From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marlene Moss Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006
2:06 PM To: Ridecamp Subject: [RC] $1500/free care
horse
I don’t know if your state requires a brand inspection
or not.? In Colorado
it is the responsibility of the seller to get a brand inspection to transport
the horse to the new owner.? The brand inspector requires some kind of evidence
that the seller actually owns the horse being sold.? Usually the previous brand
inspection.? If I were you, and paying $1500 for the horse, you’d better
make sure that you have legal title to the horse upon payment.? No problem if
the horse isn’t registered – although you will also want to find
out what it will take to get the horse registered.? Even if you don’t
decide to do it, you want the paperwork as clean as possible in case you do, or
a later owner.? I know with Arabs it is smart to register as young as
possible.? I have a 9yo purebred arab mare – not registered, but she
could be – for something ridiculous like $650.?
But the brand inspector will be on your side to make sure that
you have legal ownership of the horse.? You don’t want to pay $1500, even
if the trainer says she plans to continue the care and then have some relative
come take the horse from you.
Good luck – and don’t worry about a little teeth
and feet work unless it points to bigger underlying issues.? I just got a 6yo
that had never had her teeth done and she had ¾” hooks.? Nasty, but now
she’s all better.?
