Would you buy a horse with wingalls ?

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I am currently horse hunting & have seen a lovely horse BUT he has wingalls.
I have never had a horse with them before so I don't know how serious etc they are.
So would you buy a horse with a wingall ?

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there is a H&H article about windgalls here http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horsecare/article.php?aid=102457

For me it depends eg. what do I want the horse to do, how old is the horse, what's it's history etc. If I was buying a horse for riding out and a little bit of schooling, occasional jumping and it just had swelling if it was standing in all night for example it wouldn't be a problem for me.

What do you want to do with the horse and do you know much about it's history?
 
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the horse would mainly be for jumping, the ad says it causes no lamess, only ever cosmetic &I would be getting the horse vetted just wanted to know a bit more before I ring up.
 
My lad had windgalls and never caused a problem to him we jumped he always wore protection for everything mind you, if I had done hard work with him I'd hose his legs off to double protect them and he mainly wore bandage's at night too as his legs would puff up more so in winter....

It depends on what you want to do with said horse, as I wasn't competing as such the odd xc and sj and plenty of hacking about etc....
 
Tbh, I would be more worried about doing dressage on a horse with windgalls, than jumping it, as dressage is much harder on legs that have pre existing conditions, imho.

Speak to your vet, and see what happens at the vetting, but if the horse is ok, and the price is reasonable, then go for it. :)
 
They wouldn't put me off at all! My daughter's pony has quite large ones on her hindlegs (present at time of purchase), but has successfully dressaged, showjumped, evented, hunted and Pony Clubbed without them causing her any problems and also won and placed in working hunter pony and show hunter pony classes.
 
I would as long as they hadn't caused trouble in the past.
Mine has a couple of windgalls which have never affected him (except maybe in WHP conformation scores) and just suddenly came up after being in the field so I understand that they do just happen. Good luck horse hunting - I love getting a new one, it's like everything you do normally is new again :D
 
No - wouldn't bother me at all. TBH if they've listed it in the advert then I recon they must be a very decent seller as to me their so minor I wouldn't even think to mention them to anyone calling unless expressly asked. One of my mares developed them over the summer in the hot weather and they seem of of subsided for now
 
One of mine has windgalls, doesn't really cause any problems so long as you are aware of what you do and how much you do as well as the ground conditions.

If buying a horse to compete and it involes a lot of jumping, then no, it makes sense a horse with without them in the first place.
 
I did this year and he was very expensive. I had an eventing 5 star vetting done on him, basically the 5 star and then extra stamina tests and flexions etc. He passed with flying colours, however, if he had shown any weakness then I wouldn't have done.

The vet said for what he had done in the past - hunt/event/sj etc and his age of 8 that it was perfectly normal for him to have them.
 
I got my mare as a 10 year old and she had them they never bothered her at all only puffed up if she had been stood for a while. she's now 17 and can be a little stiff on that fetlock in the morning or the cold but hey she is 17 !
 
so long as you are having a 5 stage vetting then it wouldn't bother me (just in case its something else they are trying to cover up)

My last horse had them and he did everything inc hunt so didn't bother him.

New one has puffy fetlocks in the am but gone once exercised or turned out
 
I think it would depend on the age of the horse and what it had been doing.

If it is a 4 year old not long broken and it has them already then I would perhaps question why they have come up with not a lot of work and whether they will get worse when in full work/jumping a lot.

I would also be a lot more worried if you had a windgall on 1 leg and not both.

My 1st pony had them on her hind legs (apparently more common than fronts) and I used to have to bandage for jumping on hard ground but apart from that they never bothered her - and they really were like golf balls some times!

If you are having a 5 stage vetting done and you make the vet aware before hand then they can take extra note of this at the vetting.

Good luck!
 
I wouldn't worry about it - my horse has windgalls and is fine. YO's horse has enormous windgalls on all four legs and she does endurance - he was doing 80km rides last year and passing the vetting with flying colours. She's looking at doing a 120km with him next year and aiming him for Team-GB. I can't think of many harder sports on the legs than endurance.
 
Solopony said:
I am currently horse hunting & have seen a lovely horse BUT he has wingalls.
I have never had a horse with them before so I don't know how serious etc they are.
So would you buy a horse with a wingall ?

thank you :D
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I certainly would. Can I ask you why you don't know what a windgall is and why they occur? Im shocked at the ignorance of todays 'horsemen'. God save us!
 
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TGM said:
They wouldn't put me off at all! My daughter's pony has quite large ones on her hindlegs (present at time of purchase), but has successfully dressaged, showjumped, evented, hunted and Pony Clubbed without them causing her any problems and also won and placed in working hunter pony and show hunter pony classes.
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Same here - mine also managed to win a WH class despite his large windgalls!
 
I bred mine and they all have windgalls as the confirmation is a little bit more upright than normal. This actually means they are quite resilient to tendon injury due to the leg confirmation, but they have windgalls.

Never stopped us doing anything, and I can squish them down before showing if desired. Good windgalls are squidgy in my opinion!
 
Fairynuff said:
I certainly would. Can I ask you why you don't know what a windgall is and why they occur? Im shocked at the ignorance of todays 'horsemen'. God save us!
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Like I said I have never had a horse with wingalls so have no experience with seriousness, I have seen them & if my horse got them I would know what they are.
I don't see how i'm being ignorant - am I supposed to know every single vetenairy condition there is ?
I thought the purpose of this forum was to ask questions/discussions ?
 
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