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Location: TN | So, I've owned/ran the same horse for almost 10 years now. He's pretty much spoiled me on what a good gelding should be, lol. I've been wanting to move on up to something a little more competitive. He runs about .5-1.0 secs off locally and usually 3D at the big shows. I've wanted to move up for a while, but money and circumstances just haven't really been right until now. So, I've found one that I REALLY like so far. I'm planning on going next weekend to a show to try him out. And I'm SUPER nervous. Aside from my young horse that I've been working with, I've only ran my gelding for the last 10 years and I'm worried I'll make a fool of myself. I'm a very self-conscious person, and I tend to be very critical of my own riding. Its not that I don't feel confident enough to ride something faster, its just that after riding a horse that I know so well I'm afraid I'll step on something else and make a fool of myself... 
Anyhow, I said all that to vent I guess. I do have an actual point to this post, lol. I wanted to ask about procedure. This will be the first time I've ever gone a considerable distance to try a horse (7 hrs away, but I'm meeting her half way to a place that's about 4 hours from me). I've gotten lucky with all the ones I've bought before, they've all been within 2 hours of me. So, if I try him next weekend and really like him, should I bring him back afterwards? I'll definitely be doing a pre-purchase exam on him before I write a check, my vet here is amazing and I trust him 100% so I'd be a little leary of taking him somewhere near her just because I wouldn't know that vet as well. Or do I wait and meet her again to get him? My vet stays super booked, like 2 weeks in advance, so if I were going to possibly bring him back with me next weekend I thought I'd go ahead and make a tentative appointment to have the exam so that I could get him looked at in a timely manner after I brought him back.
Sorry this is so long, as you can tell I'm a little scatterbrained over this. I'm not good at making big decisions, they tend to stress me out!! lol. TIA!!!  | |
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 Lady Di
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Location: Oklahoma | Well,personally...I doubt very seriously that the seller will let you take a 1D horse home w/o having paid for it. Maybe you should discuss this with him/her? Usually when I'm selling a horse of this caliber, the buyer tries the horse and if they want a prepurchase done (which they always do on a horse this expensive), that's been set up in advance just in case. Everything is done before the horse leaves my property. By the same token, would you want to take an expensive 1D horse to your house that you didn't own and chance something happening to it? They are live animals and anything and everything can happen in the blink of an eye....suppose you have a car wreck on the way home and you don't own the animal and it's injured?? Then what do you do? The best thing for you to do is discuss all this with the seller before you go try the horse. 4 hours is nothing...try rodeoing...an 18 hour drive is all in a day's work. lol | |
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Location: TN | Well I college rodeoed so I know how the driving is. The drive doesn't bother me, I was just trying to see how other people handle a sale when there's a big distance. The actual drive does not bother me. I just don't want to have to make more trips than is necessary. | |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Dellas Speedy Devil - 2015-05-01 11:13 AM Well I college rodeoed so I know how the driving is. The drive doesn't bother me, I was just trying to see how other people handle a sale when there's a big distance. The actual drive does not bother me. I just don't want to have to make more trips than is necessary.
I would look for a good Vet in the area that you are meeting in so if you do decide that you like the horse and plan on buying it you can haul to that Vet and get it vetted, but i would try my darnest to find a good vet that would be recommend be fellow horsemen. And get an appointment set up for that day and explain to Vet about this horse so if sell falls threw then you can cancel the appointment without causing a problem for the Vet. | |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-01 11:40 AM Dellas Speedy Devil - 2015-05-01 11:13 AM Well I college rodeoed so I know how the driving is. The drive doesn't bother me, I was just trying to see how other people handle a sale when there's a big distance. The actual drive does not bother me. I just don't want to have to make more trips than is necessary. I would look for a good Vet in the area that you are meeting in so if you do decide that you like the horse and plan on buying it you can haul to that Vet and get it vetted, but i would try my darnest to find a good vet that would be recommend be fellow horsemen. And get an appointment set up for that day and explain to Vet about this horse so if sell falls threw then you can cancel the appointment without causing a problem for the Vet.
This is what I would do - there are lots of people who have asked on here looking for reputable vets in certain areas of the country. | |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | This is where a contract comes in handy. I want a prepurchase done on all mine too by MY vet. I tell the seller that before I go to see the animal. So we work out a contract. I will pick up the horse, they will have a check in hand for FULL PURCHASE PRICE, I will insure the horse and I have a couple weeks to get it vet checked. If they horse doesn't pass, no deal. They refund the money and I return the horse. If something happens, they keep the money and I call on the insurance. Horse passes, all is well. BTW, this is the exact same deal I offer to anyone who buys from me. I will take payments too. But the horse must be paid for and insured before they leave my property. | |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| I agree with Diane, four hours isn't anything. I drive four hours to get lessons on the weekend! The best thing to do is get a binder from the insurance drawn up, then if something happens to the horse, you're covered regardless. Try the horse at the show, then if you like him draw up a contract that states that you are paying for the horse now, but will get him vetted the following Monday, and return him Tuesday if there's something on the vet check you can't handle for a full refund. Just make a real contract, have it witnessed when you sign it by a third party, make sure you both have a copy, and rock and roll.
I've held the payment from two buyers in this manner, it was also the buyers responsibility to get the horse home in the same or better condition, since they were the ones hauling to their vet of choice. I've never taken a check, always cash, and I keep the papers until either the sale clears or my horse comes home.
It's all in what you're comfortable with, and making a binding legal contract so both buyer and seller are protected. | |
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The Advice Guru
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| If the person doesn't know you personally
Honestly they shouldn't even take a check from you as there are a lot of crooked people, insufficient finds, cancelled check, etc.
As others have said, I would book a vet either near the individual or when I trying the horse out. I would arrange it with the seller to tKe the horse to the vet, then have the vet call and discuss findings, then send the info xray ultrasound to my vet so I can discuss it with him
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Have the owner haul to your vet. You pay the vet expense and or gas money to get there.be there discuss any issues . Everything OK. Pay for horse haul home from there. | |
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