pre purchase (or not) story

["Laura Hayes" <mark@madbbs.com>]

I once bought a horse from a 'famous' name ranch.  This mare was the full
sister to a VERY famous endurance horse, nine years old and unbroke.  I was
so thrilled that they offered to sell her to me, I rushed the 1500 miles to
pick her up.  Everything went well with training and I took her to her first
endurance ride, about a year after I got her.

During the vet in, the vet, (Art King) asked me how long she had had the
heart problem!!!  She had an arrythmia that I did not know about, because no
one had ever listened to her heart!  It was severe and did not change with
excercise.  I had at least 8 vets listen to her that weekend, and they all
just shook their heads.

After the ride weekend I took the mare to a local vet for an EKG, and it
wasn't good news. BUT the vet asked me out and a year later I married him!!!
So, pre purchases are a good thing, but I am glad I didn't prepurchase this
mare!!  Needless to say, she never started a ride.  I gave her away as a
pet, and she is still well 14 years later.  Of course, the ranch owners did
not know about the problem, and offered to take her back, but I knew she
would go to the killers (she was barren) and I never took her back, even
though they offered to replace her.

Laura Hayes



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rides 2 Far" <rides2far@juno.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:01 PM
Subject: RC: Prepurchase vet exam/add on


> One more thing! >g<  I know ONE horse that passed his extremely thorough
> pre-purchase exams with not one mark against him. The vet just loved him
> and couldn't wait to see how he'd do in endurance.  Well...one
> problem...he didn't flex the thing's brain.  It was a nut, grade 3 lame
> brain.  Never made an endurance horse, but the right rider finally came
> along and almost had him ready...when he bowed a tendon on a pleasure
> ride.  Go figure. >g<
>
> Angie
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