Would you buy a roarer?

If it could do the job required despite the roaring, hacking, low level competing should be fine, then yes I would consider it, I would look into having it operated on as this is usually successful and would make the horse more comfortable for doing faster or more strenuous work, insurance would probably exclude anything related to the airways so that is a potential issue to consider when making a decision.
 
I did in 2010, then saved up 1500 and he had his tie back and hobday op a year ago.. Noise has not totally gone but his recovery after hard work is normal now, as before he would huff and puff for ages. He can now do farm rides, xc ect without needing to rest half way round.
 
My best horse was a roarer, never caused him an issue and he did everything except event (didnt have the stamina).

Only issue i had was prone to choke. Took me a while to figure out sugar beet was the culprit, once removed he never had choke again.
 
I sold a horse that was a roarer ages ago. Buyer tried him and after half an hour of fairly vigorous work, came back and asked: "When does he start to roar?" (You could hear him easily from across the field!) When told that was as bad as it gets, she bought him happily.

The degree of 'disability' does vary quite a lot. There is the option to treat if he gets worse further down the road - so I would buy if he did the job I wanted and was suitably priced.
 
Kezzabell2 said:
I've never in my life met a horse that roars? I thought the title was a typo and you meant rearer!

Do the horse roar rather than neigh? please tell me more?!
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Now know as laryngeal hemiplegia a condition that restricts the airways when working, they make a roaring noise, plenty of racehorses are operated on to help them breathe as well as possible during races, a link to an article about it.

http://www.thehorse.com/articles/10345/roaring
 
ihatework said:
Maybe, if it were proven at the competitive level of work I wanted to do and was mega smart and cheap!
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Friend of mine has a homebred that has grown too big for her, that is a roarer. She can't afford the op so is struggling to know what to do with him. Do you think someone would take him on to produce, maybe on lwvtb or similar, with the view of getting the op done later, knowing that the horse does make a noise?

She has swung in her mind from asking silly money for him, to giving him away, to pts. I keep telling her that there is a happy medium lol!
 
Thanks for all your replies.

The horse Im enquiry about has evented above the level I want to do, I think he is worth a viewing as the price is reflecting the noise he makes.
 
Wouldn't put me off. Bought a roarer some years ago (by the way Kezabell2 you could only hear it when he was cantering). Spoke to my vet about it and her recommendation was that as we weren't planning on doing 4* eventing with him to go ahead and buy him. Never caused a problem and he was finally pts with arthritis after 10 happy years.
 
My big lad was a roarer, you could hear him coming a mile off! He had been hobdayed in racing but still made a racket! We never did any high level stuff but he had the most stamina out hunting of any horse that I had ever known. One of the Masters offered me a lot of money out hunting one day even though he could hear him! After 4 hours of big hedges and galloping he would still be pulling my arms out and be just as bright the next day!
 
spacefaer said:
Friend of mine has a homebred that has grown too big for her, that is a roarer. She can't afford the op so is struggling to know what to do with him. Do you think someone would take him on to produce, maybe on lwvtb or similar, with the view of getting the op done later, knowing that the horse does make a noise?

She has swung in her mind from asking silly money for him, to giving him away, to pts. I keep telling her that there is a happy medium lol!
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If the horse is otherwise good then I don't see it as a reason to pts, there will be someone willing to take him on, either at a price to reflect the issue or on loan/ lwvtb, plenty of big horses do make a noise and still do a job.
 
Casey76 said:
What does roaring sound like?
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Sounds like loud restricted breathing - if you bring the back of your tongue up partway across the back of the mouth, then breathe forcefully through your mouth.....

You normally only hear it when the horse is exercising hard or at speed eg cantering across a field, when the partial paralysis of the larynx shows itself, as the horse can't pull it back properly and clear the airway fully.
 
a lot of roarers just sound as if they are breathing heavily but some can make a big noise. i remembered that a horse a friend had was a roarer and after the operation went to international level show jumping so it certainly did not hold that one back
 
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