We encourage anyone interested in a horse or advertisement to make further inquiries, prior to buying/ bidding, and, if possible, schedule a day/time to go try the horse.
- How long have you owned the horse/did you raise the horse?
- Who were the previous owners of the horse?
- What is your reason for selling?
- What is the horse’s behavior like?
- What kind of professional training or showing has the horse had and with whom?
- What are the horses’ living conditions: are they turned out on pasture, do they live in a stall, or live in a corral; do they run with other horses or live alone?
- What is their behavior, if known, when in a stall, alone etc.
- Has the horse been turned out in barbed wire?
- Is the horse good with time off that you know of?
- Is the horse easy to catch?
- Does the horse bridle and saddle easily?
- Does the horse have any know vices or bad habits, for example, kick, bite, or rear?
- Is the horse a cribber, wind sucker, weaver, wobbler, or have any known neurological disorders?
- Is the horse of sound eyes (have any impaired vision, discolorations) and hearing?
- Ask about the horses’ conformation and if the horse has an underbite or overbite (parrot mouth)?
- Does the horse require any corrective shoeing or wear shoe pads?
- Has the horse ever been vetted, injured, had x-rays, radiographs?
- Who is the horses’ vet?
- Has the horse ever been nerved, have navicular disease, have ringbone, been foundered, or have any other known pre-existing conditions?
- Is the horse on any medications?
- What kind of maintenance does the horse require and how often?
- If mare, has she ever been bred? Did she have a live foal, were there any complications? Has she had any reproductive health problems?
- Has the horse ever been 5 panel tested, if so, results?
Please note answers to questions are not guarantees