Re: Lameness (update)

NancyD.LMT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Eileen:
>> Somehow, I don't think she wants to buy a lame horse
>> and pay the vet bill on it . . . that was my thinking, not
>> a million dollar law suit. Stuck with a'you broke it you
>> bought it' accusation,
> 
> But this may well be the case - acute laminitis brought on by a change
> in management.  This *is* her responsibility.

But we don't know, and can't know, from this end of the computer, what 
it is. Perhaps the broker is unconcerned because s/he knows more of this 
horse's actual condition than we do. I don't know.

>> dealing with broker/owner dingbats,
>> and then a horse you now own and cannot sell or ride.
> 
> It would be the same if he had been purchased outright, rather than
> taken on trial.  **** happens.

MMmmmm. Maybe. If it were caused by the management change. But if it 
were a hidden prior condition, well . . . maybe not so much so.

ANYHOW. Hopefully he gets medical treatment that he needs. Bad situation 
all around.

Eileen Morgan
The Mare's Nest
http://www.themaresnest.com