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I found out my horse was an unrideable rodeo horse

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five months ago I unkowingly bought a deemed unrideable, unsound, ex rodeo horse advertised as broodmare or riding horse. The seller completely lied to me because she was sold the horse only because, this horse was to never be ridden. This criminal of a woman bought the horse for 300$ and sold her to me for 1200 $. Money isnt the point here though,i rode and trained this horse for 5 months. I never knew the horses history, I will never make this mistake again. I took such good care of the horse teeth done.vaccinated, regulary wormed, feet in good condition, saddle fitted and rode in gentle bit. I got a well known vet to check the horse and do flexion tests no lameness. I got the horse many massages by a myotherapist and got a vet out which discovered the horse may have had ulcers I treated the ulcers. No vet told me the horse may have been unsound. Today a girl whos sister had also loved this horse and bought her as a beginer horse for 3,500$ told me all about the horse. How they had the horse and she was good at the start but randomly started bucking by about a couple of months than it.got worse they got a trainer, and the horse nearly killed the trainer she tried to flip on him and repeatedly tried to throw her body onto the walls the trainer was nearly impailed on a post. The trainer who was a very experienced breaker, worked for months on the horse but she didnt improve. They looked after her really well like I had. When I had jazzy she did the occasional rear or pigroot, she really trusted me and I trusted her. I loved her and than after some months she was really good you could jump her, walk, trot canter and trail ride. But i was on a ticking time bomb after a break she was a rodeo horse when you asked for the canter so I only walked and trotted her two weeks ago she did a massive rear and I thought enough is enough. I blamed myself for when she reared or bucked, I thought it must all be my fault . Fancy my first horse being a rodeo one, the poor horse going from dealer to dealer I will be keeping her at a friends farm she will still get.good care but she will never be sold again, if I really want another horse in future I will put her to sleep if I cant find a forever home as a pet, because imagine this story happening the third time ... Im lucky I never fell of this horse its a miracle.

Im in such shock and disbolief but its completely true the past owners recognised her name, details, and photos and also told me how she got a scar on her eye by slaming herself into the walls when the trainer was riding her. they also told me the name of the lady they sold the horse to as a broodmare and I know the ladies name.
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Here, in Australia, you're not going to get anywhere in court. Horses don't come with a guarantee, they're a live animal, it's buyer beware. Maybe, maybe you would have a case if you'd got on her a week after you got her and she went insane and you wanted to return her but not months on. I've known people buy horses that were drugged and such and still they cannot win a court case because there are no laws on what a seller has to do. A lot of the "misrepresentation" stuff is for businesses selling things, not private sellers. If you want a guarantee buy from a dealer/training business.

In the Australian legal system being friends with a police officer will do you no good in a case like this. Chances are you'll end up spending money on solicitors.

Besides, lots of rodeo horses are okay out of the ring. They're trained to behave that way, chuck on a normal saddle and some of them are fine to ride around. It's not something that would have to be disclosed.

I know you make it sound like your only option is to put her to sleep or turn her out, but if she's a nice enough type you'll probably be able to give her away with all her issues. Lots of people like a challenge, be clear in the ad, something like - "Ex rodeo bucking horse, okay to ride at walk and trot but bucks in the canter, and has a history of dangerous rearing, may suit retraining or companion". I know one trainer tried with her, but different methods can work with different horses.

Also, a warning you'll probably ignore. You can't throw mud without getting dirty, if you set out to ruin this woman's reputation you'll end up damaging your own in the process. As you can see on this thread, just your comments on the seller have already been received poorly.
 
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Also, a warning you'll probably ignore. You can't throw mud without getting dirty, if you set out to ruin this woman's reputation you'll end up damaging your own in the process. As you can see on this thread, just your comments on the seller have already been received poorly.
ABSOLUTELY! That is completely and utterly correct. People will know that you set out to ruin someone reputation, and you will get no pity. And it won't look good at all in court. By the end of all this palava, your reputation will be worse off than the women who sold you the horse AS A BROODMARE.
 
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I am closing this thread for review
It amazes me how many people have assumed things and based their replies on facts that they don't even know exist, not bothered to correctly read the OP's first post before replying and seem to have forgotten the HF policy of 'The spirit of friendship'
 
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