Post by melms92 on Apr 20, 2013 22:04:52 GMT 1
Hi,
I recently purchased a horse from a top level show producer who throughout the sale assured me that her reputation means everything. Sadly this has not proved the case. The horse arrived and within one night he was destructively cribbing the stable, we advised the sellers of this by telephone call and were told that it may be a result of the stress from moving yards and he had never exhibited this behaviour before. Willing to believe this explanation we turned the horse out to pasture the next day and again stabled him at night. The following morning I was confronted with even more damage. Immediately unhappy with the situation I notified the seller by email and was advised to purchase cribox (a product they use on her yards and swears by). We filmed the horse in action for evidence and were left with no other option but to increase his turnout to 24 hours in an attempt to stop any further damage to our property. Sadly this was to no avail as even when tethered the horse appears to eat wood and as a result is destroying our post and rail fencing.
At the time of purchase we specifically asked the seller if the horse had any vices (from research on the Internet I can conclude that any vices are notifiable in the UK) and was advised he did not. Prior to any agreement we also asked the seller did if she have anything to disclose (& proceeded to list bucking, rearing, medical or behavioural issues) all to be advised that her reputation was paramount.
As you can imagine the destruction caused by the horse is unacceptable, the horse was what I would deem to be 'expensive'. Had the seller disclosed the fact he had a tendency to eat wood we certainly wouldn't have gone ahead with the purchase. Subsequently we contacted the seller to ask that if we paid the cost to return the horse to her would she refund us the full amount paid, this was after seeking legal advice to do so. We are yet to receive a response.
Furthermore we'd arranged to fly down to see the horse, we saw in her blog that the horse had occasionally had blips at shows and phoned up to say there was no point wasting her or our time. We were advised after asking multiple times that the horse was safe to hack and in all situations and in the last couple of days he has started to exhibit challenging behaviour (napping, spinning and rocking horse movements). Today a very experienced rider came to give her opinion and her response was 'what have you bought?' The horse was nothing like this at the trial.
In addition to this the advice by the seller was to try Relaxin a product she uses regularly. Has anyone heard of this? Would it show up in a blood test? I'm now concerned he had been administered this or similar at the trial.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? If so I'd be incredibly grateful for some advice and we have been advised it would stand up in court by our lawyers. Obviously I'd rather not go down this route but will take them to court if necessary.
Any help appreciated!
I recently purchased a horse from a top level show producer who throughout the sale assured me that her reputation means everything. Sadly this has not proved the case. The horse arrived and within one night he was destructively cribbing the stable, we advised the sellers of this by telephone call and were told that it may be a result of the stress from moving yards and he had never exhibited this behaviour before. Willing to believe this explanation we turned the horse out to pasture the next day and again stabled him at night. The following morning I was confronted with even more damage. Immediately unhappy with the situation I notified the seller by email and was advised to purchase cribox (a product they use on her yards and swears by). We filmed the horse in action for evidence and were left with no other option but to increase his turnout to 24 hours in an attempt to stop any further damage to our property. Sadly this was to no avail as even when tethered the horse appears to eat wood and as a result is destroying our post and rail fencing.
At the time of purchase we specifically asked the seller if the horse had any vices (from research on the Internet I can conclude that any vices are notifiable in the UK) and was advised he did not. Prior to any agreement we also asked the seller did if she have anything to disclose (& proceeded to list bucking, rearing, medical or behavioural issues) all to be advised that her reputation was paramount.
As you can imagine the destruction caused by the horse is unacceptable, the horse was what I would deem to be 'expensive'. Had the seller disclosed the fact he had a tendency to eat wood we certainly wouldn't have gone ahead with the purchase. Subsequently we contacted the seller to ask that if we paid the cost to return the horse to her would she refund us the full amount paid, this was after seeking legal advice to do so. We are yet to receive a response.
Furthermore we'd arranged to fly down to see the horse, we saw in her blog that the horse had occasionally had blips at shows and phoned up to say there was no point wasting her or our time. We were advised after asking multiple times that the horse was safe to hack and in all situations and in the last couple of days he has started to exhibit challenging behaviour (napping, spinning and rocking horse movements). Today a very experienced rider came to give her opinion and her response was 'what have you bought?' The horse was nothing like this at the trial.
In addition to this the advice by the seller was to try Relaxin a product she uses regularly. Has anyone heard of this? Would it show up in a blood test? I'm now concerned he had been administered this or similar at the trial.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? If so I'd be incredibly grateful for some advice and we have been advised it would stand up in court by our lawyers. Obviously I'd rather not go down this route but will take them to court if necessary.
Any help appreciated!
