Would windgalls put you off buying a horse?

I would buy a horse with windgalls, I have in the past and would do again, it wouldn't put me off.

A horse wouldn't fail a vetting on windgalls, although it might if the vet suspected something going on deeper in the leg or found heat in them etc. Windgalls are a coping mechanism often thrown up as a result of concussion although they can sometimes be related to injury. If they are old and cold then they're not too bad. However if it were a young horse with them I would wonder why and how much the horse had been worked already to get them. If they're a result of hammering on roads and the horse already has huge ones at an early age you'd have to wonder what other damage may have been done already to the horses legs.
 
I've had a couple of horses with windgalls and never had a days problem with them but as far as a vetting is concerned, the vet will obviously mentioned them and your insurance company will more than likely put an exclusion on them as happened to one of mine, but I personally wouldn't worry.
 
In a youngster yes, it would put me off as as far as I would be concerned it has been hammered at a young age. the windgalls themselves would not put me off.. but the reason behind why they have the windgalls would..
However most older horses have wingalls to an extent and they don't cause much trouble.
 
I agree with the above. Windgalls wouldn't ness bother me unless they were on a young horse or a horse with other leg issues - splints, scars, lumps bumps.

I have had a couple of horses with them. My last one got them while we lived in Texas and the ground was always like concrete. She never had any problems from them. When we moved over here the insurance company put an exclusion on them, but it didn't matter as we never had issues from them.
 
It wouldnt put me off either.
My horse, then 4 yr old developed windgalls soon after we started working him, he wasnt hammered but he is a bit cow hocked. Hes 10 now and never had a problem.
 
My 5yo gets small widgalls from time to time. don't seem to be a problem and he certainly isn't hammered about and has pretty good confo. It wouldn't put me off buying becuase there is no guarantee they won't develop them anyway!
 
Not if it passed the vetting !

However windgalls can be a warning of something going wrong, although certaily not always the case just something to bear in mind.
 
Just had a pony vetted that had windgalls. They were not the a problem, but the pony failed a vetting as the vet thought there were some more serious underlying issues, possibly with the tendon sheath.

Also, as other person said, the insurance companies often exclude legs with windgalls
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If it was a young horse with windgalls I would be very concerned, as it kind of indicate to me, "The shape of things to Come" - ie the horses legs are reacting to some detrimental level of concussion to the joints.
I would therefore question the conformation of the horse.

A young horse with bad confo is never a good idea.

In an older horse, 9 - 15 years I think I would not be so bothered as you expect a bit of wear and tear, and if this is the worse the horse gets then its probably ok.
However you would, to some extent, need to know that thats the worst thing it gets!!!
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George has windgalls on all 4 legs and had them when I bought him (he was 8 then). He passed his 5 stage vetting as the vet said they were no problem and was more than capable of being the allrounder I wanted, he did tell me not to jump him round Badminton though - ha ha!! He also suggested a joint supplement as a preventative as G is a big horse. The insurance company (NFU) didn't put an exclusion on him.
 
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