WWYD? windsucking+livery=disaster

[lucindakay]

hi all,
i have a few questions,
firstly its been a year since i bought my horse and he has windsucked the whole time, i also have a reciept saying sold as seen and he was not seen windsucking nor was i told about this vice? he is an ex-racehorse so i'm not surprised but am i entitled to say anything to the previous owners?
secondly
when he windsucks he pulls fencing down :/ and pretty much lets the majority of the other horses free(which he loves to do and i think he is a favourite on the yard but only by he horses standards and my own) anyways so we made him a sweet little field for himself and a small pony to keep him company and hes fine but one lady who helps out as YO has a young baby as started to threaten me by saying i need to find a new yard for my horse as he is dangerous for the other horses (he is no where near other horses and the pony he is with refuses to move 10ft away from the gate because he is so old, no other horse can see him because we didn't want other horses to learn this habit) and that he has been a git to handle, now i know my horse very well as for the past year we have been inseparable and he is terrified of new people so much so that he walks with his head low and close in tow so he does't get shouted at, so i think she is telling porkys personally. she also has a hatred for me and has done since i joined the same school as her daughter and i really don't think its fair to take it out on my horse as i can't afford to put him on full livery at another yard while i carry on with school..
sorry very odd situation but what would you do?
my problem is i can't move home as i am the only one who lives at home when not at boarding school so that leaves no one to check on my boy....

 

[Theocat]

Are you at boarding school full time? How much do you get to see him?

 

[Littlelegs]

1) no. Firstly its been a year, second receipt would have needed to say 'no vices' for their to be any comeback on the seller.
2) windsucking is not contagious. If they do it on fencing it can wreck it quickly, but its not impossible to just put up a sacrifice post so the fence is left alone.
I'm a bit puzzled as to the rest though, is your horse on full livery & this woman works there? Can you, or your parents speak to the yo about this other lady? And what does your horse supposedly do that's dangerous?

 

[Spotsrock]

My boy wears a collar in the field to stop him pulling fencing out. He eats more when not sucking too so it helps his weight.

 

[FfionWinnie]

If he is holding on to things it's cribbing. Electric fence the field. Horses don't really copy anyway. You have no come back after a year!

 

[Cortez]

Sold as seen means exactly that: you have no come back. Windsucking is not "contageous". Use electric tape on any rails that he's pulling down.