alishaarrr
Active Member
I have a lovely horse on a 7-day trial to purchase. 16.3 11yo AES gelding, really lovely chap with a mostly low-level SJ background. He has only been brought back into work for about a month, so is very lean at the moment ... not completely under-muscled everywhere, but has no topline and his hind end is skinny. He's also built a bit long.
He consistently swaps leads behind in canter, on both reins. My trainer is attributing this to weakness, which is a fair assumption but it's still putting me off a bit -- especially as he's not exactly priced for his current lack of condition.
If you were considering a horse in this situation, would you go ahead with the sale if it passed a five-stage vetting? Or are there too many unknowns here that it's better to just pass in favor of something else that was in better shape and gave you less concern?
He consistently swaps leads behind in canter, on both reins. My trainer is attributing this to weakness, which is a fair assumption but it's still putting me off a bit -- especially as he's not exactly priced for his current lack of condition.
If you were considering a horse in this situation, would you go ahead with the sale if it passed a five-stage vetting? Or are there too many unknowns here that it's better to just pass in favor of something else that was in better shape and gave you less concern?