would you think this is dodgy?

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Went to look at hairy cob I posted about the other day last night.

When I got there he was in his stable and seemed very quiet. Went in to say hello and could see he was blowing a bit, and then when I touched him he was boiling hot and sweaty. He was sweaty all over, not around the girth/saddle area so don't think he had been ridden. I asked why he was so hot and they said that he had just been galloping around the field with the other 2 horses as one of the other horses had been hooning around and upset them all. So I poked head out of stable door and horses in field are grazing away peacefully, no signs of said 'hooning'!

Sooo, hacked him out and he was quiet as a lamb, but I do have a niggling feeling that either he wouldn't be caught and they had to chase him round (I did ask whether he was easy to catch and they said yes, but he was already in when I got there), or they lunged him to death to get some energy out of him before I got there! Anyway, I don't think he was 'the One', but would you all have got a bad feeling about that too or am I being paranoid???
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Hm, sedated horses often get hot and sweaty...depends how quiet he was? More likely is that hes a bugger to catch and they spent the last half hour chasing him round...were the owners hot and sweaty too?!
 
If you don't think he was the one, as well the other thing, then yes, walk away, plenty more lovely cobs out there, besides ideally you want to see the horse being caught, nobody minds standing around 5-10 minutes watching the owner brush and tack up, its apart of the viewing and can give alot a way.
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My big hairy cob gets sweaty just stood in his field in summer but i would have been cautious about the situation and asked if i could go back another day and see it being caught etc
 
My shetland already has a half decent winter coat and he sweats just standing in the field on a warm day, however if you have doubts it is always best to walk away.
 
Why not ask to try him again. Set a time and date and then turn up 45 minutes early. That way if they are lunging before your viewing you will catch them at it or if they struggle to catch him you can watch.

I find it is always good to turn up early for a horse viewing to see if anything is going on beforehand.
 
thanks everybody, I'm just going to trust my gut instinct, because the poor boy was so tired he could hardly life his head up in stable which doesn't suggest he had been hooning around the field for 5 mins. Plus the person selling him was smoking in his stable etc, and I just didn't get a good feeling about the place, I didn't feel like they were particularly reputable sellers.
Back to drawing board....!
 
I agree with the others and your gut instinct.
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My cob will sweat both standing in the field and her stable if she hasn't been clipped but is never tired unless she has been worked hard but even unfit she wouldn't be that tired
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- more like looking for some food or trying to get out......nosey mare!!
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