Would you pay €800 for this horse?

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16 hh chestnut mare, rising 5, extremely well bred RID, moves well although conformationally a bit ordinary. Very quiet and well handled but unbacked. Just lost a foal. Has sweetitch.

I know the chap (breeder) who is selling her, and he would like her to go somewhere nice, but I would need to sell her on once she was going properly, and obviously make a bit of a profit on her at the same time.

Can't decide if she's worth the risk, so opinions welcome
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What about the sweetitch? I am not seeing megabucks here, but would you then buy a just backed and ridden away 5 year old that's done nothing and has had sweetitch? Always supposing I can prevent it happening this year ...
 
She sounds nice, but if it was me it would depend how bad the sweetitch was. If mild not a problem, but if bad it's a nightmare and makes them much harder to sell. Also, the one I had was terrible for destroying fences and stables by rubbing on them!
 
Find out whether any of the foals she bred ever had sweetitch. That would be my first question as undoubtedly many of the prospective buyers would be thinking of breeding also given that she is well bred.

ETA: Sorry just noticed she is only 5, so that might have been her only foal.
 
The only time I saw her was last October, and she looked like she had had it quite badly, but then it wasn't treated at all (by his own admission) so she had just been left in the field to get on with it - right next to a midge infested lake
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I think the sweetitch thing would put some people off, and others wouldn't bat an eyelid at it. I have had two with sweetitch, the first chronic, and my curent boys is medium, and I have to say it wouldn't put me off buying another, whereas I wouldn't touch a horse with stable vices.
A horse with even the mildest sweetitch in those conditions would look bad, so with a rug, and away from water I wouldn't have thought it would be too much of a problem.
 
Hmmm .... I think it would depend on the sweet itch J
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I personally would think that sweet itch could put quite alot of people off .

But for that sort of money and depending on how bad the sweet itch situation is ..... I would say there is profit to be made .

When you say you seen her last october ... how bad was it then ? how would she cope in the midst of summer ... ( mind you not that we have to worry about it over in our lovely country
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Hmmmmm ..... Hopefully she would respond well to any sort of treatment, Its whether or not it would bother folk .... that would be my worry .

Poor girl though . She could well be worth in taking a chance on especially at that sort of money .

Any pics yet ?


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Hmm, I haven't experienced "summer" but I have experienced "midges"
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He usually answers emails in the evening, so I may have a pic to post later on. I remember looking at her and thinking Hah! she's not as nice as my Sir Rivie filly!
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Does the chap who is selling (breeder) know you intend to sell on? Just asked as you say he wants her to go to nice home!

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Oh yes, he knows me and knows what I do - he hasn't got anyone at home to back her, and it wouldn't be worth his while to pay me to back her and sell on as there wouldn't be enough in it for him. He also knows that the reason I am such a cr*p horse dealer is cos I am so particular about where my horses go
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My vet previously advised me against buying a young horse with potential sweetitch as her view is that it was only likely to get worse as she got older.

She also recommended NOT breeding from a horse with sweetitch as it can be inherited.

Unfortunately as it doesn't sound as though she is a super competition horse there are probably too many similar horses to her on the market that don't have the problem of sweetitch.
 
If shes only 5 and already has serious sweet itch id be a bit concerned.... the allergic reaction will problay only get worst as she gets older...

Then again with better management she might be ok...living beside a midge infected lake would drive any sensitive horse to itch
Id go for her and try to manage it.
800 is a good price for a RID and as long as her temperment is good breaking and experience should justify a higher price..and the conditions she's in now sound like the problem...
 
I have been unreliably informed that sweet itch isn't hereditary......mind that was by someone who's stallion has sweet itch as does at least a 1/3rd of his off spring.
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I personally wouldn't breed from something with sweet itch no matter how well bred it was.
 
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