What does a horse purchasing contract include?
Lotus Blossom asked:
I am purchasing a horse from overseas. I want to have a vet check for soundness before the horse goes to quarantine where he will be tested for general equine viruses by the government vet. The purchasing contract the seller sent me is weak, and of course doesn’t cover any of my interests. Please tell me what should be included in my purchasing agreement.
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I am purchasing a horse from overseas. I want to have a vet check for soundness before the horse goes to quarantine where he will be tested for general equine viruses by the government vet. The purchasing contract the seller sent me is weak, and of course doesn’t cover any of my interests. Please tell me what should be included in my purchasing agreement.
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be very careful when buying overseas you are right to make a contract, some scams are done by pretending to sell you a horse, just becareful. When making a contract make sure you are straight foreward with the aggrement if there are any hesitations dump the purchase, the contract that you were given sounds very supicious so just be careful!
good luck!
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Yes, yes, yes, get that horse checked by a vet first. Be sure to ask him specific questions when he gives you the report. Crooked vets can be tricky- I read astory about a woman whose vet told her the horse she was buying was ‘the same as the last time he checked him.’ The woman didn’t ask anymore questions, and lo and behold, she got an incurably lame horse. The vet she had chosen got paid off. Just a warning, I’m sure you are smarter than that. =)
I think the very least you should have is a bill of sale, of course, and any registration papers the horse might have.
The bill of sale is available from pretty much anywhere even online (although I wouldn’t get it there)
The contract you have now sounds pretty suspicious. Maybe you should get a lawyer to glance it over and point out any loopholes you missed. Those are going to cost you. Maybe you could draw up another one.
If the seller is being so shady, I would not buy from him at all- no matter what horse at what price.
Good Luck getting things sorted out!!
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I would go to equine.com and register. It’s free and they have a purchase contract there that was drafted by lawyers with knowledge of horses. It is under my equine. I have used them and they also have one for horses subject to vet check prior to purchase.