels/applies pressure to the splint. If there is a reaction to the pressure etc the vet will most probably see if it affects the horses soundness, if the horse is in any way unsound it will most probably not pass the vetting- depending on what purpose you are buying the horse for.
My horse has a *huge* and i mean huge, it runs nearly the full length of the inside of his foreleg from the knee down, however it is totally unreactive and he is 100% sound on it and always has been- until his recent injury, but non splint related. He is fully insured and there are no exclusions on his insurance for that leg, however, it will be noted on the vetting, as with any imperfection that isn't fail-able.
Hope that helps!
J x
 
Oh also forgot to add, the splint hasn't affected my horse from doing BS at 1m10 level +, xc schooling, beach rides etc. However i have always been careful with how frequently i jump him and how much road work i do etc (i.e. i never trot on the roads)
 
Splints can cause problems if they impede the knee joint or rubb on and irritate the suspensory ligament. So it does depend where they are I have bought many horses with splints all passed five stage vettings.
I still confused as to why you need to get your own horse vetted.
 
Mine passed a 5 stage vetting age 4 with what the vet described as "a cold splint" (i.e. it was visible but had healed).

6 years later, if I didn't know he'd had one, I wouldn't be able to tell you which leg it was on :)
 
Thank you to everyone who has replied! :)

I feel much better about the situation now and will try and pretend the massive lump on my horses leg is not there... :eek::(

Im still hoping it will go down completly though! :o x
 
all about Romeo said:
I am not vetting the horse, but if i ever sold him in the future i need to know if (if the injury did result in a splint) the splint would prevent the horse passing a 5 stage vetting... thus perminantly effecting the horses value
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It won't stop him passing the vetting - although while a horse 'fails' if he's lame on all four legs or full of visible Strangles or similar, horses don'y actually 'fail' a vetting. The vet will detail defects he finds - even the most trivial of ones - and then advise his client (usually the buyer ) whether or not they will be a problem for the life the buyer plans for the horse - obviously if a horse is wanted for potential top level eventing the requirements are different than for a 'happy hacker'!

I bought 2 mares in Ireland which were vetted for insurance purposes (mainly for the journey). The 3 year old was passed as sound for 3DE but a splint was mentioned. The insurers promptly excluded anything to do with the splint (as she was only being insured for death or theft that seemed a bit dim!)
 
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